Legal outsourcing is a step forward to a civilized business

2024 Author: Howard Calhoun | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 10:16

Translated from English, outsourcing is an external source. With regard to the topic of this article, legal outsourcing is the provision of financial and economic activities of an enterprise by an independent (or affiliated) law firm. In a nutshell - the solution of emerging business problems that interfere with making a profit. In the West, legal outsourcing has long and firmly won its place under the sun. There is a powerful industry with a billion-dollar turnover and stars who choose their own customers.

In Russia, Ukraine and other states of the former Soviet Union, the figures are orders of magnitude lower. There is nothing surprising in this, since this service made its way through the incredulous heads of newly minted owners, who were used to keeping everything under tight control, including information. It is generally accepted that the period of wild capitalism or capital accumulation is over in the post-communist space. Now there is a process of legalization and civilization of business forms. It’s hard to imagine, but even 10 years ago it was considered the norm to pay wages “in envelopes” and have dozens or even hundreds of “babies” (one-day firms) with the parent organizationfor cashing out).

Now the roll is in the other direction - in the direction of respectability and solidity. That is why companies providing outsourcing of legal services in Russia have become so widespread and famous. Their professional composition, reputation, turnover are too heterogeneous to speak of a mature market. Annual ratings are compiled, conferences are held, the market is growing, consultants are buying apartments, and business is still experiencing problems. Unfortunately, the peculiarity of domestic legislation is that it looks like a patchwork blanket. This is a large panel without a single solid base, on which pieces of fabric of different shapes, colors and textures are full of. The laws either contradict each other in some part, or are morally obsolete, or do not describe the new realities of our economy and life.

Legal services outsourcing, for all their attractiveness for the owner, have a weak spot. And this place is cadres, or rather, those professionals, semi-professionals or non-professionals who work there. It would be naive to believe that such companies employ only specialists with a capital letter with thirty years of experience, specializing in all types of Russian, and at the same time international law and able to solve legal problems at the intersection of finance and accounting. There are no such people, because this is science fiction. Lawyers, like doctors, specialize in a certain law - criminal, civil, administrative. The lawyer who chosecivil specialization, may devote himself to intellectual property or corporate affairs, contracts for work and general contracting or labor disputes. Perhaps the best option for a company that is confidently standing on its feet is a combination of two approaches. To solve non-standard, complex or highly specialized problems, it is appropriate to use legal outsourcing. For typical, ordinary tasks, a full-time lawyer or department is suitable.

Legal outsourcing meets the needs of modern business and is an actual form of protection of its interests.