Good things come in midsize packages

With investment returns flat-lining about two years ago, a private equity group turned its cost-saving scalpel to its legal-services budget. Deals are the lifeblood of private equity shops; this group in particular has closed more than 300 of them. And when each passing buyout, carve-out or spinoff can result in a seven-figure Big Law legal bill, savings can be vital. Much Shelist was one …