Deloitte Legal

What do you see as the main points that differentiate Deloitte Legal from your competitors? Deloitte Legal provides clients with a distinctive experience and high-quality service through seamless collaboration across various service lines, including tax, business advisory, and accounting, ensuring comprehensive client solutions. Unlike traditional law firms that may only provide legal advice, Deloitte Legal goes beyond by integrating insights and expertise from other service lines such as Business Advisory, Tax, and Consulting. This holistic view enables us to deliver the most workable and legally sound solutions for our clients. Our close collaboration with non-legal advisors greatly facilitates teamwork and enhances efficiency, mitigating interpretation risks and eliminating the inefficiencies associated with separate teams. Clients benefit from a comprehensive helicopter view of the different issues at hand, allowing us to propose clear action plans that address their needs effectively. We are committed to providing end-to-end compliant business solutions that meet the evolving needs of our clients.   Which practices do you see growing in the next 12 months? What are the drivers behind that? In the next 12 months we anticipate to see a significant growth in several legal practices: M&A, energy, labour law and regulatory sectors. While the general demand in M&A slowed, we can see that M&A is driven by large companies sitting on enormous demand and midsize and smaller companies becoming targets (particularly in technology, AI and energy transition). Companies are increasingly looking to acquire technology and digital-first companies to stay competitive and innovative. The energy sector is experiencing growth due to the need for sustainable energy solutions and related regulations. As the world shifts towards greener energy sources, legal practices in this area are becoming more crucial to navigate the complex regulatory landscape. Labour and employment practices are growing due to the need to adapt legal regulations to hybrid work model and constant regulations’ updates due to workforce changes (flexibility, diversity and mobility). These factors are driving the need for legal expertise in navigating the evolving labour landscape.   What's the main change you've made in the firm that will benefit clients? One of the most significant changes we have implemented at Deloitte Legal is the integration of advanced technology solutions to enhance our client services. By adopting cutting-edge legal tech tools, we have streamlined our processes, improved efficiency, and increased accuracy in our work. This transformation allows us to provide faster legal advice, ultimately benefiting our clients by saving them time and reducing costs. These technological advancements enhance our internal operations and provide value to our clients. Innovation helps us stay updated and address the changing needs of our clients in a digital environment.   Is technology changing the way you interact with your clients, and the services you can provide them? Absolutely, technology is transforming the way we interact with our clients and the services we provide. For instance, we have implemented advanced document management systems that reduce the time spent on verification of large number of documents during due diligence processes, allowing our legal professionals to focus on other assignments. Additionally, these kinds of systems feature smart extraction of key terms and data points, allowing our legal professionals to quickly identify and focus on critical information. This enhancement boosts our operations and ensures faster, more accurate, and cost-effective legal services.   Can you give us a practical example of how you have helped a client to add value to their business? According to my observations, the legal real estate market is currently polarizing. Large law firms are evaluating their position, while many boutiques Polish firms are emerging, indicating market maturity. In real estate, value-added often comes from lawyers' experience and ability to address business issues within a business advisory context. At our legal real estate team, we offer comprehensive legal advice while also facilitating connections between investors and developers or clients seeking to buy or sell property. We are dedicated to ensuring that all parties involved find favorable opportunities. Deloitte Legal stands out due to its strong capabilities, experience with major clients, and diverse service lines, offering holistic advice to our Clients.   Are clients looking for stability and strategic direction from their law firms - where do you see the firm in three years’ time? At Deloitte Legal, we understand the importance of providing consistent and reliable legal services while also guiding our clients through strategic decisions that can impact their long-term success. In three years’time, I see Deloitte Legal continuing to be a leader in the legal industry by fostering collaboration between different service lines within the firm and embracing innovative technology which shall be one of the most important drivers in the legal industry. Deloitte Legal also blends legal and business advisory skills to offer clients effective solutions for today’s complex business landscape. This combination is currently one of the top trends on the market. 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What do you see as the main points that differentiate Deloitte Legal from your competitors? Deloitte Legal is uniquely positioned in the legal market thanks to a combination of distinctive assets and a deeply integrated approach. We draw on insight-driven intelligence from across the Deloitte network, enabling us to offer legal advice that is both industry-informed and forward-looking. Our professionals combine legal expertise with deep sector knowledge, allowing us to align solutions with clients’ strategic objectives. Our global coverage ensures consistent, high-quality service delivery regardless of jurisdiction, while our strong connections across the C-suite enable us to translate legal needs into actionable business outcomes. Crucially, our approach is not simply about offering legal advice – it's about delivering business solutions. We have specialists dedicated to managing change and transformation, helping clients implement complex regulatory and organizational shifts efficiently. Being part of Deloitte gives us a unique edge: our legal services are inherently cross-functional, technology-enabled, and built around real-world business needs. These differentiators allow us to consistently exceed expectations by delivering enduring value.   Which practices do you see growing in the next 12 months? What are the drivers behind that? Several practices are set for significant growth in the coming year: Public and Administrative Law: The rollout of Next Gen EU funds is generating sustained demand for legal guidance in infrastructure, procurement, and regulatory matters. The new public procurement code and updated environmental rules are accelerating this trend, making legal expertise essential for both public entities and private players. IP, Tech, and Data Protection: As clients pursue large-scale digitalisation, we see increasing demand in these areas – particularly related to AI implementation, data governance, and compliance. The growing regulatory complexity around data protection also reinforces the need for trusted legal advisors. Capital Markets: We are expanding our capital markets capability to support clients through the evolving regulatory landscape, including the introduction of the new Listing Act and upcoming reforms. This reflects a broader ambition to provide full-spectrum transactional support. Legal Managed Services & Legal Management Consulting: These innovative offerings are gaining traction in Italy, following established trends in the UK and other mature markets. Clients increasingly value flexible, tech-enabled legal solutions and strategic consulting to elevate their in-house legal functions.   What’s the main change you’ve made in the firm that will benefit clients? The most transformative shift we’ve made is adopting a solution-centered model that places clients’ business needs at the core of everything we do. Rather than focusing solely on legal risks or constraints, we begin by unpacking the underlying drivers of the issue and designing sustainable responses that align with broader business objectives. This is enabled by Deloitte’s multidisciplinary platform: we integrate legal services with technology, tax, financial advisory, and risk management to deliver comprehensive, actionable outcomes. We also deploy proven methodologies, tools, and frameworks that accelerate delivery and increase efficiency. The result is a legal service that goes beyond compliance – it becomes a key enabler of our clients’ strategy and performance.   Is technology changing the way you interact with your clients, and the services you can provide them? Absolutely. Technology – and GenAI in particular – is reshaping how we serve clients. By unlocking unstructured legal data, we help organisations anticipate risks, streamline decision-making, and increase productivity. This allows our teams to focus on strategic, value-adding work while delivering faster, more cost-effective service. But with new capabilities come new responsibilities. We apply Deloitte’s Trustworthy AI Framework to ensure responsible AI deployment – balancing innovation with ethical, legal, and regulatory safeguards. We address data integrity, supply chain risk, and governance at every step. Clients are seeking more for less – greater efficiency, faster results, lower risk. GenAI helps us deliver on all three fronts, enabling smarter collaboration and deeper insights at scale.   Can you give us a practical example of how you have helped a client to add value to their business? We supported a major consumer client during a transformative restructuring of its legal function. Our Legal Management Consulting team worked closely with the newly appointed General Counsel to redesign the legal operating model and align it with business priorities. To support immediate needs, we deployed a senior Legal Managed Services professional to act as an embedded advisor, handling operational matters while co-developing a new legal services strategy. This dual-track model enabled the GC to reposition legal as a proactive, strategic partner to the business – resulting in stronger internal alignment, increased service efficiency, and measurable cost reduction.   Are clients looking for stability and strategic direction from their law firms – where do you see the firm in three years’ time? Yes – clients increasingly expect their legal advisors to provide not only technical guidance but also long-term stability and strategic foresight. In three years, I see Deloitte Legal continuing to lead the market transformation by: Deepening our use of emerging technologies such as AI, automation, and data analytics; Investing in talent and professional development to stay ahead of legal and industry shifts; Expanding our global reach to support multinational clients with integrated solutions; Fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration, and cross-functional agility. Our goal is clear: to shape the future of legal services – not just adapt to it. We want to be the partner clients turn to for clarity, consistency, and business-oriented legal advice in a rapidly evolving world.

Managing Partner Martin Bohuslav explains how Deloitte Legal is leveraging advanced technologies and multidisciplinary collaboration to meet the evolving needs of clients in the Czech Republic.   1. What do you see as the main points that differentiate [law firm name] from your competitors? Well, without doubt a great differentiator is the ability to provide bundled solutions together with our Deloitte colleagues in other service lines. This includes solutions involving colleagues such as IT Consultants, Financial Advisors, Risk Advisers, and Tax Experts, among others. Further differentiation comes through our being focused on the most important and relevant topics at the current time. Presently, two such topics are Digitalization and ESG (Environmental Social and Governance). Both topics require major transformational processes to be taken by our clients, which can prove quite daunting for them. However, we are good at transformations! And we offer added support to these clients, making the transformational processes manageable and trouble-free, through our integrated project management capabilities.   2. Which practices do you see growing in the next 12 months? What are the drivers behind that? Beyond Digitalization and ESG transformational projects, I think that we can expect to see growth across the whole spectrum of traditional legal practice areas. Depending on the economic outlook over the next 12 months, this should include M&A transactions, restructuring, or even insolvencies – these areas headed by our Partner Petr Suchy. Our crown jewel is Tax Litigation as well, headed by our Partner Jirina Prochazkova. Since we have the largest Tax & Legal team on the market, I believe we are unmatched in our ability to cover this area and bring true synergies in our service offerings. But it is necessary to mention other areas as well. We advised on the succession planning for a prominent family business, creating a robust framework for the transition to the next generation while preserving the family’s wealth – team led by Ludvik Juricka. And we are really good at compliance and business integrity services (incl. forensics) – team led by Jaroslava Kracunova. We are strong at Banking&Finance area with team led by Jan Prochazka.   3. What's the main change you've made in the firm that will benefit clients? The most significant change we've made is our increased focus on integrating AI into our legal processes. This technology allows to handle larger volumes of work with greater accuracy and efficiency, which directly benefits by reducing turnaround times and keeping the high quality of our services. Additionally, our multidisciplinary collaboration within Deloitte ensures that we provide holistic solutions that encompass not only legal advice but also technological, financial, and risk management perspectives.   4. Is technology changing the way you interact with your clients, and the services you can provide them? Yes, and it has been already mentioned in relation to AI. But not only AI matters. Planning, Communication, and Collaborative applications to provide the client with available comfort and control – these are the ways we want to go. However, AI shall have THE IMPACT.   5. Can you give us a practical example of how you have helped a client to add value to their business? Certainly. Recently, we assisted Ataccama, a leading international software company, in securing a significant investment from Bain Capital Tech Opportunities, valued at billions of Czech Crowns. This investment was one of the most notable in the Czech Republic in recent years and is a testament to our expertise in facilitating complex transactions that enhance our clients' growth and market presence. Additionally, we supported the advisory group Partners in obtaining a banking license. This involved navigating the intricate regulatory landscape and ensuring compliance with all necessary requirements. This achievement not only enabled Partners to expand their service offerings but also marked a significant transformation in their business model. Another example is our involvement with the sale of S&K LABEL and S&K TOOLS to private equity funds. Our legal guidance throughout the transaction ensured a smooth process, aligning the interests of (international) buyers and sellers, which ultimately added substantial value to both parties involved.   6. Are clients looking for stability and strategic direction from their law firms - where do you see the firm in three years’ time? We are in the perfect position to be a strategic partner for our clients simply due to our wide practical experience across all industries, and with the major international players. We are good at transformations! And the clients need to transform in many areas nowadays. We are here to help them. With this unique business insight, we can offer proactive solutions, and the best practices taken around the world. Our lawyers, through daily collaboration with other experts, in Tax, Finance, Technology, etc., have a broader business perspective, than those at traditional law firms, which means that they can keep company objectives and goals in mind without only taking a solely narrow legal approach. In three years’ time, we remain a TOP Law Firm on the Czech market, harvesting the technological and organisational advantage of being part of the Deloitte family. Additionally, we will continue bringing a new normal to clients in providing integrated bundled solutions, which traditional law firms will not be able to do without bringing in 3rd party providers.    

What do you see as the main points that differentiate Deloitte Legal from your competitors? We are able to provide our clients with holistic integrated M&A services that is not limited only to a single stream. We collaborate with other Deloitte professionals in audit, tax, consulting, risk and financial advisory to guide our clients through challenges in a coordinated way around the world. We are truly able to provide one-stop M&A services beyond the legal box. We have a global reach, and we are able to assist clients in cross-border deals in a streamlined fashion around the world making it easy and cost-efficient for our clients to manage. Our multi-disciplinary, tech-enabled legal approach allows Deloitte Legal to address legal questions not just in the abstract isolated way but with a holistic understanding of what the client organization is trying to achieve. We expand our knowledge about our clients, the industries they operate in, their regulatory and legislative environments around the world to bring more to the table and provide the best possible legal advice to clients. Our professionals provide tailored and multidisciplinary solutions for demanding projects and complex domestic and cross-border international transactions. Which practices do you see growing in the next 12 months? What are the drivers behind that? We are seeing and expecting growth especially in our legal M&A team. Special focus is on further expanding and strengthening our legal M&A team. What’s the main change you’ve made in the firm that will benefit clients? I was recruited in fall of 2018 to build develop the legal M&A advisory services at Deloitte Legal in Finland that we are offering to our clients today. We are seeing great results in the market as Deloitte has during the past five years been seen in significant transactions also on the Finnish legal market. Is technology changing the way you interact with your clients, and the services you can provide them? We do leverage on leading technologies to deliver efficient and transparent support where considered advantageous, e.g. in case of routine work. Can you give us a practical example of how you have helped a client to add value to their business? We have successfully negotiated complex multidisciplinary and multijurisdictional deals on behalf of our clients. Are clients looking for stability and strategic direction from their law firms – where do you see the firm in three years’ time? I strongly believe that clients are expecting stability and strategic direction from their legal representatives. High competence in the regulatory and all legal aspects is a must. Going beyond that by providing our clients with strategic advice, pragmatic solutions, industry knowledge, network and experience is where we start to generate added value to our clients and that is our ultimate goal. In the coming years, our Legal team will continue to develop and expand further strengthening the services we are able to provide to our clients. Market demand for integrated multidisciplinary and technology enabled M&A services will grow.