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Xenion Legal (Xenion), also known as Xenion Flexible Legal Solutions, is a German legal resourcing business created by former Freshfields lawyers. It uses a non-traditional freelance model to provide services to organisations requiring legal support. This concept is also referred to as locuum lawyers, lawyers on demand (LOD) or project attorneys.

LOD lawyers work on a project basis, as part of in-house legal teams or in private practice firms. It has been seen as an example of the legal profession addressing a period of disruptive change by incubating a new business model.

Development
In Feburary 2012, JUVE reported that former Freshfields lawyers founded Xenion Legal, Germany's first lawyers-on-demand service. One year later, Xenion expanded its team by introducing an Advisory Board chaired by Stephan Schumacher, a Switzerland-based entrepreneur.

Endorsements
Professor Leo Staub has commented that "The market for legal services is changing. Ever increasing cost pressure, the claim that legal departments must deliver measurable added value for the success of the company but also the 'war for talents' are all calling for lean processes in in-house departments and law firms. The business model of Xenion Legal addresses these challenges and answers a market need." Markus Hartung has called Xenion Legal an example of an innovative business model.

LOD is the first kind of a new model of delivering legal services in Germany attracting experienced lawyers from law firms and in-house positions.