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Today’s law departments are experiencing the effects of rapid shifts — from increases in volume and complexity in data to growing regulatory and compliance concerns. Serving as trusted advisor to hundreds of general counsel at all types of companies, our team of JDs, MBAs, project managers, business process experts and technologists help our clients accelerate the operational performance of the law department. Consilio understands the changing pressures and increasing enterprise implications of decisions brought to bear on the Office of General Counsel and Legal Operations Directors. We take a 360◦ approach to identifying and implementing significant and impactful ways to leverage people, process and technology. Our solutions are designed to deliver tangible results that lead our clients to maximized cost efficiencies, streamlined operations and enhanced positioning of the law department as a strategic, value adding business partner.
Vendor-Agnostic Technology Selection and Implementation Expertise – Our vendor-agnostic legal technology experts guide you through the process of defining, selecting, designing and implementing key legal technologies, including solutions for matter management, legal e-billing, document management, contract management and analytics, document assembly, internal time tracking, eDiscovery and legal hold, records management, compliance management, and artificial intelligence (AI).
Holistic-, Stakeholder-Centered Approach – Highly collaborative expertise working side-by-side with lawyers, corporate IT teams, consultants and technologists to successfully roll out technologies as well as educate stakeholders on the benefits of your chosen solution by:
- Developing and implementing communication strategies and plans
- Determining ongoing support requirements, roles and responsibilities
- Demonstrating return on investment
Accelerating operational efficiency – Expertise in achieving optimal operational models providing best-in-class value added and efficient service levels. We identify areas of overspend and provide guidance on how technology can be used to better manage external law firms and legal outsource providers.
Solutions designed to perform – The legal service delivery model relies on an ecosystem on in-house and external suppliers, law firms, LPO’s, & ALSPs. We begin with understanding existing and future business needs and align the delivery model design top optimize performance.
Best-in-Class Benchmarking – Our benchmarking data from over a decade of industry–wide surveys provide significant benchmarking data in addition to our superior methodology for industry specific benchmarking that provides best in class apples to apples comparisons beyond any other.
Spend leverage through Sky Analytics – Proprietary, industry leading external spend database, Sky Analytics, provides fresh market information that enables our clients to obtain the best leverage and insight in order to maximize spend efficiency. Our clients have obtained significant results reducing spend and improving outside counsel relationships.
