Integreon acquires Datum Legal and launches fixed price per document e-Discovery and accelerated document review solution
Integreon Managed Solutions, Inc., a global leader in integrated knowledge process outsourcing (KPO), announced today that it has acquired Datum Legal, Inc., a leading litigation support and electronic data discovery (EDD) company in New York City. Chris Egan, Datum Legal’s founder and CEO, has been named an Integreon Senior Vice President and will oversee the company’s Discovery Solutions business.
Acquiring Datum Legal, with its experienced e-discovery professionals and state-of-the-art 20,000 square foot facility, builds on Integreon’s 2006 acquisition of Bowne & Co.’s Digital Litigation Support business to give Integreon unparalleled litigation support capabilities in New York.
Integreon is the leading global legal process outsourcing (LPO) firm with 400 offshore professionals reviewing litigation documents for law firms and Global 2000 corporations. With the addition of Datum Legal’s capabilities, Integreon now offers an integrated discovery management solution with a guaranteed fixed-price per document. Furthermore, corporations and law firms can now deal with a single point of contact for all the key elements of an e-discovery case: professional services, data reduction through analytics, processing, hosting, and attorney review. Integreon performs all services at its wholly owned facilities, both onshore and offshore.
“Law firms and corporate legal departments want a single provider to efficiently handle all their litigation support needs at a lower, more predictable cost,” said Liam Brown, CEO of Integreon. “Our acquisition of Datum Legal means we now offer a single discovery management solution that includes best of breed processing, hosting and review tools and world-class document review teams in the US, India and the Philippines, to deliver faster review at a predictable per-document price.”
“Datum Legal excels at e-Discovery processing, hosting, and production services but we needed additional resources and an experienced document review partner to provide our clients with a truly integrated solution,” Mr. Egan said. “We look forward to continuing to provide our services to our current clients and we’re excited to add Integreon’s best-in-class offshore review teams. A fully integrated discovery management solution is clearly the wave of the future.”
Ayala Corporation, one of the leading conglomerates in the Philippines and Integreon’s majority shareholder, provided funding to finance the acquisition and future expansion capital. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Datum Legal was represented by John A. Gilroy of CT Equity Partners, LLC.
About Integreon
Integreon provides a range of knowledge support services to professionals, such as research and analytics, legal and financial document services, legal and discovery services, and finance and accounting services, which allow professionals to focus their time and energy on their ‘highest and best use’. Our customers include the world’s leading financial services institutions, international law firms, and Global 2000 corporations. For more information about Integreon, please visit www.integreon.com.
About Datum Legal
Datum Legal is New York’s trusted leader in electronic discovery and litigation support solutions since 1994. Our industry experts collaborate with case teams to implement a workflow that accelerates the review, analysis and production of electronically stored information (ESI). The company’s 20,000 square foot state-of-the-art production facility and talented staff allow them to meet even the most demanding deadlines. For more information on Datum Legal, visit www.datumlegal.com.