Avoiding Juristic Park survey 2020

Webinar: 18 May 2020

Please take five minutes to complete this survey, which has been developed by Jaap Bosman and the moderators. It is completely anonymous and will be used in the preparation of the webinar

The results will be available for all and will first be shared during our webinar ‘Avoiding juristic park: how to kick-start your law firm in the post COVID-19 world’ on Monday 18 May 1300 – 1400 BST. You can register for this webinar here.

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* 1. About working from home (situation today)

All lawyers in my firm are working from home

Some lawyers in our firm are still working in the office

Most or all lawyers in my firm are working in the office

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* 2. About billable hours in March and April

Still on target or not below 95%

We are somewhat below target (90%)

We are below 80% of target

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* 3. About going back to the office (at some point during Q3)

We expect our lawyers will be back in the office in Q3

We expect that we will be able to partly work from the office in Q3

We do not expect to be back in the office in Q3

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* 4. Will you permanently change the way you work? (multiple answers possible)

We will introduce blended working: in the office and from home

We will structurally reduce assistants/ secretaries

We will need less office space (because part will structurally work from home)

We will need more office space because we had an open plan office

We will travel less and use video communication more

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* 5. About how practice areas will develop in the next 12 months

	80%	90%	100%	110%	120%
M&A	M&A 80%	M&A 90%	M&A 100%	M&A 110%	M&A 120%
Employment	Employment 80%	Employment 90%	Employment 100%	Employment 110%	Employment 120%
Competition	Competition 80%	Competition 90%	Competition 100%	Competition 110%	Competition 120%
IP/IT	IP/IT 80%	IP/IT 90%	IP/IT 100%	IP/IT 110%	IP/IT 120%
Corporate General	Corporate General 80%	Corporate General 90%	Corporate General 100%	Corporate General 110%	Corporate General 120%
Insolvency & Restructuring	Insolvency & Restructuring 80%	Insolvency & Restructuring 90%	Insolvency & Restructuring 100%	Insolvency & Restructuring 110%	Insolvency & Restructuring 120%
Capital Markets	Capital Markets 80%	Capital Markets 90%	Capital Markets 100%	Capital Markets 110%	Capital Markets 120%
Public Law	Public Law 80%	Public Law 90%	Public Law 100%	Public Law 110%	Public Law 120%
Real Estate	Real Estate 80%	Real Estate 90%	Real Estate 100%	Real Estate 110%	Real Estate 120%
Banking Regulatory	Banking Regulatory 80%	Banking Regulatory 90%	Banking Regulatory 100%	Banking Regulatory 110%	Banking Regulatory 120%
Dispute Resolution	Dispute Resolution 80%	Dispute Resolution 90%	Dispute Resolution 100%	Dispute Resolution 110%	Dispute Resolution 120%
Energy	Energy 80%	Energy 90%	Energy 100%	Energy 110%	Energy 120%
Construction	Construction 80%	Construction 90%	Construction 100%	Construction 110%	Construction 120%
Tax	Tax 80%	Tax 90%	Tax 100%	Tax 110%	Tax 120%

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* 6. About pricing of legal services

We expect collected rates to remain at the current level

We expect effective rates (collected) will be lower (>10%)

We expect rates could go up (>10%)

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* 7. About your client base

My client base is largely unaffected by the economic crisis

My client base is somewhat affected by the economic crisis

My client base is heavily affected by the economic crisis

Part of my client base might go permanently out of business

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* 8. About the size of your firm (only equity partners)

We have 10 partners or less

We have between 11 and 25 partners

We have between 26 and 50 partners

We have between 51 and 100 partners

We have over 100 equity partners

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* 9. Where are you based

United States

United Kingdom

European Union

North/Middle/South America (except US)

Europe except EU and UK

China

Asia except China

Rest of the World