The top 10 City firm has used regional firms for bulk work such as due diligence for some time but has been stepping up the practice. Partners within the firm are also pitching for particular projects alongside regional firms. Herbert Smith now outsources to
The move is the latest attempt by a top City firm to outsource property work to cheaper firms outside
Herbert Smith property partner Chris de Pury, who started the firm’s scheme, told Legal Week: “You have got good people in the provinces who can do that work and it creates a much healthier lawyer-client relationship.”
