Hesketh Henry Now Live on ELITE 3E for Comprehensive Financial and Practice Management
New Zealand-based Law Firm Deploys Advanced Platform to Enable Business Improvements
Hesketh Henry, one the leading commercial law firms based in Auckland, is the latest to implement ELITE 3E in New Zealand. “We initially selected 3E because of its ability to adapt to our business practices without requiring time-consuming and costly customisations. We are pleased to report that 3E has delivered on this promise,” said Justin Cox, general manager of Hesketh Henry. “Our lawyers will now have complete matter and financial data at their fingertips, which enable more effective client partnerships.”
“We see the deployment of 3E as only the beginning. More than anything, 3E gives us a capacity for rapid innovation that will allow us to meet emerging client demands in ways that simply are not possible with older, less flexible legacy systems. Operating with the most advanced financial and practice management system available today gives us a tremendous amount of confidence to achieve our aggressive business goals,” continued Cox.
In this initial rollout, Hesketh Henry has developed a series of user-specific dashboards and real-time reports that provide relevant information at lawyers’ fingertips, which significantly increases productivity. In addition, the powerful 3E embedded workflow capability has enabled the firm to deploy six new workflows designed to improve the efficiency of approvals and authorizations. Fee earners can now to spend more time on the business of law.
Hesketh Henry will also implement the CRM solution from Hubbard One, another Thomson Reuters business, as part of their ongoing technology build-out.
Originally founded in 1865, Hesketh Henry is a full-service commercial law firm representing some of New Zealand’s best-known companies, as well as a number of well-known multinationals. It employs specialists across almost all aspects of commercial law including mergers and acquisitions, foreign investment, commercial property, employment and telecommunications. The firm has more than 100 staff including 70 lawyers in its Shortland Street offices in Auckland.
“Hesketh Henry had a very strong vision of how 3E could increase productivity while lowering costs right from the beginning,” said Kim Massana, senior vice president and general manager, Elite. “Understanding their business goals and detailed processes helped make the implementation a success, which allows them to reap immediate benefits. We are proud to have successfully completed this significant rollout in New Zealand and look forward to building on that momentum in 2010.”
3E offers powerful core financial and practice management features and built-in application development capabilities—all seamlessly integrated into one high-performance system. Designed from the ground up on Microsoft .NET, 3E provides an integrated development environment that enables firms to become more agile in responding to client needs. A full suite of capabilities is delivered through a consistent Web-based user experience that allows staff to easily track and manage activity on a multi-office, global scale.