Reports & Guides

The Axiom 2027 In-House Legal Budget Report

Legal budgets are growing in 2027, but compensation costs, rising law firm fees, and unfunded AI mandates are absorbing the increases just as fast. Most teams are running to stay in place—not gaining capacity—pushing them toward insourcing, ALSPs, and flexible operating models built for the long haul. The report is based on a survey of 510 in-house legal leaders and ...

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The Value Transformation: How Global In-House Teams Are Evolving Legal Budgets to Become Strategic Business Partners

Enterprise legal teams are turning to value-based budgeting to accelerate their transformation from risk management cost centers into strategic business partners. Download the 2026 Legal Budgeting Report and discover exactly what the leaders are doing differently and how you can accelerate your transformation to value. This report reveals findings from our ...

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2025 UK In-House Legal Budgeting Report: Optimise Legal Department Spend

Where are GCs expecting to increase their legal department spend next year? How do they plan to deploy their budget overall, and how often do they revisit that plan? The answers might surprise you.

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