Dr. Alexander Rohde joins Venturis Consulting Group. He was previously the COO of leading Swiss law firm Schellenberg Wittmer and before that he led legal operations at the Philip Morris International legal department.

Rupprecht Graf von Pfeil, Munich-based partner advising national and international law firms for more than twenty years comments: ‘’Alexander has first-hand experience re how to run the business services of a leading business law firm. His hands-on experience and practical insights will be a great asset when advising clients”. Victoria Swedjemark, Stockholm-based partner advising in-house legal departments adds: “Alexander is a legal operations veteran and a great addition to our team. With him onboard we can expand our reach further throughout the DACH region and cater to even more diverse client needs across our projects, in our continued efforts to help corporate legal leaders develop their strategy and their operations for the future.”

Alexander Rohde is delighted to join Venturis Consulting Group: “Today, Venturis is the most exciting consulting firm in the legal sector. I am very much looking forward to putting my experience at work with their wonderful clients.”

Alexander is passionate about the “doing more with less”-challenge of General Counsels, where he focuses on the legal operating model, cost management and outside counsel management as well as efficiency and effectiveness improvements. Other key interests include department internal communication and culture. On the law firm side, he loves taking on organizational design challenges, efficiency and business services professionalization. He also assists on how to develop law firm brands, drive reputation and keeping firms future ready, i.e., transforming communication, firm culture or looking at diversity and ESG.

Alexander is passionate to help clients to improve, being convinced that truly understanding clients’ needs is crucial for this: “If you really invest in understanding the culture and business drivers of your client and tailor your advice accordingly, the potential of achieving improvement and increasing client’s competitive positioning is immense.”