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The market
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Your comments will be treated as strictly confidential, and will not be attributed to you in any editorial or disclosed to the firm. I would be grateful if you could provide the following:
The team
Please describe what makes this practice unique, what do you think potential clients would wish to know about the team's strengths and key capabilities, and how it compares to other firms. Please describe any innovations (eg. people, billing, diversity, technology, collaboration, etc.) the practice has introduced where relevant.
What could the firm do to improve its client service? (This will not be used in published research but may be made available (fully anonymised) to the firm at their request.)
Individuals
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If the firm used AI tools as part of its service, how valuable was this element?
If the principle lawyer at the firm responsible for advising your company moved to a different law firm, would you follow them or stay with the firm?
The market
Are there any other firms/lawyers in this sector you have worked with that deserve recommendation?
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