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<blockquote data-quote="Jaysen" data-source="post: 1054" data-attributes="member: 1"><p>^ That's good advice.</p><p></p><p>I appreciate there's not much on the firm out there, so a few thoughts on Weightmans:</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Although Weightmans is best known for its insurance and litigation work (and this contributes most of its turnover), in recent years, the firm has been investing in corporate/commercial work to balance the practice.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Weightmans has transformed itself from a decent sized north-west firm to a top 50 national firm by revenue thanks to a series of investments and acquisitions (such as its 2015 Leeds acquisition).</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The firm's structure is quite radical/innovative relative to other law firms. It's split into two: the legal side which deals with the legal work and the client side which focuses on getting more work/looking after existing clients, and is organised around different client markets. This seems to be working - the firm posted its best ever half-year results for the first six months of 2017-18. Other client-focused projects include ICE (Improving Client Experience) and its Anatomy of the Client project, which led to the firm winning Legal Week's Client Management Innovation award in 2016.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The firm is ambitious. Weightmans now has a large number of UK offices and there are indications that the firm will continue to grow nationally. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">It hasn't shown an interest in growing internationally, but it has set up international legal networks. This happened recently (2017) where Weightmans formed an alliance with US, Canada and Spain to serve insurance clients. There are plans to expand this.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Weightmans has spent roughly £6m on tech in recent years, which included the purchase of a new practice management system to increase efficiency. It has also focused on efficiency in other areas such as training lawyers on the Lean Six Sigma principles (something Clifford Chance and a few other firms do too).</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Weightmans has said London is a key market for growth, especially Lloyd's (a key insurance market in London).</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Weightmans has an ABS licence which allows it to take on external investment/promote non-lawyer partners. So far, it has promoted two non-lawyers (in marketing and HR).</li> </ul><p>As you rightly said, the firm is quite different from many commercial law firms. At the Weightmans interview, if they do ask 'why us?' try to focus on those reasons and justify why that interests you.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jaysen, post: 1054, member: 1"] ^ That's good advice. I appreciate there's not much on the firm out there, so a few thoughts on Weightmans: [LIST] [*]Although Weightmans is best known for its insurance and litigation work (and this contributes most of its turnover), in recent years, the firm has been investing in corporate/commercial work to balance the practice. [*]Weightmans has transformed itself from a decent sized north-west firm to a top 50 national firm by revenue thanks to a series of investments and acquisitions (such as its 2015 Leeds acquisition). [*]The firm's structure is quite radical/innovative relative to other law firms. It's split into two: the legal side which deals with the legal work and the client side which focuses on getting more work/looking after existing clients, and is organised around different client markets. This seems to be working - the firm posted its best ever half-year results for the first six months of 2017-18. Other client-focused projects include ICE (Improving Client Experience) and its Anatomy of the Client project, which led to the firm winning Legal Week's Client Management Innovation award in 2016. [*]The firm is ambitious. Weightmans now has a large number of UK offices and there are indications that the firm will continue to grow nationally. [*]It hasn't shown an interest in growing internationally, but it has set up international legal networks. This happened recently (2017) where Weightmans formed an alliance with US, Canada and Spain to serve insurance clients. There are plans to expand this. [*]Weightmans has spent roughly £6m on tech in recent years, which included the purchase of a new practice management system to increase efficiency. It has also focused on efficiency in other areas such as training lawyers on the Lean Six Sigma principles (something Clifford Chance and a few other firms do too). [*]Weightmans has said London is a key market for growth, especially Lloyd's (a key insurance market in London). [*]Weightmans has an ABS licence which allows it to take on external investment/promote non-lawyer partners. So far, it has promoted two non-lawyers (in marketing and HR). [/LIST] As you rightly said, the firm is quite different from many commercial law firms. At the Weightmans interview, if they do ask 'why us?' try to focus on those reasons and justify why that interests you. [/QUOTE]
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