When the Group’s Founder and CEO, Orlando Casares, commented at First International Law’s Annual Spring Conference in May 2020 that “year after year, the company continues to receive industry accolades for its contributions to LegalTech and fundamental interest-alignment with corporate clients’ operational and legal objectives”, little did he know there was another one waiting in the wings. This isn’t the first time FLI has been nominated for this award, but it is the first time that FLI has taken such fundamental changes to its model and to its brand. In 2019, the organization was celebrated by the likes of LegalWeek as an industry disruptor and was commended for the launch of its ground-breaking ‘Assistant GC’ app, which grants in-house counsel with access to 17,000 attorneys in 85 countries, 24/7. They praised both the app and FLI’s strategic partnership with multi-disciplinary groups, by stating that “securing legal support worldwide has never been so efficient or cost-effective.” Casares said of The Lawyers’ Award that “this is the best proof that FLI is increasingly becoming an alternative to the much more expensive international firms with an integrated structure.”

The Financial Times also recognized FLI as amongst its highest-ranking Law Firm Networks out of 750 submissions, comprised of 163 law firms and 47 in-house legal teams. They featured the company in their 2019 edition of Innovative Lawyers, celebrating the launch of the ‘Assistant GC’ app as “ahead of the game in terms of originality, leadership and impact”.

Chambers & Partners, the organization that provides quality rankings to international law firms, has also placed FLI at the top of the attorneys’ networks in the world as an Elite Global Network for 5 consecutive years. Casares was invited to contribute to Chambers’ introductory yearly assessment and foreword to the rankings themselves.

With FLI celebrating success in LegalTech development and its most recent releases, notably FLInstituteTM and its novel Case-Management tool, FLI looks to the future with a robust Management Team, a dedicated Advisory Board, and a highly cohesive international network of independent law firms which continue to place client value-in-use at the forefront of their priorities.

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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