![]() benefit it provides to have connections around the globe. "Being a Primerus-approved member, we don't hesitate to refer our clients to our Primerus colleagues around the world," Russell said. "We actively promote the Primerus brand and our Primerus colleagues with our clients throughout The Netherlands." Right Lawyer Harbert in Orlando, Florida, and other Primerus attorneys are now working to find ways to make it even easier for clients to get connected with the Primerus attorneys they need. It started when Wagner and Primerus member Patricia Barcellos of Barcellos Tucunduva Advogados in Sao Paulo, Brazil, started talking at a Primerus event in Zurich, Switzerland, about the large amount of business transactions between Florida and Brazil. business in the other country," Wagner said. "This is a big benefit of being a Primerus member. If you have a client who needs an attorney in another place, Primerus offers a great way to assist your client in finding quality legal representation." Wagner, Barcellos and other Primerus members are working to help discover other areas of overlap among members so they can better serve clients. Thanks to Wagner's relationship with Barcellos, he can refer clients with confidence. "My clients trust me and my judgment and just going into a jurisdiction cold is not the best way to pick a lawyer," he said. "Now they have an opportunity for an introduction to someone I know." Wagner said, "I think that's very important to clients. They want to know what to expect when they walk into a relationship with a lawyer. You have to walk in with a certain amount of trust, and of course that can then be won or lost." And thanks to Primerus, Wagner can offer those connections all around the can get only by hiring the giant law firms. With Primerus, they can do it through me and save money." "I tell my clients all the time, `Who would think that a mid-sized firm in Orlando would have connections in Sao Paulo, London ... anywhere in the world?' In any of those places, I can connect them with someone they can trust, and I have probably met them, shaken their hand and maybe even had dinner with them." Buchanan said that's exactly how Primerus works. "We bring the best of both worlds to clients by offering excellent legal services from almost 200 high quality, multi-specialty, "Six Pillar" law firms located in every continent, except Antarctica, on the face of the planet," he said. "We also provide those highly valued legal services at half the cost the big companies would pay to the mega and large law firms." Sao Paulo, London ... anywhere in the world?' In any of those places, I can connect them with someone they can trust, and I have probably met them, shaken their hand and maybe even had dinner with them." |