Friday, December 03, 2021

Law firm profitability, tech innovation, and adopting best practices illuminated in fireside chat at ARK innovation conference

By Brad Rosen, J.D.

In a spirited and informative fireside chat, Dean Sonderegger, the Head of Legal & Regulatory U.S. at Wolters Kluwer, and Meredith Williams-Range, the Chief Knowledge and Client Value Officer at Shearman & Sterling LLP, discuss best practices for law firms, managing the business impacts of innovation, and how they build deeper and more profitable relationships with their clients. The fireside chat, titled Playing the Budget Long Game: Assessing Your Value to Drive Profitable Client Relationships, was part of the Ark Group's 4th Annual Law Firm Innovation Summit.

In a far-ranging discussion, Sonderegger and Williams-Range tackle numerous issues around transformative law firm change including emerging legal service models, the changing competitive landscape, as well as familiar challenges and hurdles law firms encounter when seeking to modify their approach to client relationships and legal practice.

You can read more about the fireside chat here.