{"id":5504,"date":"2018-07-30T14:32:34","date_gmt":"2018-07-30T12:32:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lawfirmchange.com\/whom-we-advise\/law-departments\/mittelstand\/"},"modified":"2025-04-15T14:15:16","modified_gmt":"2025-04-15T12:15:16","slug":"reorganisation-of-medium-sized-legal-departments","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lawfirmchange.com\/en\/whom-we-advise\/law-departments\/reorganisation-of-medium-sized-legal-departments\/","title":{"rendered":"Medium-sized legal departments"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"5504\" class=\"elementor elementor-5504 elementor-2544\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6adc93c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6adc93c\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2e6560a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2e6560a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Law departments: medium-sized companies<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b2631be line-heading elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b2631be\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Challenge<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ed3adee elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ed3adee\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Legal departments of medium-sized companies have a Herculean task. 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Making data and information available on one platform, reducing redundancies, reliably automating standards and routines and, as a result, saving a lot of valuable time for the actual legal advice.<\/p>\n     \n    \n     \n    \n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"uc_uc_icon_accordion_elementor_5a7d360_item2\" class=\"uc_ac_box  elementor-repeater-item-495e3f7\">\n  <div class=\"uc-heading uc_trigger\">\n    \n        <div class=\"ue_icon_holder\">\n      <div class=\"ue_icon\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\"><path d=\"M192 104.8c0-9.2-5.8-17.3-13.2-22.8C167.2 73.3 160 61.3 160 48c0-26.5 28.7-48 64-48s64 21.5 64 48c0 13.3-7.2 25.3-18.8 34c-7.4 5.5-13.2 13.6-13.2 22.8c0 12.8 10.4 23.2 23.2 23.2l56.8 0c26.5 0 48 21.5 48 48l0 56.8c0 12.8 10.4 23.2 23.2 23.2c9.2 0 17.3-5.8 22.8-13.2c8.7-11.6 20.7-18.8 34-18.8c26.5 0 48 28.7 48 64s-21.5 64-48 64c-13.3 0-25.3-7.2-34-18.8c-5.5-7.4-13.6-13.2-22.8-13.2c-12.8 0-23.2 10.4-23.2 23.2L384 464c0 26.5-21.5 48-48 48l-56.8 0c-12.8 0-23.2-10.4-23.2-23.2c0-9.2 5.8-17.3 13.2-22.8c11.6-8.7 18.8-20.7 18.8-34c0-26.5-28.7-48-64-48s-64 21.5-64 48c0 13.3 7.2 25.3 18.8 34c7.4 5.5 13.2 13.6 13.2 22.8c0 12.8-10.4 23.2-23.2 23.2L48 512c-26.5 0-48-21.5-48-48L0 343.2C0 330.4 10.4 320 23.2 320c9.2 0 17.3 5.8 22.8 13.2C54.7 344.8 66.7 352 80 352c26.5 0 48-28.7 48-64s-21.5-64-48-64c-13.3 0-25.3 7.2-34 18.8C40.5 250.2 32.4 256 23.2 256C10.4 256 0 245.6 0 232.8L0 176c0-26.5 21.5-48 48-48l120.8 0c12.8 0 23.2-10.4 23.2-23.2z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"ue_icon_spacing\"><\/div>\n        \n    <div class=\"ue_title\">Process<\/div>\n    \n    \n        <div class=\"ue_expand_spacing\"><\/div>\n    <div class=\"ue_expand\">\n      <div class=\"ue_expand_inside\">\n      <span class=\"uc_dactive bbb ue_accordion_icon\" ><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\"><path d=\"M256 80c0-17.7-14.3-32-32-32s-32 14.3-32 32l0 144L48 224c-17.7 0-32 14.3-32 32s14.3 32 32 32l144 0 0 144c0 17.7 14.3 32 32 32s32-14.3 32-32l0-144 144 0c17.7 0 32-14.3 32-32s-14.3-32-32-32l-144 0 0-144z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n      <span class=\"uc_active bbb ue_accordion_icon\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\"><path d=\"M432 256c0 17.7-14.3 32-32 32L48 288c-17.7 0-32-14.3-32-32s14.3-32 32-32l352 0c17.7 0 32 14.3 32 32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n        \n  <\/div>\n  <!-- end of heading -->\n  \n  \n  <div class=\"uc_content\" >\n          <p class=\"\" data-start=\"42\" data-end=\"91\">After an organizational check of the legal department, which enables us to assess the tasks, procedures, resources, systems, communication, etc., we discuss the direction and process of the consultation with the legal management (usually together with the responsible management). Since the legal department usually operates in a matrix function, the departments involved and the management board are involved as far as necessary. 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We have processed the relevant management issues of a typical mid-sized legal department in a practical form manual in the form of samples and checklists. However, we also know that each sub-topic has its own individual framework and requires individualized solutions. 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