The following law firms were certified as Law Firms of the Future 2026/2027 by legalweb, listed in alphabetical order:
Aegis Law – Brodec & Partners – Deloitte Legal – DLA Piper – Donati Legal – Dostupný advokát – Dunovská & Partners – Hajduk & Partners – Havel & Partners – Hills – KeyMove – Kocián Šolc Balaštík – Koubíková Legal – Křivová & Co. – Matzner & Vítek Legal – mutualus – Peterka Partners – PRK Partners – Pure Legal – Rödl – Rowan Legal – Sedlakova Legal – Schönherr – Sniehotta & Vajda Legal – Sokol Novák tdpA – šafránek & staňkovský – Štilec & Partners – Tarpan Legal
In the current year of the certification, the questionnaire included the following questions:
- Please characterize the course of the last roughly 12 months from the perspective of your office, in a maximum of five short sentences.
- What type of work do you currently consider characteristic for you as a law firm? Please answer in a maximum of three short sentences.
- Do you use artificial intelligence and other technologies in your work? Which ones? Please answer in a maximum of three short sentences.
- How have you advanced in this regard over the last roughly 12 months? Please answer in a maximum of three short sentences.
- Do you offer your clients a combination of legal services with other advisory disciplines? Please answer in a maximum of three short sentences.
- How have you advanced in this regard over the last roughly 12 months? Please answer in a maximum of three short sentences.
- Do you allow part-time employment? Please answer in a maximum of three short sentences.
- In what way? Please answer in a maximum of three short sentences.
- Do you think about sustainability and ESG topics? Please answer in a maximum of three short sentences.
- How? And how do you approach these topics? Please answer in a maximum of three short sentences.
- Are you considering opening new specializations or starting new projects? Please answer in a maximum of three short sentences.
- Which ones? Please answer in a maximum of three short sentences.
It was possible to score up to two points for each answer (in the case of a satisfactory answer; 1 point for a partially satisfactory answer, and 0 points for an unsatisfactory answer), making a total of 24 points. All participating law firms successfully passed the certification.
The completed questionnaires of the individual firms are all public, so you can assess their approach to current topics and the future of consulting for yourself.
What did we find out during the data collection for the Law Firms of the Future certification?
That artificial intelligence is not the future, but the present of the legal profession. Practically all involved firms work with it intensively, while simultaneously being aware of its limits. The legal profession is also visibly shifting towards strategic advisory services; understanding only the law is becoming, or perhaps already is, no longer enough.
The legalweb Law Firms of the Future certification aims to present a segment of the legal market in the context of current challenges and future topics, such as the rise of artificial intelligence, ESG, and the overall adaptation of advisory services to client requirements.
The next year of this certification will be announced again next year in the autumn.
