Membership LAWorld is a dynamic, modern and technically efficient international legal network with around 40 member firms. Our members tell us that the benefits of membership are:
- The immediate advantage of being internationally connected - with fast access to expert cost effective legal advice anywhere in the world. Your clients will be favourably impressed by the international capabilities you can now offer.
- The opportunity to receive and make referrals to and from responsive lawyers that you meet and get to know as colleagues, who are bound together by a quality code of practice.
- Our members are currently located in the following countries: Albania, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Cyprus, Chile, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Singapore, Spain, Switzerland, across the USA and Venezuela. If LAWorld does not have a member in a jurisdiction that is important to you, it is likely that at least one of our members will be able to recommend a suitable local lawfirm.
- The unique advantage of access to all the principal commercial centres of China because of our close alliance with the Yangtzejiang Legal Network (YLN), which has 28 Chinese members.
- The use of the LAWorld logo and brand to increase your profile with your clients
- Annual meetings to discuss issues of common interest, to enhance your international business connections and initiate sound marketing and practice development ideas within a non-competitive legal environment. This year´s Annual Conference took place in Miami and the 2010 meeting is scheduled for Moscow on 25-28 May 2010. Members interact regionally once or twice each year, at the annual IBA conferences and via telephone conferences.
- Membership of LAWorld is useful in helping to attract and retain high quality staff, as employee exchanges can be arranged with other LAWorld law firms around the globe.
- An established Code of Practice adopted by all member firms Support of an English speaking administrative and marketing Executive Office with contacts around the world
- LAWorld has recently initiated a website optimisation programme, which includes ensuring that our website achieves and holds a top 10 Google position and the development of a new website in 2009.
- Participation in marketing and business development initiatives including:
- A Google Top 10 website that aims to provide an international business profile for you and your clients
- introductions to referrer business organizations during each annual conference
- mutual education and support at conference with talks about local legal/business topics; practice development and marketing topics.
- LAWorld marketing material including website entry, newsletters, inclusion in the Martindale-Hubbell International Law Directory etc
- Business and Marketing Plan with several new initiatives to support our members
- English editing services for articles, websites etc.
