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22 October 2021
Issue: 7953 / Categories: Legal News , Profession
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NLJ this week: How the consultancy model can continue the benefits of partnership

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The way we provide legal services and how we structure our businesses has changed immeasurably in the past couple of decades, but it can sometimes be good to retain some of the old ways of working

Writing in this week’s NLJ, Oliver Brice suggests consultant law firms stick with the advantageous parts of the partnership model.

Brice suggests a way to keep the sense of ownership and investment provided by a partnership, and outlines how he did this at his own business, Valemus Law.

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