Deepak Malhotra to speak on Sourcing Legal And Legal Support Services: What, Why & How

Jan. 16, 2012 - PRLog -- Los Angeles, January 16, 2012

The major buyers and vendors of the Legal Process Outsourcing Industry will be the audience in the webinar organized by Global Outsourcing Association of Lawyers-GOAL on “Are we Ready for Legal Offshoring? Apprehensions, Solutions Plans and Strategies in Outsourcing Models? – General Counsel Perspective”. Deepak Malhotra, Chief Operating Officer and Global Counsel, Fusion Universal (UK) and Pankaj Parnami, Founder Director, GOAL will be sharing ideas and experiences in the webinar that includes topics like:

•   Sourcing legal and legal support services: what, why and how?
•   GC’s apprehensions when making an offshoring decision including compliance with the ethics rules of the ABA and UK Law Society;
•   Assessing possible LPO value adds to a corporate legal department
•   Establishing the trust and collaboration necessary for a mutually beneficial LPO relationship in compliance with the traditional attorney-client "rules of engagement"
•   Evaluating the strategic planning, development and implementation of best-shore legal services for global corporations

The webinar will be held on 18 Jan 2012 at 9:00 am PST/11:00 am CST/12:00 pm EST/5:00 pm GMT/10:30 pm IST

About GOAL:   

GOAL focuses to bring together legal industry leaders such as law firm partners, general counsels, LPO service providers and other potential stakeholders in the LPO industry to share practical experiences in the growing phase of this industry. GOAL aims to build a community of global lawyers and outsourcing experts for the exchange of ideas, guidance, training, best practices, and offers. For further details and to access the podcast of this webinar, visit www.connect-goal.com