WHAT WE DO
McGuireWoods appreciates the increased focus placed on the operations of legal departments. Building out these operational capabilities is a growing priority, as legal teams support the dynamic needs of the businesses in which they operate. As a value-add to select clients, McGuireWoods, through its experienced resources, can provide customized legal operations consulting services to help legal departments strategize and address their highest priorities. In most cases, these services are provided at no additional cost and may include:
Strategy development
Organization structure/alignment
Law firm management/convergence
Reporting/dashboards/data analytics
Process/efficiency improvements
Project management
Technology strategy
Change management
Capacity planning (staffing)
Cost reduction/containment methodology
Vendor risk management techniques
Onboarding (new hire) best practices
TYPES OF CLIENTS SERVED
- Fortune 20 and Fortune 50 companies
- Startups
- Large legal departments with hundreds of employees and established legal ops functions
- Smaller companies with a legal team of one and no legal operations function
- Newly established legal operations departments
- Reorganizing legal departments following mergers
INDUSTRIES SERVED
Automotive
Drug retail/drugstore
Financial institutions
Fintech
Healthcare
Life sciences
Heavy equipment
Industrials/building products
Energy
Transportation/logistics