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Elite Adds Kestrel Business Solutions as Latest Services Partner

Experienced Consultants Add Value to Enterprise and 3E Client Implementations

LOS ANGELES, December 12, 2011 – Elite, a Thomson Reuters business, announced that it has partnered with Kestrel Business Solutions, an exclusive technology and solutions consultancy to law firms based in the UK, to increase Elite’s services capabilities. As a Services Partner, Kestrel offers experienced consultants to assist Elite clients in streamlining their day to day practice management and operational needs.

“Our alliance with Elite is critical to our mission to be the best systems consultancy provider in the legal industry, especially as 3E has gained a strong foothold in the global market,” said Desiree Koch, director of Kestrel Business Solutions. “We understand how law firms and lawyers work and therefore, know how to add value to the implementation process so staff are free to focus on their core areas of business.”

As an exclusive law firm consultancy and IT development house, Kestrel has been engaged at many of the top global law firms and UK national firms since 1997. Its consultants and developers have brought about valuable business change in respect of IT systems, practice management and enterprise management to firms of many shapes and sizes. Kestrel consultants have led product selection exercises for legal financial and practice management solutions and have fully managed projects in conjunction with Elite.

“It is important to have skilled consultants available to our Enterprise and 3E clients, which is why we feel our relationship with Kestrel is an investment for the future,” said Kim Massana, president of Elite. 

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About Kestrel Business Solutions
Kestrel Business Solutions (www.kestrel-bs.com) is a leading strategic and implementation consultancy specialising exclusively in the legal support services arena. Kestrel strategists, managers, consultants, developers and trainers work alongside clients in a range of engagements including PMS, CRM, HR, BI, Workflow projects and other consultancy roles. Kestrel clients range from UK national firms through to the global Magic Circle. The Kestrel mission is to provide the best and most effective services to support clients and to maximise their investments in technology, process and people.

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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
Thomson Reuters is the world’s leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals. We combine industry expertise with innovative technology to deliver critical information to leading decision makers in the financial, legal, tax and accounting, scientific, healthcare and media markets, powered by the world’s most trusted news organization. With headquarters in New York and major operations in London and Eagan, Minn., Thomson Reuters employs more than 50,000 people in 93 countries. Thomson Reuters shares are listed on the New York Stock Exchange, Toronto Stock Exchange, London Stock Exchange and NASDAQ. For more information, visit www.thomsonreuters.com.