IBA Annual Conference Sydney 2017
8 Oct - 13 Oct 2017
Room C2.3, Convention Centre, Level 2
Session information
The law firm of the future: do we need so much office space? What configuration will accommodate lawyers in mobile, agile workplaces?
Monday 9 October (1115 - 1230)
Room C2.3, Convention Centre, Level 2
Committee(s)
Law Firm Management Committee
(Lead)
Employment and Industrial Relations Law Committee
Real Estate Section
Description
Firms of all sizes are clearly looking at costs – the second biggest cost item (after salaries) is usually real estate. Square foot (or metre) cost per lawyer is a key performance indicator (KPI) on which many firms are increasingly focused. Office layout is a very hot topic – and not just for big firms; indeed, it may be much easier for small and medium-sized firms to make bold moves. This session will take a very broad-ranging look at office layout, and its impact both on cost and firm culture, including: • cost savings through a new approach to office layout; • given the growth of ‘flexible working’ providing ‘flexible offices’; • increasing efficiencies through office layouts; and • improving (or damaging) firm culture by office design.
Session / Workshop Chair(s)
| Máximo Bomchil | Bomchil, Buenos Aires, Argentina; IBA Council MemberColegio de Abogados de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires |
| Stephen Revell | Making Change Happen , London, England; Member, Law Firm Management Committee Advisory Board |
Speakers
| Andrew Cunningham | MinterEllison, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Moira Huggard-Caine | TozziniFreire Advogados, São Paulo, Brazil; IBA Council MemberCentro de Estudos das Sociedades Avogados (CESA) |
| Steve James Martin | Gensler, Washington, District of Columbia, USA |
| Robert Millard | Cambridge Strategy Group , Cambridge, England; Co-Chair, Law Firm Management Committee |
| Brian Salter | AMP, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Sai Ree Yun | Yulchon LLC, Seoul, South Korea |