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The impact of the COVID-19 crisis on law firm support operations

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This Instant Survey, conducted in May 2020 by Sandpiper Partners and commissioned by Williams Lea, provides valuable insight into what the largest US and UK firms are doing to address the urgent needs of the COVID-19 crisis and the plans they are making to respond to the economic impact on post-pandemic operations:

- Biggest challenges to remote working
- Reductions in workforce measures
- Key targets for cost-cutting
- "Mission critical" focus areas in the next six months
- Changes to remote working policies for fee earners and support staff
- Support functions for virtualization

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