Check-A-Contract Offers Onshore Contract Outsourcing

Oct. 30, 2013 - PRLog -- Legal onshore(ing) is a momentum gaining trend as a cost effective alternative to traditional Legal Process Outsourcing (LPO).

Legal Process Outsourcing (LPO) originally meant that legal firms and corporations would outsource certain projects, such as litigation disclosure and due diligence document review jobs, etc. to offshore providers. Few firms sought long-term LPO relationships as the outsourcing activity concentrated mainly on project-based discovery and due diligence tasks.

Additionally, banks and insurance companies suffered negative experiences with offshore call centres. These experiences were well-publicised, which may have led some companies and organisations to develop alternate means of outsourcing. This included, for example, companies that owned the off-shore outsourcing firm in order to reap the benefits of outsourcing, while maintaining complete control of the operation.

That trend has changed recently, liberalisation of the market and pressure from clients to lower prices has forced many legal firms and larger companies to take another look at LPO. Advances in communication and collaboration tools have made it much easier to “connect” legal firms and corporations to LPO providers.

The legal business culture has gone through several changes and is now focusing on unbundling legal services so they can benefit from the economies of scale. In the past, LPO providers were treated as any other type of back-office support. Nowadays, that has changed as some clients even request or require the use of LPO in order to minimize the cost of their routine legal tasks. Ultimately, free up resources and save money.

Check-A-Contract has recognised the need and offers a niche service – exactly what the small to medium company or legal practice needs: A high quality, low cost and UK based onshore outsourcing solution.

Ralph Ehlers, founder of Check-A-Contract (http://checkacontract.co.uk/#_l_1j) says: “We are able to provide a full solution for solicitors and law practices, outsourcing the less profitable legal work - fulfilling all of their clients’ needs instead of accepting only the most profitable aspects of a case. These are some of the many benefits and furthermore, we offer affordability and cost control as a main feature of our services.” - “We aim to offer outsourcing the lower levels of legal work and free up in-house lawyers to concentrate on giving strategic business and legal advice.”

Legal services and companies are integrating via secure links to the back-office of Check-A-Contract, making life easier by taking on cases in their entirety. A 'white label' connection to the back-office is available in the UK, keeping all client sensitive data with the legal service provider or law firm -offering seamless integration via standard Microsoft Office and Outlook products.

“Integration is fast and easy (usually less than 10 minutes) and doesn't compromise any existing network infrastructure” Ehlers says, “companies or practices can effectively send contracts and agreements within 30 minutes of applying.”

About Check-A-Contract:

Check-A-Contract (http://checkacontract.co.uk/#_l_1j) is an internationally operating legal service provider, specialising in contract, lease and agreement checking. Services include offering high quality revision of business or personal contracts at low cost, fast turnaround and 'white-label' integration for associated law practices.

Mission: At Check-A-Contract we are constantly striving to improve our service to help business people get more done in less time, recognising the present and future needs of our customers and ultimately helping to save money.