There’s little doubt that legal operations is becoming a bigger deal for global companies—as more and more in-house attorneys flock to events like the Corporate Legal Operations Consortium’s annual institute, and legal departments place their hopes in ops directors to cut spend and dramatically revamp the way work gets done.

The question remains, though, how similar jobs are for legal ops professionals in Europe compared to the jobs of these individuals stateside. The answer, according to operations experts, is that there are a lot of similarities but a few notable distinctions, too.