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Building Organizations Where Talent Thrives and Drives Value.

 
When your legal department is aligned with the strategic needs of your organization, synergies, improved efficiencies and bottom-line results occur. To make that happen, your in-house legal team needs to be set up for success.

Major, Lindsey & Africa’s Advisory Services group partners with GCs, executive leadership, legal operations and individual lawyers to examine and assess your current state and present personalized recommendations to take your legal team to the next level.

Organizational & Operational Design

We work with you to align your legal department to where your business is today and where it is headed. We provide a comprehensive analysis of your internal team, your outside counsel and other vendors as well as the technology your department uses.
  • Financial Analysis
    We examine your costs associated with your legal and compliance obligations and then provide strategies for reducing those costs so that you can reinvest in the areas that matter most to you.
  • Resourcing Assessment & Strategy
    We assess your organization’s alignment to the business and then build a roadmap that leads you toward a more effective, efficient and strategical alignment, offering recommendations on headcount, external resourcing, process and more.
  • Technology Selection
    We amplify the effectiveness of your team by identifying technology solutions that fit the needs of your department, the demands of your business and your budget.

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Strategic Talent Development

Many of the skills necessary to be a highly impactful in-house lawyer are not taught in law school or law firms. We can help hone a legal team and its individuals’ skills through a variety of services:
  • Leadership & Strategic Skills Development
    For the best leaders, learning never stops. We offer training designed to help your legal professionals and lawyers become trusted advisors with the business acumen needed to excel as leaders within the team and organization.
  • New Leader Support & Integration
    Whether you are a general counsel looking to make a deeper impact or an in-house counsel striving toward the next step in your career, executive coaching can help you become the true strategic partner your legal and executive teams need.
  • Talent Consulting
    Retaining and growing the legal talent on your team is a priority for any business. Let us help you craft assessments and career development plans so that you can give your lawyers a tailored roadmap that can lead them to their own success.
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