Seeing is believing

while not necessarily loving change, a lot of law firm are, at least, learning to accept it. Millennials’ voices are now louder than ever. And managing the need to be ‘always on’ for clients is the tiring trade-off to the more agile mode of working that’s a key demand. Of course, it’s one thing to bend your ways to the will of bill-paying clients and the people keeping your business going. It’s quite another to have a big change foisted upon you by a bunch of politicians (whether sitting in London or Brussels).

With this in mind, I can’t say I really expected many firms to look terribly favourably on the prospect of a Brexit from the European Union. If it ain’t broke – and there I mean really and truly broke, not just needing a bit of a shake or slam – well, don’t go out of your way to fix it, no?

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