European Law Department Benchmarking Study
Article from: OGEL 4 (2004), in Managing a Legal Department
Introduction
In late Spring of 2004, LSI and Hildebrandt invited European law departments to submit data for its European Law Department Benchmarking Study. Seventy-five law departments responded. 48 departments were grouped into 5 industries: Chemicals (6), Food & Beverage (6), Manufacturing (11), Pharmaceuticals (7), and Technology (18). The remaining 27 respondents are grouped into "Other." This data covers European legal staff and revenue (each a defined term). Out of the 75 respondents, 16 law departments have 60% or more of their lawyers in ...