Uploaded December 2014 | Updated September 2026, 4 hours ago

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Clip from Patrick Dixon's keynote at Netlaw conference to leading law firms. Uncertainty makes it difficult to plan and strategise - you will need many business plans to be able to respond to global shocks. Law firms are consolidating and also merging with non-legal companies since the' Tesco Act'. Mergers are vital to provide global services, firms need international presence. Not necessarily formal mergers, but informal partnerships and virtual communities are becoming increasingly utilised.

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