Since the arrival of Anglo-Saxon firms in the legal market, the business model of both international and domestic law firms has shifted dramatically. Fee structures based only on hourly billing have become the norm—emphasizing quantity over quality and often disregarding the client’s ultimate interest.
Even traditional fee schedules approved by bar associations have become outdated, failing to reflect the real value a lawyer brings to the client’s strategic goals.
At Standard Legal, clients are not interested in how many hours we spent on a matter.
What truly matters is the value we deliver in helping them to make strategic decisions that protect and enhance their interests. Standard Legal has redefined the business model by embracing a new paradigm based on partnership and project-based collaboration.
Time is not billed
At Standard Legal, we never charge clients based on time spent. Defining a legal strategy—regardless of the business context or complexity—is not measured by the clock, but by the core value and impact of our engagement. Clients pay for the value we bring, not the hours we log.
Fees For Value (FFV) approach
At the start of each engagement, we work with the client to define the key phases and objectives of the project. Together, we determine how value will be created and measured in support of strategic decisions and outcomes.
Extra time at our risk
If additional time is needed to achieve the agreed goals within any project phase, Standard Legal bears the economic risk—never the client.
In short, Standard Legal asks to be compensated for the quality of its contribution, not the quantity of time spent. In every engagement, our legal strategy is designed to create measurable value aligned with the client’s final interests.
