Marketing Case

Several law firms throughout the United States have made the decision to outsource basic legal tasks and services to countries, particularly India, who will charge a fraction of the price that qualified US legal departments would. According to ValueNotes Database, which is based in Maharashtra, India, companies whom have already established in-house legal departments in India include DuPont, Cisco Systems, and Morgan Stanley. Two of the largest international law firms, Jones Day and Kirkland and Ellis, are on the potential rise of participating in this outsource for what they see as beneficial reasons. Co-head of the mergers and acquisitions practice at Jones Day in New York, Rob Profusek, strives to keep the most crucial employees within the company in more sophisticated, desirable, and accessible locations such as London and New York, but plans to have all other non-essential employees work out of India, China, or Columbus, Ohio. If all goes as planned, a document center will open up in India which will be the source and location of all low-end US legal tasks and services for the least amount of money possible. In the big picture, a law firm that chooses to outsource basic tasks and legal work contributes 45 percent of their direct payroll to employees in countries other than the United States, while corporate law departments similarly contribute a close 36 percent to offshore locations, according to ValueNotes Database.

Several law firms throughout the United States have made the decision to outsource basic legal tasks and services to countries, particularly India, who will charge a fraction of the price that qualified US legal departments would. According to ValueNotes Database, which is based in Maharashtra, India, companies whom have already established in-house legal departments in India include DuPont, Cisco Systems, and Morgan Stanley. Two of the largest international law firms, Jones Day and Kirkland and Ellis, are on the potential rise of participating in this outsource for what they see as beneficial reasons. Co-head of the mergers and acquisitions practice at Jones Day in New York, Rob Profusek, strives to keep the most crucial employees within the company in more sophisticated, desirable, and accessible locations such as London and New York, but plans to have all other