CMS Cameron McKenna has signed an exclusive arrangement with Integreon to deliver the full range of the firm's business services, and to assess the development of a shared service model which could provide business support services to the entire legal sector.
The focus of the initial stage is an analysis of all aspects of business services in CMS Cameron McKenna’s UK offices, to establish which areas will transfer to a shared services centre. It is anticipated that this phase will take four months, with implementation from October.
The agreement between the two organisations covers the provision of services to the firm valued at £583m over a 10 year period and the development of a shared service model which could be made available to all law firms. The anticipated shared service centre will feature the full range of business services and include a leading edge IT infrastructure.
CMS Cameron McKenna’s Managing Partner, Duncan Weston, announced the initiative, saying: “We have been assessing business models and potential partners over the last 18 months, and we are convinced that Integreon is capable of taking on a firm of our size and the opportunities offered by our European network. This initiative meets our strategic goal of providing 'best in class' service to our clients and represents a true innovation in the delivery of law firm services for the future."
Tony Wright, CMS Cameron McKenna’s Director of Operations, said, “This ground-breaking move will ensure our lawyers receive a consistently high level of support and, as strategic business partners of Integreon, we will also be able to offer our people the opportunity to contribute to creating the defining business model for support services in the legal sector for the future. We are delighted to be a strategic business partner in a venture which will be of sector-wide significance.”
John Croft, Integreon’s President of Global Sales, commented, “This project is the most ambitious business services project undertaken by a law firm. In terms of scale, and the longer-term intention to work together on developing a market leading service for the legal profession, it is undoubtedly the deal of the year.”
The focus of the initial stage is an analysis of all aspects of business services in CMS Cameron McKenna’s UK offices, to establish which areas will transfer to a shared services centre. It is anticipated that this phase will take four months, with implementation from October.
The agreement between the two organisations covers the provision of services to the firm valued at £583m over a 10 year period and the development of a shared service model which could be made available to all law firms. The anticipated shared service centre will feature the full range of business services and include a leading edge IT infrastructure.
CMS Cameron McKenna’s Managing Partner, Duncan Weston, announced the initiative, saying: “We have been assessing business models and potential partners over the last 18 months, and we are convinced that Integreon is capable of taking on a firm of our size and the opportunities offered by our European network. This initiative meets our strategic goal of providing 'best in class' service to our clients and represents a true innovation in the delivery of law firm services for the future."
Tony Wright, CMS Cameron McKenna’s Director of Operations, said, “This ground-breaking move will ensure our lawyers receive a consistently high level of support and, as strategic business partners of Integreon, we will also be able to offer our people the opportunity to contribute to creating the defining business model for support services in the legal sector for the future. We are delighted to be a strategic business partner in a venture which will be of sector-wide significance.”
John Croft, Integreon’s President of Global Sales, commented, “This project is the most ambitious business services project undertaken by a law firm. In terms of scale, and the longer-term intention to work together on developing a market leading service for the legal profession, it is undoubtedly the deal of the year.”
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