After several global law firms made moves to consolidate legal staff abroad, Royal Dutch Shell is following suit.
The company is scouting possible locations and considering headcount numbers for a new offshore legal operations center, according to reports in the U.K. legal press.
Per Legal Business , the company’s legal director Donny Ching is leading the charge and plans to scope out geographies and come up with a plan by the fall.
The office is expected to house both lawyers and non-lawyers focusing on back-office functions as well as traditional legal work around contracts. For now, Ching is keeping his ...
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