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Kennedys Selects ELITE 3E to Support Long-Term Growth
3E to Help Deliver Business-Critical Data to Partners, Staff and Clients
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 11, 2010 – 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. 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,” said Ian Lauwerys, IT director at Kennedys. “In addition, we feel 3E will sufficiently scale to meet our continued growth and international expansion for the long-term.”
Initial implementation will be focused on integrating 3E with Kennedys’ new customized case and matter management system built by Tikit, a leading independent provider of IT consultancy, services and technology to legal and accounting firms. 3E’s web-based system enables lawyers and staff to easily access key financial and matter information to help make more informed decisions in real time. Lauwerys is also excited about the benefits of 3E’s embedded workflow capabilities, configurable dashboards and general management-level visibility into the health of the firm.
“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.
“We understand that billing compliance is one of the most essential functions for Kennedys and 3E’s billing enhancements will certainly address these demands,” said Kim Massana, senior vice president and general manager, Elite. “Kennedys represents the type of proactive firm that is planning for their future needs with the advanced, standards-based 3E solution. We look forward to working with them on the rollout.”
ELITE 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.
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About Kennedys
Kennedys is a specialist national and international legal firm with unrivalled expertise in litigation and dispute resolution. With more than 780 people globally, the firm provides a range legal services for many industries, including insurance/reinsurance, healthcare, construction, employment, rail sectors, maritime and international trade – with a particular focus on dispute resolution and litigation. For more information, visit www.kennedys-law.com.
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About Elite
Elite is a leading provider of integrated information solutions to professional services firms worldwide. Elite is part of Thomson Reuters and is a premier provider of financial and practice management systems to the legal industry and to other professional services markets, including accounting, marketing services, and management and IT consulting. For more information, visit www.elite.com.
About Thomson Reuters
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