The pandemic has changed many aspects of legal work that were once considered set in stone. With lawyers now working remotely, and legal services being delivered remotely, discussions about moving away from hourly rates to alternative pricing models are intensifying. However, industry experts, including certain staunch proponents of fixed fees, feel that the billable hour will be around for the foreseeable future.

The pandemic has so far had a broadly negative impact on businesses across the region, but surprisingly, the period has also seen a number of law firms open in various Asian markets.  Their founders say they are using this period of upheaval as a time to start afresh, establishing new operations with energy and a determination to do things differently.

Hong Kong legal industry veteran Kevin Bowers has recently established a new firm called bowers.law. The firm, which takes a non-traditional approach to billing, may be something of a game-changer for the legal market, where firms typically remain coy about the billing process. Here, Bowers tells ALB why he thinks it’s time for a shakeup.

Hong Kong law firm Tanner De Witt has hired Kevin Bowers as a consultant from Howse Williams Bowers (HWB), a firm that he co-founded in 2012.