The ACC & Laurence Simons EMEA Legal Department Survey 2013 builds on previous research, confirming established trends and revealing new ones. As the economic downturn continues to bite across Europe and company executives, including general counsel and heads of legal, look to respond accordingly. This is having a clear impact on the way legal departments are managing their workloads, budgets and are being staffed. In particular, company executives, are on the whole looking to respond to increasing pressures of cost containment — to continue to do more with less.<div class="cs-additional-info"><div class="cs-additional-info-title">Additional Information</div><UL>
<LI>The 2013 Survey draws on the responses of 182 legal departments, significantly up on the number received last year (114). Of the business sectors represented by respondents, the most prominent are:
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Technology & Telecoms (25% of respondents)
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Manufacturing & Engineering (18%)
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Energy & Utilities (10%)
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FMCG & Retail (9%)
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Banking & Finance (8%)
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<LI>The majority of respondent organisations are headquartered in Europe (70%) – with the United Kingdom representing (12%) – with the next best represented region being North America (21%).
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<LI>The average EMEA revenue of respondents is €1,117bn while average global revenues stand at €2,346bn.
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<LI>The average internal spend among all respondents is €17m, with the average external spend being €15.4m; significantly up on last year’s data.
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<LI>The median internal spend among all respondents is €800,000; with the median external spend €500,000.
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