Herbert Smith Freehills is expanding its alternative legal services’ business, opening a new office in Johannesburg, South Africa where five lawyers and 20 legal analysts will conduct document review and perform due diligence-related tasks for clients write BNA Bloomberg
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It is the fourth office that the firm has opened since 2011 that is devoted to providing clients with so-called alternative legal services, a unit that is designed to help clients reduce their legal bills without sacrificing quality.
“It’s offshore, but it’s risk-wrapped by Herbert Smith Freehills’ [reputation],” said Libby Jackson, who heads up the alternative legal services function at HSF.
In taking on such a project, HSF is competing with independent outsourcing companies such as Integreon, Pangea3, QuisLex, United Lex, Mindcrest and others that have built their entire business models around staffing lawyers in low-cost regions to handle routine legal work.
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Large Law Firm Opens ‘Alternative’ Services Office in South Africa
