The Lawyer reports in A&O signs outsourcing deal with LPO provider Integreon (November 18, 2009) that law firm Allen & Overy (A&O) has become the first magic circle firm to outsource legal work, as an increasing number of UK firms embrace legal process outsourcing (LPO) in a bid to reduce their overheads. The article identifies Integreon as the firm’s LPO provider for outsourcing of basic litigation document review to teams in New York and Mumbai, in what could generate a 30-50 per cent cost saving. A&O litigation support specialist Vince Neicho is cited, saying, “We put together a suite of options [for clients] including offshore outsourcing, a reduced paralegal rate in our London office and the [improved] use of technology.”
The news about A&O’s LPO move first broke during Centaur’s legal process outsourcing (LPO) conference, hosted by The Lawyer. John Croft, Integreon’s President of Global Sales, who attended, shares his comments and observations from the conference in our recent blog post, LPO - No Longer a Case of ‘If’ but ‘When’. John’s post provides some additional examples of law firms and corporations that have recently adopted legal process outsourcing.