In fact, allowing non-lawyers to own shares in law firms would reduce costs and improve services to customers, by encouraging law firms to use technology and to employ professional managers to focus on improving firms’ efficiency.
【结构分析】
【主干成分】主谓宾结构：allowing non-lawyers to own shares in law firms would reduce costs and improve services to customers ，其中主语为现在分词短语：allowing non-lawyers to own shares
【修饰成分】 1）in law firms介词短语作定语修饰前面的名词shares; 2)to customers介词短语作定语修饰前面的名词services; 3)by encouraging law firms to use technology and to employ professional managers介词短语作方式状语，修饰动词would reduce costs这个动作; 4)to focus on improving firms’ efficiency为不定式作目的状语，表明encourage这个动作的目的。
【参考译文】
事实上，允许非法律人士拥有律师事务所的股份，通过鼓励律师事务所利用科技手段和雇佣职业经理人来提高效率，能够降低运营成本并改善客户服务质量。