Altman Weil, Inc. and Project Leadership Associates, Inc. (PLA) today signed a formal strategic alliance agreement. Both firms provide strategic advisory and consulting services to the global legal market. What's next? The two organizations have already undertaken shared projects with key law firm and corporate law department clients. A joint task force is developing new market offerings that leverage each firm’s expertise, including pricing strategies, project management and post-merger integration. The complete press release can be viewed here.
Beyond the press release, here's an exclusive InsideLegal.com Q&A with Dan Safran (pictured), Project Leadership Associates' Executive Vice President, Legal Solutions:
Why did you decide to align yourself with Altman Weil at this point in time?
We are responding to what our clients have been asking of us. Key trends like alternative fee arrangements, project management, strategy development along with the right blend of process, organization and technology execution and sophisticated performance benchmarking are creating a need for legal organizations to integrate technology into their strategic operations. Our law firm and corporate legal clients are looking for integrated, strategic solutions, and together, Altman Weil and PLA are perfectly positioned to deliver.
Are you offering any short term joint events/webinars/ seminars/tutorials to show BigLaw how you can help them?
Altman Weil and PLA serve large, mid-size and small law firms and law departments across strategy, operations, software applications and technology based infrastructure. While events are but one method to communicate with us – our web sites, industry forums, newsletters and special events will be leveraged to help our clients to understand our joint solutions and capabilities. The easiest way to learn more is to write or call one or both of our organizations – as we can help understand specific issues and tailor even pre-defined solutions to each situation.
Is there anything else the InsideLegal readership should know about or might find helpful as it relates to this announcement?
Yes, this alignment is already in motion – and together Altman Weil and PLA represent the best of the best consulting providers in the legal industry – and now we are working together. The combination of Altman Weil’s distinguished strategy and M&A expertise, coupled with PLA’s execution skills –provides an option to law firm and corporate clients to define the future and achieve it.
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