http://www.strategiclegaladvisor.com/news-featuresStrategic Legal AdvisorThu, 15 Oct 2009en-gb(C) 2008 Polyview Media LtdAs part of the process of regional integration and rapid industrialisation of the southern African region, the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) officially launched a Free Trade Area (FTA) during its 28th Summit last August in Johannesburg./news-features/Africa-The-SADC-Free-Trade-Area---Angola-steps-aside/Mon, 23 Mar 2009Eversheds has unveiled a new project management system which develops the successful model used by the firm in its role as exclusive legal provider for Tyco./news-features/Eversheds-launches-new-client-project-management-system/Mon, 23 Mar 2009Osborne Clarke has become the UK's first law firm to establish an onshore shared service centre after signing a £50m deal with outsourcing company Intergreon./news-features/Legal-outsourcer-in-UK-first/Tue, 17 Feb 2009Strategic Legal Advisor asks ITV head of legal Andrew Garard how he convinced law firms to wean themselves off the clock, what benefits he expects to reap and what, exactly, is wrong with buying legal services by the hour./news-features/Banishing-the-billable-hour/Tue, 17 Feb 2009SLA's launch survey finds general counsel under pressure. Costs are the most pressing issue for general counsel, while a little over a quarter say that defending their teams from cutbacks is one of their key concerns. External advisers are not helping - despite the pressures they face, more GCs expect their external legal bills to rise than fall./news-features/General-counsel-look-for-alternatives-as-law-firm-fees-continue-to-soar/Tue, 17 Feb 2009The majority of commercial litigators in the UK expect the number of commercial disputes to rise over the coming year, according to a new survey by legal expenses insurer First Assist Legal Protection./news-features/Commercial-litigation-set-to-rise-as-no-win-no-fee-deals-move-into-the-mainstream/Tue, 17 Feb 2009Trevor Faure, the architect of the groundbreaking partnering arrangement between manufacturing and engineering giant Tyco and Eversheds, has left his post as European, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) general counsel at Tyco to join Ernst & Young./news-features/Trevor-Faure-quits-Tyco-but-leaves-Eversheds-legacy/Tue, 17 Feb 2009Three British companies have revamped their legal teams in the face of widespread business restructuring./news-features/Wolseley-Cadbury-and-C4-restructure-legal-departments/Tue, 17 Feb 2009Barclays has overhauled its in-house legal function, appointing Sue Brooks to the newly-created role of chief of staff in an attempt to cut costs./news-features/Barclays-reorganises-its-legal-function-to-make-savings/Tue, 17 Feb 2009The IMF came to Ukraine's rescue in November with a multi-billion dollar loan to help it back from the brink. Despite this, the country's lawyers remain optimistic about its prospects in the long term./news-features/Ukraine-A-bumpy-ride-ahead/Thu, 12 Feb 2009One reason why law firms have been able to pass on double digit rate hikes year-on-year has been the apparent reluctance of many clients to challenge rising fees/news-features/Survey-Fighting-For-Lower-Fees/Wed, 11 Feb 2009Fraud is set to rise over the next two years as the economic climate worsens, accounting firm KPMG has warned./news-features/Corporate-fraud-set-to-rise-as-recession-sets-in/Wed, 11 Feb 2009All of January's moves, appointments and departures, including new panels at Legal & General and Lloyds TSB and new appointments at Guardian News & Media and the Serious Fraud Office./news-features/People-and-panels/Wed, 11 Feb 2009After recent political and economic upheaval, what does the future hold for Ukraine's business prospects?/news-features/Ukraine-Business-as-usual/Wed, 11 Feb 2009The Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills (Ofsted) is to establish an in-house legal team for the first time./news-features/Ofsted-establishes-first-in-house-legal-team/Wed, 11 Feb 20092009 may well be the time when, after years of complaining about the level of legal fees, that clients make some serious inroads into both the levels and basis of legal fees./news-features/Survey-General-counsel-under-pressure/Wed, 11 Feb 2009Welcome to Strategic Legal Advisor, the new website for corporate counsel that aims to shed some light on the nexus between the suppliers and buyers of high end legal services./news-features/Welcome-to-Strategic-Legal-Advisor/Tue, 10 Feb 2009While many in-house lawyers have complained about the iniquities of the billable hour for many years, the current economic climate represents their best chance to force their suppliers to fundamentally rethink the way that legal services are valued and paid for./news-features/Survey-Rethinking-Value/Tue, 10 Feb 2009A common response to cost pressures among general counsel is to grow the size of the legal department and retain more work in-house. But experts argue that this could be counter-productive in the long run./news-features/Survey-Is-bigger-better/Tue, 10 Feb 2009Ukraine has made progress in recent years on the legislative front to shed its historically unfavourable reputation for foreign investment. Philip Hoult explains./news-features/Ukraine-Upholding-the-rule-of-law/Tue, 10 Feb 2009