Honeywell Legal Boss Went Beyond Big Law to Cut 100 Firms to 13

Honeywell International Inc. is mostly bypassing the largest law firms for its day-to-day legal issues, often in favor of more medium-sized shops that offer lower costs and closer business relationships, the company’s top lawyer said.

“Overall, it’s about improving performance and improving the value of the legal relationship versus just being all about driving costs down,” Honeywell senior vice president and general counsel Anne Madden told Bloomberg Law.

Bloomberg Law is conducting a Q&A series highlighting some of the legal industry’s most important relationships: the often fruitful but sometimes complicated connections between general counsel and their outside law firms. We’re ...