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ELITE 3E Implementations Worldwide
3E implementations are taking place all over the world with several firms including Mourant du Feu & Jeune, McKool Smith, Greenspoon Marder, Kennedys and Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill going live.
Mourant Upgrades to 3E for Advanced Functionality
Mourant du Feu & Jeune, a leading offshore law firm that provides advice to the world’s top banks and financial institutions, has completed its implementation of ELITE 3E. Firm management now has real-time visibility into all business units plus the ability to design workflows around specific business processes. “Elite is a market-leading provider of financial and practice management systems, and we were impressed with 3E’s ability to give us better user definition and information management capabilities,” said Tim Haley, head of Business Change for Mourant du Feu & Jeune. “In addition, implementing this system has eliminated our dependence on our own unsustainable development program,” he said. Previously, the firm used a proprietary practice management system integrated with Microsoft Dynamics general ledger system. Mourant du Feu & Jeune is a great example of how a firm can customize 3E to fit very specific business needs and have a direct impact on firm efficiencies.
McKool Smith Converts to 3E to Support Rapid Growth
McKool Smith chose and went live with ELITE 3E to more effectively manage the firm’s substantial growth and enhance client service. McKool Smith is one of the nation’s leading pure trial firms with six offices and more than 115 trial lawyers. 3E’s consistent Web-based interface and custom dashboards enable the delivery of the right information to the right user to help make more informed decisions. “We have developed very unique tools and resources to manage complex litigation,” said Steve Bassinger, CFO for McKook Smith. “So for our firm, one of the main advantages of 3E is the ability to easily configure workflows, templates and reports to match our business processes without the assistance of outside consulting resources. Our staff now has access to real-time financial and case-related information through dashboards optimized for their role at the firm. Furthermore, because 3E is built on standards-based technology, it gives us the ability to adjust to ever-changing business requirements, which our clients highly value,” he said.
Greenspoon Marder Chooses 3E to Gain Competitive Edge
Greenspoon Marder, P.A., a Florida-based full-service law firm dedicated to serving the legal needs of discerning businesses and individuals, recently made the decision to upgrade its financial and practice management platform with ELITE 3E. The firm’s investment in 3E’s leading-edge technology supports its mission to provide the personalized client service of a boutique firm coupled with the experience and technology of the largest firms.
“3E’s built-in reporting and business intelligence capabilities will allow us to deliver real-time information directly to our attorneys’ desktops,” said Gerald Greenspoon, co-managing partner of Greenspoon Marder. “We will now be able to provide our clients with the information they need in a more timely and accurate manner.”
Firm management was also attracted to 3E’s combination of integrated workflow, collaboration and development capabilities which are tools the firm can use to tailor the system to support and improve its business operations. “3E will help streamline our internal processes and provides us with a flexible growth platform for the future,” added Michael Marder, co-managing partner. “After a rigorous evaluation process, we decided that Elite is the right long-term partner for our firm.”
Kennedys Selects 3E to Support Long-Term Growth
Kennedys, a top 50 law firm with eight UK and seven international offices, signed with ELITE 3E to take advantage of its standards-based platform and sophisticated application development capabilities. After nearly doubling in size in the past four years, Kennedys recognized the need to enhance its financial and practice management capabilities in order to remain competitive and to respond to client needs effectively. Following a detailed procurement exercise, Kennedys selected the 3E platform to replace its current financial system Tikit’s Firmware.
“We needed a more capable solution to handle the increasingly complex needs of our clients and staff,” said Ian Lauwerys, IT director at Kennedys. “3E provides an open platform that allows us to tailor it around our business processes and deliver precise information to clients and decision makers more quickly. In addition, we feel 3E will sufficiently scale to meet our continued growth and international expansion for the long-term.”
“Our clients, especially large insurance companies, are very sophisticated buyers of legal services, which requires us to provide detailed billing analysis and trend reporting information. 3E was designed with the flexibility to handle this type of data mining and analysis, along with local tax and regulatory compliance across all regions,” continued Lauwerys.
Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill Implements 3E
One of the largest law firms in Malaysia, Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill (LHAG), chose ELITE 3E for its core financial and practice management platform. Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill is currently the fifth largest law firm in Malaysia with offices in Kuala Lumpur, Johor Bahru and Penang. “The technology platform offered by 3E provides strong support for our operations, which is in line with our longer-term strategy in this increasingly globalized and borderless environment in our industry,” said Muthanna Abdullah, managing partner, LHAG. “Without a doubt, 3E enables us to work efficiently and seamlessly by handling our multi-language and multi-currency business through the provision of built-in workflow capabilities and remote access. But more importantly, I also see that we are able to make better informed decisions and do so quickly, which is key to the continued growth and strength of our firm,” added Abdullah.
“Our 3E deployment with LHAG marks our first client in the Malaysian market,” said Kim Massana, interim president, Elite. “As a forward-thinking firm, the partners wanted to give more access, control and visibility to their attorneys, enabling the firm to stay very agile in a growing market. Compared with other solutions, 3E’s integrated development environment allows firms to incorporate new features with speed and reliability on a large scale.”