Manage Outside Counsel
Your Goal
Evaluate and select outside counsel
Monitor team buying behavior
Review panel and rate information
Our Solution
Establish and guide RFP process
Simplify matter scoping and generate questions for RFP respondents
Build financial/commercial requirements into RFP
View multiple RFPs at once
Access key metrics for managed spend and OCM panel
Review pricing analytics and reporting
Assess attorney leaderboards and panel compliance
Create RFP drafts for internal collaboration
Deliberate on RFP scoring
Streamline Q&A between law department and vendor
“Using Elevate’s solution, my team saved significant time and applied very robust standards in managing a key outside counsel selection to achieve significant cost savings.”
Case Study: Multinational Corporation Saves Over $2M With Outside Counsel Concierge (OCC) Service and Elevate’s Manage Outside Counsel Software
The Elevate Edge
Legal RFX workflow to issue, receive, compare and score proposals
An objective data-based evaluation process with dashboarding
Facilitated benchmarking of responses and rate information
Manage Requests
| Submit and Track Legal Requests | Reduce Email Overload |
| Allocate and Monitor Legal Requests | |
| Balance Team Workload | |
| Understand Type and Volume of Work |
Manage Matters
| Track Legal Tasks | Produce Realistic Fee Estimates |
| Show Productivity Metrics | Provide Transparency |
| Manage a Matter to a Budget | Gain Insight Into Unmanaged Costs |
| Reduce Write Downs |
Manage Outside Counsel
| Enforce Outside Counsel Guidelines |
| Evaluate and Select Outside Counsel |
| Monitor Team Buying Behavior |
| Review Panel Rate Information |
Manage Billing
| Automate Pre-Bill Review | Adhere to Sensitive Timelines |
| Shorten Revenue Cycles | Review a High Volume of Invoices |
| Improve Cash Flow | |
| Improve Invoice Accuracy |
Manage Contracts
| Handle High Volumes of Inquires and Contracts | Minimize Compliance Penalties |
| Identify Risks | Manage Contract Flow |
| Protect Assets | Track Agreement Obligations |
| Ensure Compliance | Search Large Volumes of Documents |
Manage Teams
| Advance Communication Between In-house and Outside Counsel |
| Improve Project and Matter Visibility |
| Enhance Collaboration |
| Enable Transparency |