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Paul Gilbert is CEO of LBC Wise Counsel and a solicitor. He was General Counsel to two UK-based financial services companies before founding LBC Wise Counsel. He is a former Council Member of the Law Society of England and Wales and is currently a trustee of LawWorks, the pro bono charity.
LBC Wise Counsel has teamed up with Møller PFSG based at Churchill College Cambridge, to undertake groundbreaking research into the reputational profile of law firms and how this influences relationships and purchasing decisions. Our aim is to create a consistent and reliable basis around which in-house lawyers can engage their supplier firms on performance improvement in their relationships and service delivery.
One prick to burst a bubble

One Prick to burst a bubble

By Paul Gilbert

Price: £9.95 + P&P

Published: 2009 (Paperback)

This is the second volume of Paul Gilbert’s articles, all of which have been previously published in national and international legal journals including Legal Week, The Law Society Gazette, In Brief, Without Prejudice and by Lexis Nexis and PLC. They were written between June 2007 and June 2009.

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Business Planning for Law Firms

By Paul Gilbert

Price: £195 + P&P (usually £295)

Published: 2009

This report examines the now significant challenges to operating a successful, competitive law firm and highlights important opportunities afforded by the changing legal landscape. Subjects covered include:

- Ensuring that your business plan is aligned with the needs of clients;
- Threats and opportunities from the Legal Services Act;
- Procurement and differentiating your firm in a panel review;
- Ensuring support functions are adding maximum value.

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Wise Counsel

By Paul Gilbert

Price: £9.95 + P&P

Published: 2007 (Paperback)

This is the first volume of Paul Gilbert’s articles, all of which have been previously published in national and international legal journals including Legal Week, The Law Society Gazette, In Brief, Without Prejudice and by Lexis Nexis and PLC. They were written between 2002 and June 2007.

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Head2Head: Client Relationship Management, the Client’s View

By Paul Gilbert

Price: £19.95 + P&P

Published: July 2002 (Paperback)

This is an exploration of relationship management principles that builds on the research and consulting activity of LBC Wise Counsel to provide common sense, practical insights of enduring value

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Attributes of excellent law firms - An analysis of law firm reputation as understood by in-house lawyers.

By Møller & Paul Gilbert

Price: £86.25 + P&P

Published: 2009

This initial report outlines the outcomes of our phase 1 research: What constitutes good and bad delivery of a legal service: how can it be measured and understood by both in-house buyers and by the supplying law firms?

Overall the project aims to provide the first objective and reliable assessment of how in-house lawyers view their supplier law firms.

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In-house Lawyer Debates on Value report

By Paul Gilbert

Price: FREE Download

Published: July 2009 (PDF)

FREELast year the regional events division of LBC Wise Counsel, LBConnect, launched the ambitious Lawyer Debates on Value series.

Debates were held in several regions around the country and the in-house teams attending the debates represented a wide cross section of sectors and industries including financial services, the public sector, the university sector, from manufacturing, retail, pharmaceuticals, utilities and IT.

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10 Years Wise

Wise Counsel -
from 2000 to 2010...

Ten years of
inspiring excellence

In the summer of the year 2000 Paul Gilbert met with his old friend and mentor Geoff Williams...It was over a pint and a ploughman's lunch at the Golden Heart pub in Nettleton Bottom, Gloucestershire where Paul described his ambition of running a company that would support the skills of in-house lawyers...more