Sometimes yes. Often no, and nobody has checked. You inherited a panel, the rates went up every year, and nobody asked whether the work needed that firm at that rate. An outside counsel assessment answers it with numbers: what you are paying, who is actually doing the work, which matters belong at which tier, and what changes if you renegotiate. Run by a practicing corporate lawyer who has bought outside counsel as a client and produced it for in-house teams, so the read comes from both sides of the invoice.
Invoices, rates, engagement letters, the matter list, and whatever billing guidelines already exist.
Sort matters by what the work actually required, not by which firm happened to get it.
Rates and staffing against the market, and against what the file shows the work took.
Billing guidelines, panel changes, and support at the table when it is time to renegotiate.
Thirty minutes, your real workflow on the table or just a chat. You'll deal with Damian directly regardless. Tell him where it's stuck, and he'll come back to you with a proposal.