Solutions

Global Legal Services

21st Century Solutions
For
Corporate Legal Departments

In direct response to the escalating costs of corporate legal services and the growing workloads of many Fortune 500 legal departments, Avasant has developed a four-pronged innovative solution to address the challenges of managing an effective legal services organization. By integrating Benchmarking (e.g. Legal Rate Card Comparison), Global Trademark Administrative Services, Legal Technology Solutions, and Cost Effective Offshore Solutions, Avasant has been able to create cost reductions of 20% or more for corporate legal services operations. With our comprehensive organizational Change Management expertise and our proven Project Management expertise, Avasant's Legal Services solutions ensure that measurable results are achieved rapidly with minimal disruption of operations.

Legal Rate Card Benchmarking

Rate Card Data for over 400 law firms, across 40 countries, and by specific practice area. Our Benchmarking data has resulted in savings of 25% -3 5% during rate card negotiations.

•	Benchmarking Corporate Counsel Legal Service Providers
•	Country, Regional & Service Based Pricing Analysis
•	Efficiency Analysis
•	Use of Incentives

Legal Technology Solutions
Avasant has deep experience in supporting legal systems selection:

•	Matter Management
•	Contract / Document Management
•	Electronic Billing / Invoicing
•	Corporate Secretary
•	Management Reporting

Avasant can help you source and implement the appropriate legal technology solutions for your legal department.

Cost Effective Offshore Solutions

Avasant's industry-leading global sourcing methodology helps identify the services to be outsourced and the best service providers to deliver those services.

•	Compliance with New Federal E-Discovery Rules.
•	Contracts Management and Corporate Compliance
•	Legal Research, Paralegal Support and Document Drafting & Review
•	Patent and Trademark Application
•	IP Asset Management

Avasant Differentiators
Key differentiators of Avasant's approach include speed, operational capability and flexibility. Our expertise extends both to identifying and then implementing the highest-value legal services solutions, optimizing the cost-quality balance, and executing within weeks rather than months. We have the ability to implement on a small (test) scale, and upon ROI validation and alignment, increase the levels of strategic sourcing services. For offshore solutions, Avasant has a dedicated on-shore and U.S. experienced Solution Design Team led by an experienced Account Manager, a Transition Manager (to interface with our global operations), and a dedicated Operations Manager solely focused on managing the processing of outsourced work.

Our proprietary methodology leverages our global resources, business process expertise, and technology platforms to deliver best practices and the highest standards of accuracy and data security to corporate legal departments. The experts at Avasant have conducted over 1,000 sourcing engagements in over 40 countries, and can provide your organization with the framework necessary to produce Legal Services innovation and immediate results. The Wall Street Journal's "Black Book" on sourcing ranked Stradling in the top 10 worldwide for Sourcing Advisory Services.