Pearson Legal Chief Uses Tech, Panels to Improve Legal Services

Pearson PLC has used global law firm panels and an alternative services provider to cut nearly 25% of its legal spend over three years, according to the education company’s chief legal officer Cinthia Nespoli.

The company mandated the budget cut in 2017 as part of a broader effort to increase efficiency. The law department partnered with Morae Global, an ALSP, to streamline transactional work while also culling its list of outside counsel to three panels and a preferred providers list.

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