Tech Giants buying into Law Firms 

Tech giants, such as Google and Amazon are set to be the next disrupters within the legal sector. With Google moving into the insurance sector recently, the legal profession does not seem that far away, especially with the ‘entrepreneurial risk taking approach they have’. 

Tech giants like Google and Amazon are already starting to buy into law firms, gaining vast amounts of knowledge about the legal industry, which could help them acquire the knowledge and have a greater insight into the inner workings of a law firm. This may allow them to become a big competitor for firms in the future. This situation may also allow huge conglomerates like Amazon and Google to bring bigger law organizations together in order to generate more profit. 

This prediction was made by ABS pioneer Gallen, who believes the vast amount of knowledge that can be required from the insurance sector, which Google have recently moved into, is the same as the vast amount of knowledge that can be acquired from law firms, helping them to set up competitive businesses. 

He states ’in the next three to five years, that’s where the real disruption is going to come in.’ This prediction from  Gallen was then backed by another professional Irana Richards, of Barclays, who said that today’s new law firms should be prepared for new competition along the same lines of that created by Netflix in the film industry and Purple Bricks in real estate. ‘It’s legal, I don’t know when, but it’s going to happen,’ she said. 

What does this mean for smaller law firms? 

With conglomerates such as Amazon and Google set to make a move into the law industry, smaller firms need to become more innovative in order to move with the times of being more technologically advanced and generating more profit than before, as a result of this, they need to ensure they are on top of their costs internally and putting as much knowledge in the clients hands as possible, in the hope they come back for the next level of advice. 

How can ARC costs assist you? 

Our team of cost experts have a vast range of skills and experience. Therefore, we will be able to help assist you as a law firm with any legal costs matters, to help improve your firm’s profitability.

In current times, it is vital for smaller law firms to ensure they are handling their costs in the most effective way possible. If you need help with costs payable between parties, Solicitor and “own client” costs, publicly-funded (legal aid) and any other areas where you need to calculate the costs please do not hesitate to contact us.

Please contact us at 01204 397302 or info@arccosts.co.uk where we can provide you with advice on your case.

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