L&E Global and Filion Wakely Thorup Angeletti featured in Canadian Lawyer Article

Filion Wakely Thorup Angeletti LLP and L&E Global were recently featured in an article about top IP and labour and employment boutiques that appeared at Canadian Lawyer.

Paul Young, managing partner at Filion Wakely Thorup Angeletti LLP, agrees that price has been a key factor in the rise of the employment and labour boutique. He says new ones seem to spring up every year. “We just have a greater ability to be flexible in terms of fee schedules, which really makes us quite competitive,” he says.

And boutiques are cementing their positions by forming their own alliances across international borders to expand referral networks in an increasingly global business landscape. Young says the firm’s recent tie up with L&E Global, the Belgium-based group of 10 management-side employment boutiques, will bring in new work, as well as offering domestic clients with international business a ready-made panel of counsel in foreign jurisdictions. “You also get lots of ideas from the other firms in the alliance about how to attract new business, which leads to more entrepreneurial thinking,” he says.

Read the full article at Canadian Lawyer: Top Boutiques: January 2012 — Part One and Top Boutiques: January 2012 — Part Two.