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Do Law Firms Need to Re-think Outsourcing Strategies?

flexible sourcing models, with interchangeable or multiple service providers, is now becoming the mainstay for most client sourcing strategies. This outsourcing trend has been consistent over the past two years, with clients describing their strategies as "multi-vendor" and "multi-sourced."

7 minute read July 01, 2022 at 02:48 AM
By
Anthony Davies
Do Law Firms Need to Re-think Outsourcing Strategies?

Outsourcing is on the rise. According to Deloitte, there's an increasing shift to leverage outsourcing driven by learnings from COVID-19 which is to capture the value which outsourcing models bring: increasing efficiency, reducing costs, and driving greater business value. (See, Deloitte 2021 Shared Services and Outsourcing Report.)

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