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Die Telefonzentralen sitzen in Indien, die Service-Center auf den Philippinen und selbst Artikel werden längst in anderen Ländern geschrieben. Daran hat man sich gewöhnt, das ist nichts Neues. Die Arbeit eines Rechtsanwalts ist hiervon nicht betroffen, könnte man meinen. Wie "The Lawyer" berichtet, liegt man darin falsch:

Pinsent Masons is gearing up to make significant cost savings by outsourcing work to South Africa, becoming the first firm to offshore the work of qualified lawyers.

Pinsents is outsourcing litigation work to lawyers working for business services company Exigent in South Africa.

Man verspricht sich nicht unerhebliche Einsparungen.

A dedicated team of lawyers based in Cape Town will carry out tasks including first reviews of documentation on UK and US-related investigations at around a 50 per cent saving on each role.

Andere wollen nachziehen:

Simmons & Simmons is looking to use external lawyers overseas for large pieces of litigation or corporate due diligence, with the aim of achieving a 50 per cent cost saving on each role that is moved offshore, but the plans have yet to be implemented.

Was meint die Leserschaft: Ein Trend, der auch hierzulande Anlass zur Sorge bieten sollte?

Full post as published by jurabilis - German bLAWg from Berlin. on June 27, 2009 (boomark / email).