Published Date:
13 June 2005
MANY Yorkshire law firms will be outsourcing and offshoring at least some of their operations within the next two years, according to new research from professional services firm Deloitte.
The Deloitte study reveals that, nationally, almost all law firms are currently outsourcing some or all of their support functions.
IT operations are the most commonly outsourced function, with 61 per cent of firms confirming that they already outsource or plan to in the near future.
Document management and production is the most common operation outsourced to an offshore location by law firms, with 31 per cent of respondents planning or already doing so.
The report shows a trend for larger law firms to be either considering or planning to extend their outsourcing to HR, payroll, knowledge management and finance functions.
Chris Digby, partner in technology integration at Deloitte,Leeds, said: "Outsourcing and offshoring are still relatively new concepts to the legal sector and there are real opportunities for law firms to gain competitive advantage by considering which of their operations could be outsourced."
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