Sunday, November 13, 2005

Legal Process Outsourcing

10.11.05 - 08.31Who Are The Leading Players In Outsourced Legal Work In India ?
The Indian Financial Express has the answer in this article documenting this rapid growth business.They write:Just 700 people, employed across 50-60 companies in the country command up to $125 per hour to generate business worth $70 million per annum. That's higher than the 2004 revenues of $60.5 million genera ted by EXLServices, one of the largest BPOs in India employing 5000 people.Major third-party players in legal outsourcing in India include Evalueserve, Pangea3, Lawwave, Manthan, Lexadigm, Atlas, Integreon and Office Tiger. In-house (captive) legal outsourcing by MNCs like GE, Oracle, Sun and Cisco has also been very successful. Subsidiaries of large US law firms in India like Intellevate (Noida) and IPPRO (Bangalore) are also successful.In fact, for the sector, legal outsourcing is one of the most lucrative businesses. At an average billing rate of $75 per hour, just 700 LPO employees generate a business of $420,000 (Rs 1.8 crore) every day.