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w w w .L e g a t e c h. c o m
Legal Process Outsourcing Specialist for In house counsels

  Experience | Focus | Commitment


 “Rated as among the best emerging companies by NASSCOM”

 “Rated as one among the most promising companies by Deloitte “




  Contact: Vivek Tandon, Esq.          P: 213.394.5527
                                       W: www.legatech.com
                                       E: vivek.tandon@legatech.com
                                               © Legatech 2011
                                               www.legatech.com
Table of Contents

  •   Legatech: Overview


  •   Legatech: Corporate Legal Services


  •   Data Security and Confidentiality


  •   Quality @ Legatech


  •   Talent @ Legatech


  •   Engagement Roll-out




                                                        Process Outsourcing
                                                         Pioneers in Legal
                                     © Legatech 2011
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                                     www.legatech.com
Overview

      “Legatech builds remote delivery centers for clients in India, that leverage
      offshore cost benefits and scalability to provide sustainable competitive
      advantage for the Client company”


      Fact Sheet

       •   2 Delivery centers in India – Bangalore, Hubli

       •   Team of 300 people with 150 attorneys, 100 paralegals and 50 graduates

       •   Specialist Legal Process Outsourcing firm focused on Corporations

       •   Over 8 years of legal outsourcing experience

       •   Process and Metrics driven project management




                                                                                     Process Outsourcing
                                                                                      Pioneers in Legal
       •   Dedicated engagements with over 42 clients

       •   US attorneys part of core delivery team



                                               © Legatech 2011
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                                               www.legatech.com
Corporate Legal Support Services

      Legal Support Services          Paralegal Services                Secretarial Services

 Litigation Support               Administrative Support Services   Word Processing
 Contract Life Cycle Management   Document Upload and               Proofreading and editing
                                  Information capture               Formatting and Styling
 Compliance Support Services
                                  Filtering, Tagging of key         Presentation and Content
 Document Management Services     information                       Graphics
 Immigration Services             Deposition summaries (Livenote,   Legal Transcription
 Legal Research                   Textmap)




                                                                                               Process Outsourcing
                                                                                                Pioneers in Legal
      Legatech 24X7 Mirror Office – Cytrix - IT Network Systems, Case Management
               tools , Concordance , Summation, Casemap, Lexis, Westlaw
                                          © Legatech 2011
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                                          www.legatech.com
Corporate Legal Support Services

        Litigation Support             Contract Life Cycle Management         Compliance Support Services

Provide first pass review of          •Draft, review, revise simple         •EDGAR Processing/SEC Filing
documents for responsiveness and       agreements, NDA, Standard             •SOX Compliance Support
privilege                              template technology License
                                       agreement                             •I-9 Audit Support
Complete E-discovery Solutions
Document /Case Summarization          •Central repository of all Data for
                                       easy access




      Document Management                    Immigration Services                     Legal Research
            Services
                                       Preparation support for ETA          •Multi-state/multi-jurisdictional
•Collection and storage of all types   9089, I-140, I-485, I-765, I-131      legal review
of documents – Expiration date         and I-130                             •Report on regulatory
and other relevant data about          Specialized support in I-9 audits    requirements in multiple




                                                                                                                  Process Outsourcing
document                               and compliance                        jurisdictions relating to a single




                                                                                                                   Pioneers in Legal
•Imaging & data capture solutions      Research on Immigration laws &       subject matter
•Records management                    Amendments



                                                 © Legatech 2011
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                                                 www.legatech.com
Intellectual Property Services – Patent Services

   Technology & Competitive
                                        White space & Gap Analysis              State-of-the-Art studies
          Landscape

    Innovation              IP             Portfolio              IP              IP
                                                                                                 IP Litigation
    Protection          Acquisition       Management         Enforcement      Monetization

Patentability     Portfolio          Portfolio         Infringement     Patent
                                        Mapping /                                             Pre-litigation
Searches           validation &                            Monitoring &      Licensing
                                        Categorization                                         Investigations
Patent Drafting   valuation                               Analysis         Patent
                                       Portfolio                                             eDiscovery &
Illustration      Risk                                                     Valuation
                                        Mining                                                 Document
Office action     assessment
                                       Portfolio                                              Review
responses          Title updates
                                        Updating                                              Markman
Patent Proof      Post M&A
                                       Portfolio                                              Hearing-
reading            Portfolio
                                        Pruning                                                Summary
Paralegal         Integration
                                       Patent                                                 Judgment
support
                                        Renewals                                               support
                                                                                              Trial Support




                                                                                                                 Process Outsourcing
                                                                                                                  Pioneers in Legal
                                                   © Legatech 2011
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                                                   www.legatech.com
Intellectual Property Services - NPE Risk Mitigation
                                                                                                     Cost of litigation
       Cost of NPE Law suits                                                                         accumulates as lawsuit
                                                                                 Expert Discovery    progresses ($1m -$5m )
                                                                                 Pre-trial hearing
                                                                                 Trial
                                                     Invalidity Reports
                                                     Depositions
                                                     Claim constructions & Hearing
                             Complaint & Answers
                             Infringement Contentions
                             Interrogatories


      Legatech’s Proposition                                                                         Fixed cost for Actionable
                                                                                                     report on potential
                                             Team of Specialist                                      NPE’s in your
•Legatech team pulls out                       for Legatech             • Relevant claim portions    technology area.
 all the data from public                                                mapped
 websites                             •Identify relevant patents        • Actionable Report          Enabling client to
•Client can share any                 •Categorize patents                matching drawing,           mitigate any potential
 previous prior art if any             according to relevance            claims and other aspects    risk from NPE’s




                                                                                                                                 Process Outsourcing
 available                             i.e. High, Medium & Low




                                                                                                                                  Pioneers in Legal
      Patent no or Claim                                                         Claim by Claim
      no to be invalidated                                                           report



                                                              © Legatech 2011
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                                                              www.legatech.com
Intellectual Property Services - Patent re-examination


Patent re-examination as an effective tool
                                                                        Prior art
and litigation strategy                                              search to file a
                                                                           re-
                                                                      examination
Ex parte                                                               request
Inter parte

                                                      To formulate
A process oriented approach to mitigate                argument
risk of litigation at an early stage, during          and present
                                                       to USPTO
the process of litigation or when litigation           examiner
is merely contemplated
                                                                              Prepare and submit a
                                                                                USPTO patent re-
                                                                              examination request
Other Risk mitigation services

Freedom to Operate
Patent Watch
IP Validation




                                                                                                     Process Outsourcing
                                                                                                      Pioneers in Legal
                                               © Legatech 2011
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                                               www.legatech.com
Intellectual Property Services – Trademark services

        Trademark             Trademark           Trademark             Trademark
        Acquisition           Protection          Management           Enforcement
      Due diligence     Searching             Trademark           Trademark
      Trademark legal   (Knockout & Full       renewals              Monitoring
      status updates     comprehensive          Trademark           Infringement
                         text search)           docketing             Analysis
                         Preparation of        Trademark           Preparation of
                         Application            Licensing             Cease & Desist
                         Response to                                 Letters
                         office action                               Trademark
                         Trademark                                   Litigation Support
                         registration


                                  • Trademark.com, Thomson saegis, CT Coresearch,
         Databases covered          Compumark, whois lookup, Domainsearch.com, Free
                                    databases & National trademark offices database




                                                                                           Process Outsourcing
                                                                                            Pioneers in Legal
                                  • Global 65 + , European Union, North America, Latin
          Scope of coverage
                                    America and APAC


                                            © Legatech 2011
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                                            www.legatech.com
AmLaw 50 Firm                                                               Case Study - 1


Customer                                                  Delivery
Pan US based 700 attorney firm
                                                          •    Dedicated team of lawyers working across
Focus Areas                                                    multiple shifts process case work for 20
All areas of corporate practice including commercial           hours of the day as virtually extended office
litigation, transactional services, real estate,               of client
immigration, financial services, bankruptcy, IP           •    Team working remotely on secure VPN
                                                          •  Starting with 1 department, the backoffice
                                                             at Legatech has expanded to cover 5
Legatech Scope                                               departments
                                                          Highlights

Real Estate – Due diligence support                       • Tier 1 team deployed
  - Lease and Contract review and drafting
  - Title and survey reports                              • Onsite training for focused knowledge
Commercial Litigation                                       transfer
  - Drafting of Motions, Briefs                           • Ability to deploy additional flexible team at
  - Research
                                                            short notice of 2 weeks
  - Document Review
Immigration




                                                                                                                 Process Outsourcing
  - Case Management for immigrant / non-immigrant




                                                                                                                  Pioneers in Legal
                                                          Results
  visas
Word Processing                                           One good instance of Legatech’s vision:
  - Transcriptions                                            “Cost savings, flexibility, efficiency, growth.”
  - Document styling and formatting
  - Conflicts Search

                                                © Legatech 2011
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                                                www.legatech.com
Corporations                                                  Case Study - 2


Customer                                                  Delivery
Global Pharmaceutical Company
                                                          •Centralized administration of all agreements
                                                          along with reporting
Focus Areas                                               •A team of 5 attorneys reviewed agreements
Our client requirement was to set up an offshore          redlining deviations based on the instructions
contract review team for their Global Suppliers. The      given by the client
scope of work involved executing new supplier             •Appropriate changes incorporated and
agreement and incorporate changes to existing             finalized agreement based on the feedback
agreements to all parties across 86 countries             received by client.
Legatech Scope                                            Highlights

• To form a centralized repository of all agreements      On-time delivery with centralized
• To create a reporting process to recognize and          administration by Legatech
  incorporate changes to the agreements                   Process oriented approach by Legatech
                                                          helped mitigate legal and operational risk in
                                                          contracts
                                                          Quick turn around time enabling in-house
                                                          counsel staff to focus on core activities




                                                                                                           Process Outsourcing
                                                          Total cost was less than 28% of client budget




                                                                                                            Pioneers in Legal
                                                © Legatech 2011
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                                                www.legatech.com
Corporations - IP                                                       Case Study - 3


Customer                                                 Delivery
Global Pharmaceutical Company
Focus Areas                                              •Client dedicated team of specialist in specific
Our client wanted to prepare Information disclosure      domain areas – Patent, Trademark & IDS
statements for 150+ patent applications with a quick     •Conducted training specifically for IDS to
turnaround time and keep the cost down. Further,         communicate the scope of work
wanted to optimize the process of Patent &               •Understand the current process followed by
trademark search by including our offshore               the US team
component                                                •Incorporated changes reviewed by the US
                                                         team
Legatech Scope                                           Highlights

• To create a team of reviewers to study & prepare           Legatech empowered client to save over
  IDS
• To form a team of dedicated search specialist with          50% in Patent and trademark searching
  the right kind of domain expertise to work with in-         costs
  house patent counsel
• To create a team of dedicated trademark searching          Delivered 30 international trademark
  experts to conduct global trademark searching               searches and 280 hours of Patent search




                                                                                                            Process Outsourcing
                                                                                                             Pioneers in Legal
                                                             Consistently delivering turn-around-time
                                                              (TAT) of 48 hours for trademark




                                               © Legatech 2011
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                                               www.legatech.com
What makes Legatech unique?
•        Largest Legal Outsourcing firm in India focused on US Law firms & Corporations
          o   Most experienced with over 8 years of legal outsourcing experience
          o   Large number of referencable clients
          o   Mature Process Capabilities
          o   24*7 functioning delivery platform
          o   US attorneys part of core delivery team

•        Strong integration of technology and operations

•        Services spectrum to serve entire support requirements of a law firm & Corporations
           o   Legal, paralegal, secretarial, IT, backoffice
           o   Strong proposition of being able to support across practice areas of litigation and non-litigation

•        Delivery model of custom dedicated team is strong value for clients
          o    Data Security
          o    Scalability with control

•        Backed by Top US Venture Capital funds




                                                                                                                    Process Outsourcing
                                                                                                                     Pioneers in Legal
          – 2 of top 10 Global Technology VC Funds are minority investors in Legatech

•        Cosmopolitan Bangalore is well placed to attract best talent




                                                           © Legatech 2011
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                                                           www.legatech.com
Data Security and Confidentiality @ Legatech




                          © Legatech 2011
                          www.legatech.com
Rigorous Data Confidentiality

                                                                            1. No local storage of data at
                                                                    Nodes
                                                                               Offshore location
                Client               Legatech
Server           Site
                                                      Switch                2. Remote access of Client
                                                                               server only

                                                                            3. Point to point Virtual
                                                                               Private Network (VPN)
Switch
                                                                            4. Highest degree of data
                             VPN                      Switch                   encryption
                            Tunnel
Firewall
                                                                            5. Firewalls to ensure IT
                                                      Firewall                 systems protection
           Router   Mode             Modem   Router
                     m
                                                                            6. Strict NDA between
                                                                               Legatech and its
                                                                               employees




                                                                                                             Process Outsourcing
                                                                            7. Restricted access to




                                                                                                              Pioneers in Legal
                                                                               workspace area to Client’s
                                                                               dedicated team only


                       Summary: Data does not leave the client servers !

                                                 © Legatech 2011
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                                                 www.legatech.com
IP protection and confidentiality – Multiple Levels


   •     IP protection policies and procedures exceed industry standards:

          o    IT security
          o    Physical security
          o    People level – employee data security policies
          o    IP protection policy

   •     No data transfer to Legatech: complete data security

          o    Setting up segregated work environments:
                 •   At work station level
                         – Dummy terminals – isolated from Legatech corporate network, and from shared network
                            services (file servers, print servers)
                         – Enabled through VPN, Remote Desktop Connection

                 •   Company-wide IT policy
                       – Passwords changed frequently




                                                                                                                 Process Outsourcing
                       – Strict authorization protocol




                                                                                                                  Pioneers in Legal
   •     Adherence to BS7799 data security standards




                                                       © Legatech 2011
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                                                       www.legatech.com
Quality @ Legatech




                     © Legatech 2011
                     www.legatech.com
Overview

•        Monitoring and Quality systems benchmarked to ISO 9001
          o   Process Level
                •   Six Sigma implementation
                •   Extensive documentation at 3 levels
                       o   Module
                       o   Submodule
                       o   Keystroke
                •   Checks and balances for each process
                       o   Reviews by Quality team
                       o   Statistical monitoring
                       o   Monitoring based on Employee performance


          o   People Level
                •   Defined performance levels
                •   Balanced Scorecard Technique
                •   Active monitoring




                                                                             Process Outsourcing
                                                                              Pioneers in Legal
                       o   Retraining & Star performers




                                                          © Legatech 2011
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                                                          www.legatech.com
Engagement roll-out




                      © Legatech 2011
                      www.legatech.com
3 Step Process

•        Proof of Concept (POC) Stage
          o   Define projects for pilot period across 2 practice areas

          o   Test remote access for data access

          o   Set performance benchmarks and define Operation procedures

          o   Evaluate the success of the pilot



•        Full fledged engagement
          –   Ongoing dedicated support teams for each practice areas cutting across offices

          –   Onsite visit of team for training and transition



•        Expand the scope of each practices areas




                                                                                               Process Outsourcing
                                                                                                Pioneers in Legal
                                                          © Legatech 2011
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                                                          www.legatech.com
w w w .l e g a t e c h . c o m
Lets walk the talk!

Legatech

213.394.5527 | vivek.tandon@legatech.com | www.legatech.com




                                            © Legatech 2011
                                            www.legatech.com

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Legatech

  • 1. w w w .L e g a t e c h. c o m Legal Process Outsourcing Specialist for In house counsels Experience | Focus | Commitment “Rated as among the best emerging companies by NASSCOM” “Rated as one among the most promising companies by Deloitte “ Contact: Vivek Tandon, Esq. P: 213.394.5527 W: www.legatech.com E: vivek.tandon@legatech.com © Legatech 2011 www.legatech.com
  • 2. Table of Contents • Legatech: Overview • Legatech: Corporate Legal Services • Data Security and Confidentiality • Quality @ Legatech • Talent @ Legatech • Engagement Roll-out Process Outsourcing Pioneers in Legal © Legatech 2011 -2- www.legatech.com
  • 3. Overview “Legatech builds remote delivery centers for clients in India, that leverage offshore cost benefits and scalability to provide sustainable competitive advantage for the Client company” Fact Sheet • 2 Delivery centers in India – Bangalore, Hubli • Team of 300 people with 150 attorneys, 100 paralegals and 50 graduates • Specialist Legal Process Outsourcing firm focused on Corporations • Over 8 years of legal outsourcing experience • Process and Metrics driven project management Process Outsourcing Pioneers in Legal • Dedicated engagements with over 42 clients • US attorneys part of core delivery team © Legatech 2011 -3- www.legatech.com
  • 4. Corporate Legal Support Services Legal Support Services Paralegal Services Secretarial Services Litigation Support Administrative Support Services Word Processing Contract Life Cycle Management Document Upload and Proofreading and editing Information capture Formatting and Styling Compliance Support Services Filtering, Tagging of key Presentation and Content Document Management Services information Graphics Immigration Services Deposition summaries (Livenote, Legal Transcription Legal Research Textmap) Process Outsourcing Pioneers in Legal Legatech 24X7 Mirror Office – Cytrix - IT Network Systems, Case Management tools , Concordance , Summation, Casemap, Lexis, Westlaw © Legatech 2011 -4- www.legatech.com
  • 5. Corporate Legal Support Services Litigation Support Contract Life Cycle Management Compliance Support Services Provide first pass review of •Draft, review, revise simple •EDGAR Processing/SEC Filing documents for responsiveness and agreements, NDA, Standard •SOX Compliance Support privilege template technology License agreement •I-9 Audit Support Complete E-discovery Solutions Document /Case Summarization •Central repository of all Data for easy access Document Management Immigration Services Legal Research Services Preparation support for ETA •Multi-state/multi-jurisdictional •Collection and storage of all types 9089, I-140, I-485, I-765, I-131 legal review of documents – Expiration date and I-130 •Report on regulatory and other relevant data about Specialized support in I-9 audits requirements in multiple Process Outsourcing document and compliance jurisdictions relating to a single Pioneers in Legal •Imaging & data capture solutions Research on Immigration laws & subject matter •Records management Amendments © Legatech 2011 -5- www.legatech.com
  • 6. Intellectual Property Services – Patent Services Technology & Competitive White space & Gap Analysis State-of-the-Art studies Landscape Innovation IP Portfolio IP IP IP Litigation Protection Acquisition Management Enforcement Monetization Patentability Portfolio  Portfolio  Infringement  Patent Mapping / Pre-litigation Searches validation & Monitoring & Licensing Categorization Investigations Patent Drafting valuation Analysis  Patent  Portfolio eDiscovery & Illustration Risk Valuation Mining Document Office action assessment  Portfolio Review responses Title updates Updating Markman Patent Proof Post M&A  Portfolio Hearing- reading Portfolio Pruning Summary Paralegal Integration  Patent Judgment support Renewals support Trial Support Process Outsourcing Pioneers in Legal © Legatech 2011 -6- www.legatech.com
  • 7. Intellectual Property Services - NPE Risk Mitigation Cost of litigation Cost of NPE Law suits accumulates as lawsuit Expert Discovery progresses ($1m -$5m ) Pre-trial hearing Trial Invalidity Reports Depositions Claim constructions & Hearing Complaint & Answers Infringement Contentions Interrogatories Legatech’s Proposition Fixed cost for Actionable report on potential Team of Specialist NPE’s in your •Legatech team pulls out for Legatech • Relevant claim portions technology area. all the data from public mapped websites •Identify relevant patents • Actionable Report Enabling client to •Client can share any •Categorize patents matching drawing, mitigate any potential previous prior art if any according to relevance claims and other aspects risk from NPE’s Process Outsourcing available i.e. High, Medium & Low Pioneers in Legal Patent no or Claim Claim by Claim no to be invalidated report © Legatech 2011 -7- www.legatech.com
  • 8. Intellectual Property Services - Patent re-examination Patent re-examination as an effective tool Prior art and litigation strategy search to file a re- examination Ex parte request Inter parte To formulate A process oriented approach to mitigate argument risk of litigation at an early stage, during and present to USPTO the process of litigation or when litigation examiner is merely contemplated Prepare and submit a USPTO patent re- examination request Other Risk mitigation services Freedom to Operate Patent Watch IP Validation Process Outsourcing Pioneers in Legal © Legatech 2011 -8- www.legatech.com
  • 9. Intellectual Property Services – Trademark services Trademark Trademark Trademark Trademark Acquisition Protection Management Enforcement Due diligence Searching Trademark Trademark Trademark legal (Knockout & Full renewals Monitoring status updates comprehensive Trademark Infringement text search) docketing Analysis Preparation of Trademark Preparation of Application Licensing Cease & Desist Response to Letters office action Trademark Trademark Litigation Support registration • Trademark.com, Thomson saegis, CT Coresearch, Databases covered Compumark, whois lookup, Domainsearch.com, Free databases & National trademark offices database Process Outsourcing Pioneers in Legal • Global 65 + , European Union, North America, Latin Scope of coverage America and APAC © Legatech 2011 -9- www.legatech.com
  • 10. AmLaw 50 Firm Case Study - 1 Customer Delivery Pan US based 700 attorney firm • Dedicated team of lawyers working across Focus Areas multiple shifts process case work for 20 All areas of corporate practice including commercial hours of the day as virtually extended office litigation, transactional services, real estate, of client immigration, financial services, bankruptcy, IP • Team working remotely on secure VPN • Starting with 1 department, the backoffice at Legatech has expanded to cover 5 Legatech Scope departments Highlights Real Estate – Due diligence support • Tier 1 team deployed - Lease and Contract review and drafting - Title and survey reports • Onsite training for focused knowledge Commercial Litigation transfer - Drafting of Motions, Briefs • Ability to deploy additional flexible team at - Research short notice of 2 weeks - Document Review Immigration Process Outsourcing - Case Management for immigrant / non-immigrant Pioneers in Legal Results visas Word Processing One good instance of Legatech’s vision: - Transcriptions “Cost savings, flexibility, efficiency, growth.” - Document styling and formatting - Conflicts Search © Legatech 2011 - 10 - www.legatech.com
  • 11. Corporations Case Study - 2 Customer Delivery Global Pharmaceutical Company •Centralized administration of all agreements along with reporting Focus Areas •A team of 5 attorneys reviewed agreements Our client requirement was to set up an offshore redlining deviations based on the instructions contract review team for their Global Suppliers. The given by the client scope of work involved executing new supplier •Appropriate changes incorporated and agreement and incorporate changes to existing finalized agreement based on the feedback agreements to all parties across 86 countries received by client. Legatech Scope Highlights • To form a centralized repository of all agreements On-time delivery with centralized • To create a reporting process to recognize and administration by Legatech incorporate changes to the agreements Process oriented approach by Legatech helped mitigate legal and operational risk in contracts Quick turn around time enabling in-house counsel staff to focus on core activities Process Outsourcing Total cost was less than 28% of client budget Pioneers in Legal © Legatech 2011 - 11 - www.legatech.com
  • 12. Corporations - IP Case Study - 3 Customer Delivery Global Pharmaceutical Company Focus Areas •Client dedicated team of specialist in specific Our client wanted to prepare Information disclosure domain areas – Patent, Trademark & IDS statements for 150+ patent applications with a quick •Conducted training specifically for IDS to turnaround time and keep the cost down. Further, communicate the scope of work wanted to optimize the process of Patent & •Understand the current process followed by trademark search by including our offshore the US team component •Incorporated changes reviewed by the US team Legatech Scope Highlights • To create a team of reviewers to study & prepare  Legatech empowered client to save over IDS • To form a team of dedicated search specialist with 50% in Patent and trademark searching the right kind of domain expertise to work with in- costs house patent counsel • To create a team of dedicated trademark searching  Delivered 30 international trademark experts to conduct global trademark searching searches and 280 hours of Patent search Process Outsourcing Pioneers in Legal  Consistently delivering turn-around-time (TAT) of 48 hours for trademark © Legatech 2011 - 12 - www.legatech.com
  • 13. What makes Legatech unique? • Largest Legal Outsourcing firm in India focused on US Law firms & Corporations o Most experienced with over 8 years of legal outsourcing experience o Large number of referencable clients o Mature Process Capabilities o 24*7 functioning delivery platform o US attorneys part of core delivery team • Strong integration of technology and operations • Services spectrum to serve entire support requirements of a law firm & Corporations o Legal, paralegal, secretarial, IT, backoffice o Strong proposition of being able to support across practice areas of litigation and non-litigation • Delivery model of custom dedicated team is strong value for clients o Data Security o Scalability with control • Backed by Top US Venture Capital funds Process Outsourcing Pioneers in Legal – 2 of top 10 Global Technology VC Funds are minority investors in Legatech • Cosmopolitan Bangalore is well placed to attract best talent © Legatech 2011 - 13 - www.legatech.com
  • 14. Data Security and Confidentiality @ Legatech © Legatech 2011 www.legatech.com
  • 15. Rigorous Data Confidentiality 1. No local storage of data at Nodes Offshore location Client Legatech Server Site Switch 2. Remote access of Client server only 3. Point to point Virtual Private Network (VPN) Switch 4. Highest degree of data VPN Switch encryption Tunnel Firewall 5. Firewalls to ensure IT Firewall systems protection Router Mode Modem Router m 6. Strict NDA between Legatech and its employees Process Outsourcing 7. Restricted access to Pioneers in Legal workspace area to Client’s dedicated team only Summary: Data does not leave the client servers ! © Legatech 2011 - 15 - www.legatech.com
  • 16. IP protection and confidentiality – Multiple Levels • IP protection policies and procedures exceed industry standards: o IT security o Physical security o People level – employee data security policies o IP protection policy • No data transfer to Legatech: complete data security o Setting up segregated work environments: • At work station level – Dummy terminals – isolated from Legatech corporate network, and from shared network services (file servers, print servers) – Enabled through VPN, Remote Desktop Connection • Company-wide IT policy – Passwords changed frequently Process Outsourcing – Strict authorization protocol Pioneers in Legal • Adherence to BS7799 data security standards © Legatech 2011 - 16 - www.legatech.com
  • 17. Quality @ Legatech © Legatech 2011 www.legatech.com
  • 18. Overview • Monitoring and Quality systems benchmarked to ISO 9001 o Process Level • Six Sigma implementation • Extensive documentation at 3 levels o Module o Submodule o Keystroke • Checks and balances for each process o Reviews by Quality team o Statistical monitoring o Monitoring based on Employee performance o People Level • Defined performance levels • Balanced Scorecard Technique • Active monitoring Process Outsourcing Pioneers in Legal o Retraining & Star performers © Legatech 2011 - 18 - www.legatech.com
  • 19. Engagement roll-out © Legatech 2011 www.legatech.com
  • 20. 3 Step Process • Proof of Concept (POC) Stage o Define projects for pilot period across 2 practice areas o Test remote access for data access o Set performance benchmarks and define Operation procedures o Evaluate the success of the pilot • Full fledged engagement – Ongoing dedicated support teams for each practice areas cutting across offices – Onsite visit of team for training and transition • Expand the scope of each practices areas Process Outsourcing Pioneers in Legal © Legatech 2011 - 20 - www.legatech.com
  • 21. w w w .l e g a t e c h . c o m Lets walk the talk! Legatech 213.394.5527 | vivek.tandon@legatech.com | www.legatech.com © Legatech 2011 www.legatech.com