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News focus: Coronavirus is incubator of invention for law firms: Jo Farmer comments for The Law Society Gazette

Press

04 May 2020

Against a backdrop of Covid-19, law firms have come up with a plethora of client-facing instruments, encompassing wills and probate, property and insolvency. Is this the ‘new normal’? In this article for The Law Society Gazette, Jo Farmer comments on Lewis Silkin's new fixed-fee commercial law service, LS Assist.

City firm commoditises commercial law advice: Jo Farmer, Alex Kelham and Giles Crown comment for Legal Futures

Press

29 April 2020

In this article for Legal Futures, Jo Farmer, Alex Kelham, and Giles Crown comment on the newly launched LS Assist service; a new low-cost commercial law service, using a subscription model and fixed fees, as a “direct response” to the needs of business clients hit by Covid-19.

Lewis Silkin sets up fixed-cost commercial law service: Jo Farmer and Alex Kelham comment for New Law Journal

Press

28 April 2020

The product, LS Assist, operates on a fixed-fee monthly subscription-style model. It will be led by partners Jo Farmer and Alex Kelham, supported by a team of senior associates and associates from across the firm’s commercial practice group.