Australian law firm Moray & Agnew has chosen the FWBS MatterCentre system for increased productivity gains and ease of configuration. Moray & Agnew required a flexible user friendly system for document creation/automation, matter management and calendar management. It was also important that the system is fully embedded within Office 2010 and integrates with their existing systems including Autonomy Imanage and the Aderant Expert Practice management system.
Jon Short, Executive Manager at Moray & Agnew, said "We selected MatterCentre as an integral part of the major upgrade to our applications and systems currently under way to enable us to continue to meet the stringent demands of our insurance clients now and in the future. Users will be able to perform most of their matter critical tasks from within the familiar Microsoft Office environment and have ready access to use and update all the important matter centric information they need to efficiently manage their matters."
Marin Sardelic, FWBS Sales Manager for Australasia, added "Through our MatterCentre solution we are providing industry leading productivity gains to fee earners with ease of use and adoption, all from within the familiarity of the Microsoft Office environment. Moray & Agnew selecting MatterCentre demonstrates that we are able to offer Australian law firms the same market leading productivity gains which have made MatterCentre so popular with some of the UK's largest law firms including Bond Pearce, Nabarro, Morgan Cole, Treasury Solicitors and most recently Manches LLP."
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Friday, May 13
APAC news: Moray & Agnew select FWBS MatterCentre
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Charles Christian
on Fri 13 May 2011 01:00 BST
Monday, May 2
Bighand launches its Big Focus breakfast briefings in Australia
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Charles Christian
on Mon 02 May 2011 10:04 BST
Bighand this week launches a Legal Technology Breakfast Briefing Series in Australia. Called the The Big Focus, the series kicks off in Adelaide tomorrow and the company has secured four expert speakers to share their thoughts with BigHand clients & contacts about trends affecting law firms now, and into the future. The four separate, free, breakfast briefings are as follows (all 7.45am for 8am start unless stated):
3 May 2011 - ADELAIDE: The Influence of Social Networking and Internal Collaborations in Law Firms Speaker: Ross Hill, Enterprise Relations Asia Pacific, Yammer Inc. Location: InterContinental Hotel 9 May 2011 - SYDNEY: Effective Change Management: The Real Power of Measuring Return on Investment Speaker: Christopher Donohue, Global Knowledge Program Head, rogenSi Location: Amora Jamison 10 May 2011 - BRISBANE: The Art and Science of Persuasion: Winning the Argument for Investment in Enterprise Level Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Speaker: Siebert Neethling, Principal Consultant, Bendelta Location: Sebel Suites 11 May 2011 - MELBOURNE: Smartphone 4.0: Discovering the Next Wave of Business Productivity Speaker: Rob Roe, Managing Director, AirWatch Location: Crown Towers • The Briefings are open to law firm Orange Rag readers however places are limited per city so register as soon as you can in order to secure your spot. If you have any queries please contact Alan Leung at BigHand via +61 2 9290 8595 or email alan.leung@bighand.com Monday, March 28
Thomson Reuters buy Asian Legal Business operation
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Charles Christian
on Mon 28 Mar 2011 09:48 BST
Thomson Reuters has acquired Asian Legal Business, a leading provider of print and online legal news and information for legal professionals in China, North and South East Asia, Japan, Australia and the Middle East. Asian Legal Business has 30 employees with offices in Hong Kong, Singapore and Sydney and will be aligned with the Thomson Reuters portfolio of Asia-Pacific legal businesses. Terms were not disclosed.
Asian Legal Business was founded in 2002, and serves fast-growing Asian markets and is an important marketing vehicle for established and emerging law firms. The company publishes four regional monthly journals covering China, North Asia, Southeast Asia, Japan and Australasia, and produces legalbusinessonline.com which provides breaking legal news, deals and analysis. It also produces the Annual Law Awards and In-House Counsel Summits, a series of events and seminars held in Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Singapore, Sydney and Auckland. There are already more than one million legal practitioners in the Asia region. Monday, March 7
APAC News: Aderant secures first win in Mekong area
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Charles Christian
on Mon 07 Mar 2011 22:40 GMT
Aderant has just announced that DFDL Mekong has selected Aderant Expert. The firm will migrate its 250 international professionals and nine offices to the latest version of the software in 2011. Established in 1994, DFDL Mekong has grown to be a leading international law firm specializing in emerging markets. With legal expertise developed in the Mekong region (Cambodia, Lao PDR, Thailand, Myanmar, and Vietnam) and Singapore, the firm provides legal, tax, and consulting services throughout Asia Pacific.
“Moving to Aderant Expert is an exciting opportunity for our firm to maximize income, streamline internal processes, and provide even greater service to our clients,” said Patrick Pilon, regional director general for DFDL Mekong. “After reviewing our options in the market, Aderant's reputation for on-time and on-budget implementations was a critical factor in our selection process. Once implemented Aderant Expert will give us great visibility into key firm performance metrics, driving the fast and insightful decision-making critical to both short and long-term strategy decisions within the firm.” Sunday, February 20
DLA Phillips Fox NZ switches from Aderant to Elite
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Charles Christian
on Sun 20 Feb 2011 23:08 GMT
Following the recent completition of its merger with DLA, DLA Phillips Fox New Zealand, has selected Elite 3E as its financial and practice management platform. "Our clients have sophisticated requirements and in order to deliver the right outcomes for them, our practice management platform must be tailored to match our business processes and it must be entirely compatible with and talk to DLA Piper's other systems," said Hugh Caughley, CEO of DLA Phillips Fox New Zealand. “After reviewing 3E it was clear that it could provide for all of today's business requirements out of the box and has a high level of flexibility which ensures we will be able to meet future requirements." The firm is swapping oput Aderant Expert in favour of Elite 3E.
Thursday, February 17
Blake Dawson selects Interaction as its new CRM
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Charles Christian
on Thu 17 Feb 2011 22:00 GMT
LexisNexis today announced that leading Australian law firm Blake Dawson has selected LexisNexis InterAction as the firm’s client relationship management (CRM) solution. InterAction will help Blake Dawson streamline contact and matter information stored in disparate sources to provide a truly integrated approach to contact and prospect information management. Blake Dawson has 181 partners and 500 lawyers with specialist legal skills covering more than 40 different practice areas,
Lex Melzer, Head of Marketing, Blake Dawson commented "After looking at several different options to replace our existing CRM, we found InterAction to be the best fit for our needs, offering us a single, integrated system to track and manage all client and relationship data. As all the data is centrally held and updated, time is saved across the firm, and the risk of data being entered incorrectly is greatly reduced. A real benefit for both us and our clients is the ability to identify and monitor profitable and important client relationships, as this will help improve service delivery and boost business development." Wednesday, February 16
Adelaide lawyers deploy Bighand + iPhone
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Charles Christian
on Wed 16 Feb 2011 22:00 GMT
Adelaide-based law firm Norman Waterhouse has successfully deployed the BigHand for iPhone4 mobile solution across its entire business, after a successful trial period.
As the first Australian law firm to integrate the BigHand iPhone4 mobile solution throughout their business, Norman Waterhouse is very pleased with its ability to better service clients. IT Manager at Norman Waterhouse, Marc Lok, has been delighted with the investment in the BigHand solution "The rollout of BigHand followed a detailed research process to replace our old digital system. We needed not just a mobile solution for our lawyers but also a mature, enterprise-level product that had been fully tested in the market and would grow with our needs. In the end, for the legal sector, there was only one choice." The new system of dictation means that when lawyers are away from the office they can dictate remotely and make valuable use of their time. This not only provides savings to clients but also provides a faster turnaround time and therefore a higher level of service to clients. Monday, December 13
New event for APAC Market
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Charles Christian
on Mon 13 Dec 2010 20:46 GMT
Just had details come in for Legal Tech India 2011, it takes place on 22nd January at Hotel Imperial, New Delhi, India. For details visit www.cerebralbusiness.com/legal
 Monday, November 29
Legal Technology Insider 2011 deadlines out now
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Charles Christian
on Mon 29 Nov 2010 12:24 GMT
The 2011 editorial deadlines for the Legal Technology Insider newsletter and our companion US/Global publication American Legal Technology Insider are out now and attached as Excel spreadsheets to this message. And in case you are wondering why the scheduling jumps all over the place in April and May, this is to avoid the Easter/May Day/Royal Wedding holiday shut down.
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Thomson Reuters buys major LPO player - the new normal
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Charles Christian
on Fri 19 Nov 2010 08:17 GMT
Thomson Reuters has acquired Pangea3, a fast-growing legal process outsourcing (LPO) provider serving corporate legal departments and law firms worldwide. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The acquisition extends the Thomson Reuters strategy to develop world-class information, software and workflow solutions for legal professionals around the world. Pangea3 is headquartered in New York and Mumbai, India, and has 650 employees at its major delivery centers in Mumbai and New Delhi. Pangea3’s client base includes Am Law 250 law firms and some of the world’s largest financial services, pharmaceutical, healthcare, food and beverage, technology and consumer goods companies. The firm offers a variety of services organized into four distinct lines of business including legal document review; corporate transactions; intellectual property; and risk management and compliance.
Peter Warwick, president & CEO of Thomson Reuters Legal, said legal process outsourcing adds a vital strategic complement to the Thomson Reuters portfolio of specialized information and workflow solutions, and will be key to helping law firms and corporate legal departments be more responsive and cost-effective. “Pangea3 is true to our mission to help the legal system perform better, every day, worldwide; we will now bring to the legal marketplace a responsive, high quality, transformative resource for a broad range of legal support work. This is particularly important as law firms and general counsel adjust to the realities of the ‘new normal,’ where efficiency, quality and responsiveness are paramount." “The addition of Pangea3 to the Thomson Reuters family creates a solid foundation in the global solutions suite that is a perfect fit in our long-term growth strategy,” said Tony Abena, president & general manager, Global Legal Solutions. “With overlays in key segments including our Corporate General Counsel, IP Solutions, Governance, Risk and Compliance and Law Firm businesses, we’re aligning ourselves more closely into general counsel and law firm workflows. Pangea3 brings to Thomson Reuters a broad and rapidly growing client base, and a reputation that is unmatched in the LPO marketplace. I’m very pleased to welcome the Pangea3 team to Thomson Reuters.” “Pangea3 has been a valued provider for me, and is an attractive alternative for my clients,” said Jeff Jaeckel, a partner at Morrison & Foerster and head of MoFo's Washington, DC and Virginia Litigation Department. “We look forward to even bigger and better solutions as Pangea3 joins forces with Thomson Reuters.” |
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