10 November 2009
All venues now sold out. Please ring 0845 389 0385 or email rrichard@lawgroup.co.uk for further opportunities to hear our message.
COMING OUT OF RECESSION
OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE AMBITIOUS
A series of five conferences in England and Wales - November 2009
The LawGroupUK Conferences directly address key issues surrounding the changes to the legal marketplace.
Major forces for change in the legal market are creating a unique opportunity for solicitors with ambition to steal a march on their competitors.
The Legal Services Act [2007] has already paved the way for new entrants such as Banks, Insurers and Motoring Organisations; each of which is fronting the provision of legal services. The question has to be asked – “Why are institutions entering the legal market?”. A key reason must be that they see an industry that can make profits of up to 30%. This is a mouth-watering margin in the service industry sector and one that has yet to have the efficiencies of scale brought to bear.
The institutions have also recognised the evolution in client expectations and purchasing behaviour. The market trend is towards legal solutions (or products) rather than advice based services and clients are increasingly looking to access them online. In many ways, the web is becoming the new high street and organisations that do not move, at least in part, from the physical high street to the virtual high street will simply be left behind.
Like it or not, our market place is changing and firms need to build new strategies for survival and growth in this new world order.
The onward rush of new entrants into the legal marketplace has been temporarily slowed by the recession and conditions are right over the next year or so for solicitors to steal a march and gear up to compete. The timing for this opportunity is now but the window will not stay open for long.
SPEAKERS
PETER SCOTT
Solicitor, Consultant and former Managing Partner Eversheds London and European Offices
Peter Scott is a solicitor and was for eight years the Managing Partner of Eversheds' London and European offices. He advises law firms and other professional firms in the UK and abroad on their strategic, financial and management issues with particular focus on helping clients to improve their competitiveness through effective performance management.
Peter is a frequent speaker at conferences as well as regularly acting as a facilitator for clients at their partner retreats and workshops and his articles are published in a number of well known legal journals. He is the editor of 'Practice Management Handbook' published by Law Society Publishing. He circulates a monthly newsletter entitled “Briefing Note’ to his wide client and contact base.
RICHARD COHEN
Solicitor and Joint CEO of EPOC
Qualified in 1981 as a solicitor, Richard has extensive experience in a number of legal areas, and originally founded the firm of Landau & Cohen Solicitors. He is a recognised expert on the commoditisation and unbundling of legal services and their delivery. He has been a regular speaker for the English Law Society, Scottish Law Society, American Bar Association, Society for Computers and Law and private seminar organisations.
As the Joint Chief Executive Officer of the Epoq Group, Richard has been instrumental in the development of the Epoq Group's blue chip, international customer base. His role focuses on general strategic direction and forging alliances with major corporates and government departments.
RICHARD BERENSON
Solicitor and Chairman of LawGroup UK
Richard is a solicitor and was, for fifteen years, senior partner of a law firm in West London. Richard launched The National Solicitors’ Network in 1991, largely in response to the Courts and Legal Services Act, to create a national conveyancing panel that could provide lenders with quality controls and a commonality of service levels in the conveyancing process The National Solicitors’ Network has developed significantly since that time and now offers a range of services to solicitors.
In 2002, Richard was part of the group which acquired LawGroup UK; a coming together which has utilised and meshed the strengths of both operations to create a new organisation which is in a stronger position than ever to assist solicitors to adapt and develop their practices.
Richard liaises closely with other organisations that shape the provision of legal services; working variously for example with The Law Society, the Legal Services Commission and the Council of Mortgage Lenders. Richard has a great deal of experience of the solicitors’ profession, both as a lawyer and as a service provider and is a regular speaker on a variety of topics, focusing on developments within the legal marketplace and new opportunities for law firms.
Richard liaises closely with other organisations that shape the provision of legal services; working variously for example with The Law Society, the Legal Services Commission and the Council of Mortgage Lenders. Richard has a great deal of experience of the solicitors’ profession, both as a lawyer and as a service provider and is a regular speaker on a variety of topics, focusing on developments within the legal marketplace and new opportunities for law firms.
STOP PRESS
CONFERENCE DETAILS
Birmingham
Tuesday 10th Nov. (2pm)
Financial Solutions Centre
Yorkshire Bank Temple Point
1 Temple Row
Birmingham
B2 5YB
Tel: 0121 265 2100
Bristol
Thursday 12th Nov. (2pm)
Bristol Marriott, City Centre
2 Lower Castle Street
Old Market
Bristol
BS1 3AD
Tel: 0117 929 4281
Southampton
Friday 13th Nov. (10am)
Financial Solutions Centre
Clydesdale Bank
Mountbatten House
Grosvenor Square
Southampton
SO15 2JU
Tel: 023 8071 4600
Mountbatten House
Grosvenor Square
Southampton
SO15 2JU
Tel: 023 8071 4600
Manchester
Monday 16th Nov. (2pm)
Financial Solutions Centre
Yorkshire BankThe Chancery
Spring Gardens
Manchester
M2 1YB
Tel: 0161 839 8398 (#6 399)
London
Friday 20th Nov. (10am)
Financial Solutions Centre
Clydesdale Bank
88 Wood Street
London
EC2V 7QQ
88 Wood Street
London
EC2V 7QQ
Tel: 0207 653 5294
£95+VAT per delegate
(£65+VAT for members of
LawGroup UK or
The National Solicitors' Network)
3 hours CPD