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Legal
Services
The Outsourced Services
Industry has evolved and markedly leapt
with the advent of legal outsourcing. This
is creating new avenues of opportunities
beyond traditional contact center activities.
The legal services sector, in particular
is witnessing a concerted move towards increased
business process outsourcing as a strategic
option. This industry is ideally suited
for outsourcing, given the large transaction
volumes and reliance on rule-set processes.
However, there are still
certain challenges that are faced by Law
Firms. For instance,
IT.
Small to medium sized firms
do not always have the resources available
to buy and maintain the latest IT systems,
leaving them unable to use new versions
of software. Additionally, many businesses
find to their cost, that they are responsible
for software license compliance and dedicated
human resource support for IT Management.
Cost
Law firms are under tremendous
industry pressure to sustain charges owing
to a fragmented market place and increased
competition. Low technology dependence Law
firms need to recognise the importance and
benefits of electronic data, keeping in
mind attempts on part of the government
such as the Pisces Initiative. Customer
Satisfaction Studies have shown that most
people are dissatisfied with the current
Conveyancing system in the UK. The system
is very slow and is plagued by delays. A
staggering 30% of the cases do not reach
completions, this after negotiations are
completed. As a result customers have to
face unnecessary stress, disappointment
and frustration.
Why Outsource
Law Firms today, have the
option of considering where their document
preparations, management, litigation support
and research processes should be located
and whether or not they ought to be outsourced.
The advantages in doing so would include.
Legal Structure
India is a highly attractive
option when it comes to outsourcing, keeping
in mind the existent legal structure. The
Indian legal system draws its sustenance
from common law doctrines and Indian legislations
draw heavily from English ones. Such being
the background it does not take much for
a lawyer to switch over from Indian system
to English system.
Technical Know-how
India today is one of the
most viable options for outsourcing. This
is because of the high technical know-how,
availability of skilled manpower, not to
mention the substantial cost advantages.
Law firms and legal departments of corporates
are increasingly following the BPO route
to reduce cost and increase efficiency.
Quality Resources
Many large law firms are
considering outsourcing some of their research
and document preparation to overseas employees.
The majority of the work is outsourced to
India because of English being the official
language, the legal system being similar
to that of Britain and cost-effective wages.
Increased Profitability
Offshore workers work for
a fraction of the price and the use of offshore
providers allows firms to continue to handle
matters profitably and give clients the
discounts they demand.
PACIFIC’s Propositions
include
IT Infrastructure
•PACIFIC has a solution
to all businesses and firms with running
their IT Systems effectively, at minimal
costs, as we have
• Best of breed IT
technology and redundant communication networking
• Alliances with case
management tool providers to implement the
right technology for your business
• Capabilities to
host and maintain data on your servers.
Data Security
• An effective Disaster
Recovery and Business Continuity procedure
• A secure environment
for your data, which can be scaled or de-scaled
to meet your requirements. Customer Satisfaction
PACIFIC’s model thus
aims to streamline your processes, keeping
in mind the Pisces Initiative and also eliminates
all supporting costs which you might have
to other wise bear.
PACIFIC Services
Residential Conveyancing
We deal with end-to-end
Conveyancing right from the set-up stage
to the post-completion stage. A typical
transaction would normally include the following
stages:
• Preliminary Negotiations
This would include a preliminary interaction
with the customer, by the law firm.
• Pre- Exchange of
Contracts This in a typical sale/purchase
transaction would include the completing
all pre-contract enquiries and the obtaining
of all relevant documents from the relevant
parties and at the same time arrange for
the valuation of Property and thus enable
a smooth exchange of contracts.
• Completions To enable
proper transfer of purchase money and facilitate
release of keys / possession to buyers
• Post Completion
Formalities regarding Stamp Duty and Registration
of title with the HMLR
Paralegal
Services
• Legal transcription
• Data Management
• Data Conversion
• Word Processing
• Deposition summaries
• Legal Coding
• Legal Billing
Non Core
Services
Legal Drafting and Documentation
The drafting of Pleadings
and Written Statements; Pleas and Submissions;
Drafting of Wills, Probates and Letters
of Administration,Correspondence between
Counsels etc.,
IP Related Service
Research on Patents and
Trademark and Patent Drawings
Legal Research and Analysis
Preparation of legal opinions
and briefs for all practice areas and all
levels of courts and preparation of updates
on key legal issues and other research memoranda
on all areas of law.
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