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.
Seven Tests for a Strategic Opportunity
Discover the seven essential tests every firm must apply before jumping on unexpected strategic opportunities.
From One Leader to the Next: Law Firm Succession Planning
Let’s be honest – contemplating our mortality is never a comfortable thought, yet it’s an inevitable reality we all must face. Succession planning, inherently connected with thoughts of mortality or incapacity, often carries uneasy connotations. Consequently, it’s frequently overlooked and side-lined in the broader scope of law firm business and strategic planning. In this article, […]
Seven Great Ideas for a Partner Conference or Retreat
It is now a number of decades (don’t ask how many!) since I first attended a law firm partner retreat as a newly minted partner. Since that time, I have facilitated, led or spoken at many professional service firm retreats and conferences all over the world. They seem to divide into seven basic areas of focus, although of course there may be more areas to consider or variations on the same theme.
Why is Law Firm Strategy So Hard?
How can law firms pick the right spots? How can they transform their business model and service delivery in intelligent ways without getting out over their skis?
Integrating Strategic Planning and Strategy Execution
Professional service firms are typically littered with uncompleted strategic projects, failed initiatives and strategic plans that have remained in a drawer (or a computer file) almost as soon as written. It has often been observed that professionals are better at ideas and planning than in putting those plans into reality by means of effective implementation.
Integration Or Disintegration, That Is The Question
Firms can easily lose the focus on integration, an intangible asset, while they are busy dealing with the tangible issues of day to day operations, developing business, serving clients and controlling finances. It is better to manage integration than recover from disintegration.
Planning for Recovery
Originally designed for the Law Society of England and Wales, but relevant to all law firms globally, Edge International Principal Nick Jarrett-Kerr has created a series of four webinars on the topic of Planning for Recovery. Each webinar lasts about twenty minutes and is available free of charge.
Planning for Recovery: Seven Strategies for Opportunistic Law Firms
Adverse conditions can provide opportunities for firms to dramatically enhance their competitive position in a relatively short period of time.