Sourcing external legal advice no longer necessarily means instructing a traditional law firm. Now, internal teams can turn to a range of new, flexible from well-established brands like Axiom and Lawyers on Demand (LoD), to law firm-tied flexible resource providers such as Peerpoint and Adaptive.

The advantages to utilising flexible legal resourcing are clear. It allows businesses to access specialist legal expertise when it’s needed, keeping down headcount without incurring the high costs of external counsel.

But this flexibility often comes at a premium. Many organisations are paying an unnecessarily high price for flexible resourcing when they could be accessing the same resources at a significantly reduced price point.