Leading Patent and Trademark Law Firm Selects Elite 3E

September 2007: Leading patent and trademark law firm HLBBshaw has chosen Thomson Elite’s 3E solution as its next-generation financial and practice management solution, citing the software’s ability to comprehensively support multiple-office and multiple-location working as a key factor that influenced its decision.

HLBBshaw is an upper medium-sized specialist intellectual property firm with more than 100 employees. Founded in 1989, the firm has offices in six locations including Birmingham, Cambridge, Leeds and Epping, and serves a client base including major multi-national corporations.

After a comprehensive comparative evaluation of the current management systems on offer, HLBBshaw chose Thomson Elite’s advanced new 3E solution to revamp its operating systems.

David Pike, Chief Financial Officer at HLBBshaw, says: “We decided to change our financial and time management systems because they were no longer meeting the needs and aspirations of the business - we needed a complete solution which would take our practice to the next level of growth. A critical factor was our desire to begin producing more comprehensive financial reporting.”

“The main reason we chose Thomson Elite was because of the quality of the 3E product and the professionalism of their team. Elite 3E offers more flexibility and we were impressed with its ability to accommodate our firm’s unique way of working and to integrate successfully with our existing individual systems.”

“The firm also has employees working from a variety of different locations and 3E supports this model by allowing fee-earners to work in different locations.”

The inclusion of special international features means Elite 3E offers extensive support and streamlines operations and reporting for both multi-national and national firms. It fully supports multiple office locations, complex company hierarchies, multiple languages and currencies and ensures international statutory compliance.

Jitendra Valera, Vice President International at Thomson Elite, comments: “Elite 3E has quickly established itself as the practice management solution of choice for ambitious law firms. The rate at which leading firms worldwide are adopting 3E is indicative of the increasing trend for firms to use advanced technology to improve their performance.”

Over 15 international firms have chosen to adopt Elite 3E in the last 12 months.

“Our team in the UK continues to expand to ensure we deliver successfully to all our new clients. 3E is a next generation software and we are delighted to be playing such a big part in helping law firms to move on from legacy systems which don’t provide the kind of information that today’s competitive law firm requires,” adds Valera.

Other firms which have signed up to Thomson Elite’s 3E solution in the International region include Allen & Overy, Amarchand & Mangaldas, DWF, Johnson Stokes & Master, Nabarro, Ozannes, Semple Fraser and TressCox.

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