As companies across various industries look for ways to increase process efficiencies and decrease costs, they are turning in growing numbers to outsourced solutions. “Alternative legal service provider” (“ALSP”) is a broad term encompassing legal process outsourcers (LPOs), “Big Four” accounting firm services, managed service providers, and contract and staffing services.
Using an ALSP offers a cost-effective way to manage legal work that was historically the domain of in-house legal teams or costly outside counsel engagements. Common tasks handled by ALSPs include due diligence, document review, contract management, eDiscovery, regulatory risk, compliance, and other legal services.
Organizations can leverage the experience and skills of ALSPs to streamline internal workflows in several ways:
- Technology Solutions. ALSPs utilize cloud-based technologies and tools designed to handle specific tasks more efficiently. As more organizations continue to work remotely, these tech solutions are now becoming commonplace. ALSPs can help seamlessly integrate them into the processes of internal teams, providing greater workflow efficiency.
- Allocation of Lean Resources. Working with an ALSP increases productivity by taking what could be onerous, time-consuming work off the shoulders of internal personnel, allowing internal teams to focus on strategic objectives. For example, if a corporation needs high-volume document review, choosing an ALSP to perform the work can streamline the process. The ALSP can complete the review quickly and efficiently without having to pull the internal team off their current focus.
- Organization-Wide Service. ALSPs, by design, have a wide variety of service offerings by specialized teams and can serve the entire organization. This can alleviate the need to find new providers for each task – thereby eliminating inefficiency, miscommunication, and duplication of effort.
- Reliable Coverage. Bringing an ALSP into a project allows organizations to complete large-scale tasks without the need to manage the workload of, or coverage by, internal teams. ALSPs will assign the correct size of team with the necessary legal specializations to ensure that projects are delivered on time. They will handle all resource allocation on a project (i.e., vacations, planned or unplanned leaves, illnesses, etc.) and eliminate the need for organizations to manage staffing fluctuations.
- Quality Standards. ALSPs are adept at managing tasks efficiently while meeting their organizational clients’ expectations for exceptional work with quality control and assurance built into the workflow. This cuts the time needed for internal review, freeing up internal resources.
As an alternative legal service provider, Baer Reed provides various business and legal services designed to create efficiency and streamline workflows for companies around the world. Contact us to learn more today!
Mr. Reyes graduated with honors from the Ateneo de Manila University, where he received the Procter and Gamble Student Excellence Award. He obtained his Juris Doctor degree from the Ateneo de Manila School of Law. During law school, Mr. Reyes was part of the Philippine delegation to the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot held in Vienna, Austria. He was also a member of the Ateneo Society of International Law and the St. Thomas More Debate Society. He completed his internship at the Public Attorney’s Office. He wrote a thesis entitled: “To Kill A White Elephant: An Analysis of the Fiduciary Exception to the Corporate Attorney-Client Privilege”. Mr. Reyes is admitted to practice law in the Philippines and the State of New York.
Ms. Lardizabal-Manzano is a graduate of San Sebastian College-Recoletos, where she earned her B.A. in Political Science. In 2003, she received her law degree from Lyceum of the Philippines and was admitted to practice law in 2004.
Matthew Hersh earned a B.A. in Political Science from Columbia University in 1990 and graduated cum laude from Georgetown University Law Center in 1999. He also holds a master’s degree in international relations from the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service.
Cap. Avi Levak (Res. IDF) graduated from from Israel’s prestigious Ben-Gurion University of the Negev with a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Mathematics. He is also a Leadership and Communication coach trained in TuT coaching by Alon gal in Israel. Avi specializes in high-level, in-depth analysis of business and client needs, within systems and software strategy and architecture.
Ms. Tyler graduated cum laude from Georgetown University and received her law degree, cum laude, from Georgetown University Law Center. During law school, she interned at the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe. She also worked on The Tax Lawyer journal and was a member of the award-winning Barristers’ Council Mock Trial Team. Ms. Tyler is admitted to practice law in the State of California and the District of Columbia.
Ms. Cruz-Anonuevo graduated cum laude and top nine in her batch from Miriam College with a degree of Bachelor of Arts in InternationalStudies. She obtained her Juris Doctor degree from Ateneo de Manila University School of Law in Rockwell. During law school, she interned in Rivera, Santos, Maranan & Associates. She was also part of Ateneo’s Labor Law Bar Operations. She wrote her thesis on, “Stealing Privacy: Limitations on Media’s Photographic Invasion.,” Ms. Cruz-Anonuevo is admitted to practice law in the Philippines.
Ms. Aquino-Batallones obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in Development Studies (with Minors in Global Politics and Hispanic Studies) from the Ateneo de Manila University. In 2011, she received her Juris Doctor degree from Ateneo de Manila University School of Law. During law school, she interned at Romulo Mabanta Buenaventura Sayoc & de los Angeles then became an intern of Ateneo Legal Services Center’s Clinical Legal Education Program.
Mr. De Guzman graduated from San Beda College with a degree of Bachelor of Arts Major in Economics and received his law degree from San Beda College of Law. He is multilingual and is fluent in three languages: Chinese, Filipino, and English. He was admitted to the Philippine Bar in 2003.