Shifting Grounds: Trends Shaping The Indian Legal Sector
The Indian legal sector is at a turning point, with law firms facing both disruption and opportunity. As partners break away in search of real equity, mid-sized firms struggle against market giants, and AI integration remains more aspiration than reality, the industry must evolve to stay competitive. A growing shift towards assignment-based hiring, the changing expectations of Gen Z lawyers, and the increasing professionalization of law firm management signal a new era of transformation. Will firms embrace these changes, or risk being left behind?
10 Things Firm Leaders Should Consider For 2025
10 Things firm leaders should consider for 2025. The Edge International Principals hope you find these suggestions helpful.
Avoiding the Bermuda Triangle of Law Firm Management
Mid-sized law firms often face a “Bermuda Triangle” of management complexity, where growth hinders decision-making and partner focus. The key to navigating this challenge? Strong leadership that cuts through the chaos, drives efficiency, and keeps firms client-focused. Learn how to avoid the trap and thrive.
Designing Law Firm 2030: start now, rethink everything, stay agile
2022 has opened to news of yet another wave of Covid-19 lockdowns and restrictions across many parts of the globe due to the Omicron variant. It can be tough to see much light at the end of the tunnel. But on 19 January the UK government signaled what they dearly hope will be ‘the beginning of the end’ for pandemic restrictions there. Compulsory face-mask wearing in indoor public spaces has ended and the requirement to self-isolate if testing positive is likely to end in March. Most immediately, and significantly for legal businesses, the work-from-home guidance that has been in place for most of the last two years has been retracted.
The Role of the Law in the Growth of an Economy, with a Special Focus on Developing Economies
Law and Business are not mutually exclusive sub-sets. Neither of them can be practiced in isolation. However, the interplay of law and economic growth has always been an intriguing subject for legal researchers and those associated with the legal sector. With an increase in the number of opportunities available for growth, especially in developing economies, […]
India Proposes To Open Arms to the Global Legal Profession
India is finally gearing up to permit foreign law firms to conduct business within its borders. As Edge International’s principal in India, I would be more than happy to assist firms that are interested in exploring possible future opportunities for entering into this exciting new market. A Decade of Working for Change The admission of […]
Important alert regarding India
For decades, I have spoken about India with the senior leaders of major law firms around the world. Because India was closed to the idea of foreign law firms practicing within its borders, the subject was academic to many. This is changing now. My fellow Edge principal, Bithika Anand – founder of Legal League, India’s […]
Big Firms in Small Cities: Go Virtual!
Eversheds Sutherland! Norton Rose/Chadbourne Parke! Arnold & Porter/Kaye Scholer! If it’s such a bad idea to get bigger to create scale and capability, why are so many smart leaders at so many leading firms doing it? As a regional or mid-market full-service firm, it’s easy these days to feel pretty un-validated by all of this […]
The Evolving Role of General Counsel in India
“The good lawyer is not the man who has an eye to every side and angle of contingency, and qualifies all his qualifications, but who throws himself on your part so heartily, that he can get you out of a scrape.” Ralph Waldo Emerson What are the essential qualities of a good lawyer? Someone who […]
Fragmentation v Consolidation in Indian Law Firms
Competition is the driving force that rules fragmentation and consolidation of law firms in India. Fragmentation and consolidation should ideally perform a three-fold function that mitigates risks in the legal services realm and gives sustainable protection to clients, public interests and law firms themselves. While a fragmented market and a consolidated market may present different […]