Legal News and Views -  Asia Pacific and Beyond

Sri Lanka's first LPO conference opens on Thursday
Sunday Times.lk
Sri Lanka's first international conference on LPO (Legal Process Outsourcing) gets underway in Colombo on February 9-10. Titled "Outsourcing vs Restructuring - Challenges in International Business Structures", the conference brings together an array of ...

Taylor Wessing to offer LPO to law firms with low-cost business spin-off
Legal Week
Taylor Wessing is set to offer legal process outsourcing (LPO) services to other law firms with plans to spin off its document review business now underway. The firm is currently appointing an adviser to look at a demerger of its New Street Solutions ...

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Aviva names four firms on catastrophic loss panel as AMP confirms new Asia roster
Legal Week
As part of the selection process firms had to show they could offer a legal process outsourcing (LPO) strategy, demonstrating access to offshore LPOs for work when required. AMP GC Brian Salter headed up the review. right.

Nixon Peabody Establishes Preferred Vendor Relationship with Pangea3
AFX News
NEW YORK, January 31, 2012 – Nixon Peabody LLP, a full-service international law firm, has established a preferred vendor relationship with Pangea3 – the worldwide leader in legal process outsourcing (LPO) services and a Thomson Reuters business – in ...

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Integreon Opens Onshore LPO Delivery Centre in Bristol
MarketWatch (press release)
LONDON, Jan 27, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Integreon, the largest global provider of integrated legal, research and business solutions, today announced the official opening of its legal process outsourcing (LPO) onshore UK delivery centre.

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Integreon opens first UK LPO base and ramps up temp paralegal service
Legal Week
Integreon has launched the first-ever onshore legal process outsourcing (LPO) centre in the UK, as the outsourcer ramps up its temp paralegal service for clients. The new LPO centre opened in Bristol this month after a request from a global client, ...
Integreon Opens Onshore LPO Delivery Centre in BristolEON: Enhanced Online News (press release)

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Legal outsourcing to become SL major foreign exchange earner
Nation on Sunday
Sri Lanka's legal profession is set to venture into legal process outsourcing services for other countries which is expected to become a major foreign exchange earner for the country. According to John Wilson, Managing Partner of the legal firm John ...
Lanka looks to becoming LPO hubThe Island.lk (subscription)

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LPO CPA Global sold to Cinven private equity, 14 months post Pangea3 sale
Legally India
Legal process outsourcing (LPO) company CPA Global, which specialises in patents work, has been acquired by private equity major Cinven, according to a press release by the fund. The transaction is subject to the approval of a Scheme of Arrangement in ...

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Sri Lanka targets legal process outsourcing business
Lanka Business Online
Jan 19, 2012 (LBO) - Sri Lanka will be hosting a conference February initiated by the International Association of Young Lawyers (AIJA) which will also highlight the island's potential as a legal process outsourcing destination, organizers said.

Legal Process Outsourcing – Outlook and Opportunities
Sunday Times.lk
By Kshanika Ratnayaka Legal Process Outsourcing (LPO) refers to the practice of a law firm or corporation obtaining legal support services from an outside law firm or legal support services company. When the outsourced entity is based in another ...