JOHANNESBURG, JANUARY 15, 2015: Exigent is delighted to announce that 2015 will see it opening its ninth office and the launch of a new legal services offering in Johannesburg, South Africa. Exigent will now provide a ‘lawyers on demand’ service. Exigent has been piloting this service and is now ready to offer a full service offering to the local market.
“Johannesburg is the thriving commercial hub of Africa and the legal market here is changing very rapidly. We already have attorneys on site complementing our large centre in Cape Town, and we are responding to client demand to broaden our offering. We will be offering only the very best at cost effective rates to deliver a full end to end solution” says David Holme, Exigent CEO.
“Our aim with Exigent Johannesburg is to provide the best qualified lawyers in the market to solve General Counsel’s problems, supported by our analysts and project managers globally” adds Global Head of Legal, Celia Pienaar. “Through application of our tried and trusted ‘People, Process and Technology’ methodology, we can assist clients to reduce their legal spend while improving efficiency, with lower flexible costs. Ultimately, we want to reach a stage where South African clients can ‘Just Press Play’ when it comes to a wide range of services, which our onsite teams can ‘projectise’. This is done by disaggregating tasks, assigning to the suitable level of resource and applying advanced technology and project management techniques.”
With the dawn of Exigent Johannesburg comes exciting alternatives to traditional resourcing models. An example is ExigentOnSite, which provides clients with access to specialist and task appropriate skills without adding to the burden of staff management or overheads.
“Our experience gained by working with international law firms and blue chip corporates holds great benefits for the local market. As an example, our contract management tool Chameleon allows clients greater insight into their legal spend, while offering the legal skills in support of tasks such as contract review, drafting and database maintenance. It is ideal for the local market where the use of technology in the provision or management of legal services is often seen as a time-consuming challenge” says Pienaar. Pienaar, who formed part of the Pinsent Masons LLP pioneer group that established outsourced legal service delivery from the UK to South Africa in 2009, will now be based in Johannesburg.
About Exigent Group Limited:
Exigent Group Limited (established in 2003) is a global legal services outsourcing organisation, providing advice on and delivering a range of legal services and business analytics to reduce risk, increase compliance and drive process and cost efficiencies for its clients in the US, Canada, UK, Australia and South Africa. With the 2013 acquisition of the India based legal technology specialist mLegal, Exigent has become a 400+ member strong global workforce comprising consultants, business analysts, lawyers, software developers and multi-skilled business professionals. Exigent currently has three delivery centers in Bangalore, Cape Town and Perth.
Find out more at: www.exigent-group.com.
