Pills.
Services · Legal professions

The profitable matter,
and the one that isn't.

Lawyers, notaries, court officers, judicial administrators. You produce, you bill, you deliver. But do you know how much each matter actually costs you, which act types are profitable, how much time your teams spend on each? Pills. structures your firm to drive profitability at the matter level.

The picture

Three questions
that change everything.

  • 01Which matters make you money? Which ones lose you money?
  • 02How much time do your associates spend on admin vs legal production?
  • 03When you grow, does your firm scale or accumulate chaos?

If the answers aren't precise, your firm isn't badly run. It just lacks a frame. And that can be fixed.

Services

Five areas,
by your priority.

01
Get the firm in working order
A firm that scales without losing its identity

Responsibility matrix, onboarding process, steering rituals, partner decision governance. The frame that makes the firm replicable.

What you take away
  • Responsibility mapping (firm RACI matrix)
  • Documented associate onboarding process
  • Weekly and monthly rituals in place
  • Operating charter for multi-partner firms
Typical duration: 3 to 5 months
02
Know what each matter returns
Know what each matter actually returns to you

Granular profitability analysis by act type, by client, by associate. Drift alerts. The basis for orientation and pricing decisions.

What you take away
  • Profitability dashboard by act type
  • Drift indicators (time exceeded, budget overrun)
  • Pricing grid for client negotiations
  • Quarterly reporting ready for partners
Typical duration: 2 to 4 months
03
Deliver consistent quality whoever the contributor
Same deliverable, whoever the contributor

Templates, playbooks, validation workflows, delivery standards. Quality no longer depends on who's handling the matter.

What you take away
  • Templates for recurring deliverables
  • Playbooks for critical processes
  • Validation workflow by act type
  • Indicators of compliance with standards
Typical duration: 3 to 6 months
04
Retain clients, win new ones
Retain what's there, win what's there to win

CRM, commercial follow-up of existing clients, pipeline view, referral process. Business development as a fully-fledged function.

What you take away
  • CRM architecture adapted to the firm
  • Commercial pipeline visible per partner
  • Active client follow-up process
  • Strategic accounts dashboard
Typical duration: 2 to 4 months
05
Sort through your tools
Stop stacking, start steering

Audit of your current stack (Microsoft 365 first), identification of underused modules, consolidation, integrations. Out of the chaos of overlapping licences.

What you take away
  • Audit of the existing stack
  • Consolidation and optimisation plan
  • Priority Power Automate automations
  • Team training on the retained tools
Typical duration: 3 to 5 months
Concrete cases

What we measure
with our clients.

Visible
Profitability by act type
Notarial office · 15 staff

D-1 dashboard on 12 act types. Fee negotiation aligned on the data.

−40 %
Admin time per matter
Business law firm · 45 staff

File tracking, billing, follow-ups automated. Associates back to their craft.

+22 %
Commercial conversion rate
Specialist firm · 20 partners

Structured CRM + shared pipeline. No matter falls between two partners anymore.

How we work

Four phases,
framed in time.

A method proven on more than 30 engagements. One person from start to finish. Deliverables from the framing phase. A complete handover at closing.

See the method in detail
01
2 days
Framing
02
A few weeks
Co-build
03
Progressive
Roll-out
04
Closing
Measure and transfer
Get started

One hour to
sort it out.

A direct conversation to identify the matters that earn for you and those that cost you. You walk away with a clear priority. No commitment.

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