ACLA/CLANZ

Legal Department Benchmarking Report 2010

Corporate and government organisations with a combined annual legal spend of more than NZ$2 Billion participated in the most extensive research of its kind ever undertaken across Australia and New Zealand.

The multi-award winning inaugural report (described by the media as "the only one that stands out" as "the who's who of legal department benchmarking.") has been upgraded for 2010, with 50% more pages, 35% more graphs, and more analysis and commentary - delivering detailed information and a data-rich resource package helping legal departments develop and refine strategies to help generate savings and performance improvements, and for law firms more effectively to connect with the client perspective.

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For legal departments "...a huge collection of metrics hitting just about every performance point a legal department needs to make." National Business Review

For law firms   "...law firms can see how legal departments really operate. They need to. One of the more disturbing facts ... is that most respondents consider that firms other than their own could do their work equally well." National Business Review

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Dedication, Acknowledgement, About this Report & What's New

List of Contents                List of Figures                  List of Tables

Supplementary materials for purchasers

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FIGURES & TABLES

Full access and a licence to use all of the figures and tables in the ACLA/CLANZ Legal Department Benchmarking Report are available for purchasers' use exclusively within their own organisations. These are high resolution jpeg’s, suitable for pasting into a range of internal documents, eg strategic business plans.

ADDITIONAL MATERIALS

Supplementary analysis and other materials will be provided from time to time, including:

• NEW General Counsel Presentation - not simply a summary of the report; instead, a sharp focus on practical applications of selected findings; to add immediate value for strategic and operational performance (70 pages)

• UPDATED The 'A team' - Great lawyers named, with respondent commentary (listed by country) (section 80)
• Legal department growth - more respondent commentary (section 34)
• Litigation challenges - more tables (sector analysis) (section 69)
• Terminating law firm relationships - more tables (sector analysis) (section 72)
• Helping firms deliver value - more respondent commentary (section 81)

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Selected media commentary

Time for General Counsel to stop talking and take action, NZ Lawyer 

"Key findings and action points from a comprehensive new benchmarking report" & "a clear and detailed picture of the current state and future direction of in-house practice."

Mid-tier lawyers join the A-team in force, The Australian

A survey of leading general counsel has identified 109 lawyers who have been nominated by their clients as the nation's best.

TABLE: How the law firms rate, The Australian 

Level playing field as smaller firms push into top rankings, The Australian

Size, national reach and the much-vaunted cast of thousands is no longer a guaranteed measure of success when clients are increasingly concerned to secure the most cost-effective representation.

General Counsel vote their best lawyers, The Australian   AUDIO 

Chris Merritt interviews Team Factors' Director Ron Pol

Decline of collegiate culture driving lawyers to mid-tier firms, The Australian

Chris Merritt interviews ANZ General Counsel Bob Santamaria

Big law big trouble, National Business Review 

New report "contains a wealth of information on how legal services providers, both inside and outside... can cut costs and generate greater efficiencies: indeed build a better relationship between client and firm."

Size of legal fee does matter: clients, The New Lawyer 

Optimal outcomes and value for money are more important than hourly rates; but overall a better understanding of client needs is critical, particularly as legal departments reducing their cost base have a direct impact on the revenue base of many firms.

New report reveals extent of cost cutting, The New Lawyer

An extensive new report contains unwelcome news for big law firms as government and corporate clients look for ways to cut costs. It also reveals differences between cost pressures, and savings already achieved, in New Zealand and Australia.

Bad news for big firms, LawFuel

Corporate law report carries some unwelcome news for large law firms.

Big firms' share of work about to shrink, The Australian

For big law firms, the benchmark study for corporate lawyers in Australia and New Zealand contains some chilling news