Blake Lapthorn is 21st most innovative law
firm in Europe
Following the Financial Times Innovative
Lawyers awards ceremony that took place at the Royal Courts of
Justice in London on 16 October, Blake Lapthorn is pleased to
confirm that it is now the 21st most innovative law firm
in Europe.
Blake Lapthorn has risen 18 places in the
rankings, from its position of 39 in 2007. The firm's
Innovation team, which is headed by partner Alison McClure, entered
into four categories for this year's awards. Those
categories, along with the information on the specific submissions
and the results for each, are listed below:
Human Resources (HR) - Core Values
Co-ordinators project
The firm was highly commended for its
'promotion and integration of the firm's core values. The
description states: "The firm, which is a product of three mergers
in five years, has instituted core values through the use of office
champions and a people-led approach rather than a procedural
one."
Marketing and PR - Geoff Holt's
'Personal Everest'
The firm was commended for its sponsorship of
Geoff Holt's Personal Everest. The description states: "The firm
runs a series of 'Challenge' lectures into which this high-profile
sponsorship fitted. A potentially risky initiative as Geoff
Holt is a disabled sailor and the appeal of his quest was primarily
personal rather than business orientated."
Client Service -
Lifecoaching
The firm was commended for its Lifecoaching
for clients of the firm's divorce practice. The description
states: "A novel way of helping clients deal with a difficult time
in their lives. The firm offers an introductory session and
clients then have the option to pay for more. Referees were
laudatory about the initiative."
Management -
firmjam
The firm was commended for its week-long staff
listening exercise using the firm's intranet. The description
states: "Taking place on the firm's intranet, 'firmjam' has led to
changes in the firm's bonus scheme, how it bills and drives new
business development ideas into practice."
Alison McClure said: "I am extremely pleased
that the firm has been highly commended for our core values project
and that we've risen so much from last year's rankings. The
team have done a really good job this year in implementing our
various Innovation projects and it's extremely rewarding to see
that all our hard work has received such great recognition in
today's FT Innovative Lawyers report. We will continue to
generate our Innovation projects, which play a key part in the
firm's ongoing development."
The Financial Times, together with RSG
Consulting, launched the Innovative Lawyers report three years
ago. This year's report, which is based on 600 submissions,
690 interviews and more than six months' research, sees expanded
coverage of the legal profession across Europe. Some of the
key trends from the report include the growth of outsourcing of
legal processes to low-cost centres such as India and the increased
standardisation of legal advice through the intelligent use of
technology. The report also shows how the legal sector is
responding to climate change.
To view the report in full, see www.ft.com/innovativelawyers2008.
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For more information please
contact:
Daniel Baber, PR manager, Blake Lapthorn
E: daniel.baber@bllaw.co.uk
T: 020 7814 5489