{"id":152583,"date":"2026-05-21T15:09:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T23:09:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/05\/21\/from-defending-spend-to-managing-it\/"},"modified":"2026-05-21T15:09:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T23:09:08","slug":"from-defending-spend-to-managing-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/05\/21\/from-defending-spend-to-managing-it\/","title":{"rendered":"From Defending Spend To Managing It"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-medium\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/abovethelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/05\/persuit_asset_thump_hub-300x300.jpg?resize=300%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1184292\" title=\"\"><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Legal departments have long struggled to translate their work into the language the rest of the business speaks: spend, ROI, performance, accountability. Twenty-five in-house teams told RSGI that PERSUIT is the system that finally makes that translation possible. They cited cost avoidance ranging from $500,000 to over $30M, ROI visible in weeks rather than years, and a measurable shift in how Legal is perceived at the CFO and CEO level.<\/p>\n<p>What they shared is a consistent finding: PERSUIT delivers fast, visible and defensible ROI and changes how the legal function is perceived by the business.<\/p>\n<p>To measure what that shift means in practice, global intelligence agency RSGI interviewed 25 in-house legal teams using PERSUIT. Participating organizations ranged from under $10M to more than $250M in annual external legal spend \u2014 with more than half exceeding $100M per year. Here\u2019s what they found.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sign up to get your free copy!<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"\"><\/div>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/05\/from-defending-spend-to-managing-it\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">From Defending Spend To Managing It<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-medium\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/abovethelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/05\/persuit_asset_thump_hub-300x300.jpg?resize=300%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1184292\" title=\"\"><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Legal departments have long struggled to translate their work into the language the rest of the business speaks: spend, ROI, performance, accountability. Twenty-five in-house teams told RSGI that PERSUIT is the system that finally makes that translation possible. They cited cost avoidance ranging from $500,000 to over $30M, ROI visible in weeks rather than years, and a measurable shift in how Legal is perceived at the CFO and CEO level.<\/p>\n<p>What they shared is a consistent finding: PERSUIT delivers fast, visible and defensible ROI and changes how the legal function is perceived by the business.<\/p>\n<p>To measure what that shift means in practice, global intelligence agency RSGI interviewed 25 in-house legal teams using PERSUIT. Participating organizations ranged from under $10M to more than $250M in annual external legal spend \u2014 with more than half exceeding $100M per year. Here\u2019s what they found.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sign up to get your free copy!<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"\"><\/div>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/05\/from-defending-spend-to-managing-it\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">From Defending Spend To Managing It<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Legal departments have long struggled to translate their work into the language the rest of the business speaks: spend, ROI, performance, accountability. Twenty-five in-house teams told RSGI that PERSUIT is the system that finally makes that translation possible. 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