Positive client relations have always been a central focus for FLI and some of this years’ panellists had been working with the company for as long as 16 years. The diverse range of speakers represented companies such as Caterpillar, AVX (Kyocera), DHL, Royal Dutch Shell, Mediapro, Bjark Ingels Group and Vital Strategies, with each lending their voice and personal experiences to discussions of the pandemic and their expectations of continuing relations with FLI.

Each of the panellists expressed appreciation for FLI’s core business model and anticipation towards the company’s more member-focused direction. Projects such as the substantial development of in-house client ‘self-help’ and training tools were touched upon, which the speakers’ hoped would provide contract lifestyle management systems and business analytic software to its users. There was also a general emphasis on the increasingly crucial safeguarding of new technologies, for example, the complications of binding e-signatures and the growing need for secure VPNs.

The potential long-term effects of the Covid-19 pandemic were also discussed, centring around concerns over Cyber security, the potential risk that suppliers would impose more requirements and a predicted shift to advising clients on collections, bankruptcies and workouts. Issues of external security were also raised to help enforce social distancing rules, and each of the panellists expressed concern for how best to protect their staff and clients should there be a ‘second spike’.

Since the conference, General Counsels, and C-Suite Executives have been driving and coordinating multi-jurisdictional events through video-conferencing to coordinate due-diligence, M&A deals, compliance and regulatory forensic investigations, and export and trade optimisation and restructurings. Chief Business Development Officer, Daniel Casares-Lauritsen, said of the conference: “We are very excited to see the synergies between FLI HQ and our clients, as we move towards a new partnership era”.

About FLI

First Law International is a Brussels-based legal network of more than 100 leading national law firms known as FLI NET. Together with our local partners, we've provided legal support to hundreds of clients across the years. Our experts specialise in cross-border legal projects, enabling each of our clients to achieve growth and success on a global scale. We’re passionate about helping to connect large and small-scale businesses to expert Legal talent across borders, using the very best technology. Our leadership team shares 100+ years of collective Legal & Legal Tech experience between them and for over two decades, we've built a solid network created by GCs for GCs. For more information about FLI’s global practice, please see here and connect with us on Twitter and LinkedIn.

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