Each development-oriented company, in the course of its activities, makes a choice between hiring an employee lawyer or concluding a contract for subscription (legal) services (legal outsourcing) with a law firm. Both options have their strengths and weaknesses.
The advantages of having a lawyer in the state include the fact that such an employee is in the office and you can always ask him a question of interest. The contract for subscription (legal) services (legal outsourcing) may also provide for a lawyer to visit the office of the Client's firm, but it must be understood that from nine to six every day, such a lawyer will still not be at the Client's.
But, at the same time, if you enter into a contract for subscription legal services (legal outsourcing) with a law firm, you get not one, but several lawyers at once to resolve your issues. After all, if your issue is complex, a lawyer can seek advice from his colleagues and together lawyers will definitely work out the most optimal solution to your issue. Also, if one lawyer of a law firm falls ill (goes on maternity leave, on vacation), another lawyer will be able to solve the problem.
Fortunately, modern technologies make it possible to hold online meetings, online consultations, as well as build other types of communication, therefore, despite the fact that a lawyer of a law firm may not be physically located in the Client’s office, the feeling that your lawyer is nearby and ready to solve your problems with full immersion in the essence of the problem will still be present.
Speaking about the pros and cons of a lawyer-employee and concluding a contract for subscription (legal) services (legal outsourcing), it is worth noting the financial costs of the organization. So, an employee lawyer needs to pay wages, and also pay taxes on wages. The amount of payment under the contract for subscription legal (permanent) services is, as a rule, less than the salary of a lawyer-employee, in addition, it is not taxed.
Subscriber legal services include:
- Lawyer consulting. They include both oral and written consultations on any legal issues. It is also possible to conduct online consultations via Skype, Viber, Telegram, WhatsApp at a convenient time for you.
- Development of personnel documents. Preparation of personnel documents of any complexity (internal labor regulations, job descriptions, regulations, staffing tables, etc.).
- Preparation of amendments to constituent documents. Preparation of documents for the reorganization and liquidation of the Client's legal entity, sale of shares / shares of the enterprise, support for the purchase and sale of the enterprise as a property complex.
- Preparation of documents for the participation of the Client in court. Preparation of statements of claim, responses to statements of claim, petitions, letters and complaints to the judiciary.
- Collection of receivables. Obtaining enforcement documents, preparing documents for initiating enforcement proceedings, complaints and petitions to a bailiff for debt collection.
- Departure on customer issues. Representation of the Client's interests in state bodies, in negotiations with counterparties, as well as the provision of legal services in the Client's office.
If you come to the conclusion that it is more suitable for you to conclude an agreement for subscription legal services (legal outsourcing) with a law firm, then you can always contact ProYuristBy law firm. We will select a tariff that is suitable only for you, as well as help your company reach a higher level of development without large financial losses and prevent the occurrence of other risks.
