What Legal Operations & Technology Consulting services do we provide?

Inefficient processes, constrained legal tech and lack of institutional knowledge can hamstring the effectiveness of a legal department, leaving your in-house team buried in trivial tasks. By identifying gaps in procedures and working within your existing systems to establish personalised solutions, we can help your legal department become more dynamic, productive and valuable.

Technology

Technology

Begin with a needs analysis to review the current and potential uses of legal technology in your team. This ensures your in-house team understands its unique requirements before exploring the myriad options out there. Make informed choices for your organisation with our independent guidance, avoiding impulsive purchases that may not suit your team's needs. We’ve done the market research, so you don’t have to.
Maturity Assessment

Maturity Assessment

DWF’s Maturity Assessment offers a scorecard methodology designed to provide a legal team with prioritised recommendations for improvement. Our evaluation, which is based on objective and actionable metrics, assesses areas such as technology adoption, financial management and strategic planning. This provides your team with an impartial view of your department’s current standing and a clear roadmap for continued progression.

Legal Operations Maturity Assessment
Legal spend analysis

Legal spend analysis

We dive deep into the data of your external counsel spend and provide the analysis needed to empower your team to more proactively management your panel law firms. This helps your organisation identify where funds are best spent, how they can be used most effectively and where they may ultimately be reallocated or saved.
End-to-end legal transformation

End-to-end legal transformation

Our comprehensive service guides legal departments through their own unique transformation journey. From identifying the problem to be solved, suggesting improvement solutions and advising on selecting appropriate technology tools — through to designing and implementing those solutions with a robust change management approach.
Post implementation management and optimisation

Post implementation management and optimisation

Our experts provide essential support in the often-overlooked area of legal technology implementation: ongoing administration, assistance and guidance after go-live. We collaborate with your team to manage and enhance the implemented solution, ensuring continuous improvement and a strong return on investment.

Our global team of experts is focused on applying process, technology, data and people improvements to deliver the right results for your organisation. Whether you seek insights on more effective data usage, want to implement new legal technology or require a full department overhaul, our consultancy team are well placed to serve multinational clients as they transform their legal services.

DWF’s unbiased evaluation and analysis focus on what best suits your in-house needs, ensuring the right people handle the right tasks cost-effectively.

How our Legal Operations & Technology Consulting services can help you

Our clients come to us wanting to transform their ways of working, digitising as much as possible to take advantage of the legal technology developments. We find efficiencies in their key repeatable processes to inform appropriate technology choices and ensure the right fit for their resourcing options. We comprehensively evaluate our clients to modernise their operations by leveraging recent legal technology advancements and streamlining their key processes for efficiency.

Our Legal Operations & Technology Consulting solutions can assist you in several ways:

Enhance workflow and find cost and productivity efficiencies.
Implement appropriate Contract Lifecycle Management or Matter Management platforms and legal technology solutions tailored to your business needs.
Identify gaps in your current approach and highlight opportunities for improvement.
Optimise existing systems to make the most out of available technologies.
Direct legal enquiries efficiently to the correct stakeholders.
Differentiate your legal department from peers within your industry.
Bridge the gap between business and legal teams by focusing on strategic and integral projects.
Develop plans and dashboards for intelligent data reporting.
Promote innovation and continuous improvement through enhanced processes and benchmarks.
Analyse spending patterns and identify cost-saving opportunities.
Design and implement legal department strategies to better align with the organisation’s mission