Legal Sector

Address how work flows across your firm: from client intake to billing

Improve fee earner productivity, speed up billing, and increase matter profitability. Delivered end-to-end, with fees tied to results

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Built for law firms where growth is creating friction

 

As firms scale, complexity grows. Multiple systems support client intake, matter management and billing, but they don’t operate as one. Processes vary between practice areas. Fee earners, finance and support teams work hard, but not always in sync. The result is friction that slows the firm down.

>30%

Efficiency gains in a year. UK average? 0.3%.

82%

Targets hit with guaranteed outcomes. Most projects? 50/50.

89%

Client satisfaction. Industry average? Just 30%.

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Stop work breaking down between systems

Law firms often re-enter data across intake, risk, finance, and billing systems, creating duplication, errors, and delays.

Pace fixes how data flows, so information is captured once, moves cleanly, and supports faster, more profitable matter delivery.

 

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Remove the hidden drag on billing

Work moves between fee earners, finance, and support teams, but handoffs often create delays and reduce visibility.

Pace creates clear, consistent workflows so matters move predictably, progress is easier to track, and issues are addressed earlier.

 

 

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Fix the gaps between teams

Work rarely sits in one place. It moves between fee earners, finance and support teams. But those handoffs are often where delays occur. Progress becomes hard to track, and issues surface late.

We create clear, consistent workflows so work moves predictably across teams, with full visibility of where matters stand and where intervention is needed.

INSIGHTS

The Performance Paradox: Why Law Firm Operating Models Hold Performance Back

Tech spend is up, yet economic margins remain thin. Discover why modern tools fail to deliver results without a process-first operating model.

Fix the way the firm operates: end to end

 

Get your data flowing

Firms often already have the systems they need. But they often don’t work together. We connect intake, case management and billing so information is captured once and moves cleanly across the firm, reducing duplication, errors and manual effort.

Set ways of working that stick

We implement improvements in a way that reflects the realities of legal practice, ensuring adoption across teams and embedding consistent, repeatable ways of working.

Change how work gets done

Transformation often improves one part of the firm while leaving the rest unchanged. We align partners, fee earners, finance and support teams around a single way of working, so work flows consistently from intake through to billing.

CASE STUDY

Pace helps reduce debtor days by 66% for leading law firm

By reviewing the entirety of the firm’s billing and collections process, Pace helped deliver a dramatic improvement in working capital performance, reducing debtor days by 66% and reducing debt by over £7 million.

How we help

Transformation Delivery

Uncover how people work best together, laying the groundwork for real performance gains.  

Optimisation and Automation

When people work well together, organisations perform better and adapt faster. We improve how people and systems interact

Data and AI

We use data and AI to drive smarter decisions and meaningful innovation.

Why Pace?

Pace is a hands-on consultancy built for the realities of legal work. We partner with your teams to improve how legal services are delivered—bringing sector know-how, operational expertise, and a sharp focus on outcomes, not just effort. We get the important stuff done.

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Case studies

Pace unlocks £1.9m in HR savings for an international law firm

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Pace unlocks £1.9m in HR savings for an international law firm

 
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Pace helps a leading law firm secure insurance in just six weeks

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Pace helps a leading law firm secure insurance in just six weeks

 

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