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1 S OLUTION F OR C OMPANY C OUNSEL By Zeta Intelex

2 F RAMEWORK Corporate Legal Work Today Problems With Current Billing Structures Outsourcing Solutions Corporate Lawyers – Concerns Areas Of Emphasis Most Receptive Industry Sectors Potential Contacts Suggested Action Plan

3 C ORPORATE L EGAL W ORK T ODAY Work Usually Outsourced By Legal Dept Locally To Qualified Attorneys & Firms Types Of Work Performed Legal Research Contracts Litigation Employment General Commercial Tax Company Services/Products Marketing/Reputation/Media

4 P ROBLEMS W ITH B ILLING Hourly Billing By Local Lawyers Uncertain Estimates Not Very Transparent Not Specific Enough Easy Work Charged With Difficult Work Fresher Staff Charge At High Levels Sometimes Recent Survey of Legal Departments Would Prefer Project Pricing Don’t Like Hourly Billing Face A Squeeze on Their Budgets, Due To Recession

5 O UTSOURCING S OLUTIONS Outsourcing To India Allows Project Pricing Work Documented Work De-skilled Productivity Monitored Possible To Forecast Standardizes Work Higher Quality Paralegal Work Done By Indian Lawyers Tight Quality Monitoring

6 C ORPORATE L AWYERS - C ONCERNS What About Core Legal Work? Core Legal Work Should Continue To Go To Local Attorneys Co-ordination Of An Additional Provider Co-ordination Can Be Done By The Local Law Firm Data Security We Observe Strict Physical & Technological Measures Of Data Security Compliance We Comply With ABA Rules Liability Of The Legal Department We Can Provide Services Of An Audit Bureau In The US Staffed By US Attorneys Carries The Liability

7 A REAS O F E MPHASIS Contracts Contracts Between Suppliers & The Company Contracts Between Sales Agencies & The Company Contracts Between Support Services & The Company Employment Contracts Litigation – Cases By & Against The Company Services & Products Relationships Trade Practices Employment Law Matters About Employees IP Protection Company Law Matters – Filings, Searches & Routine Monitoring

8 R ECEPTIVE I NDUSTRY S ECTORS Products Auto – Litigation & Contracts Tech – IP, Contracts & Litigation Consumer Goods – IP, Contracts & Litigation Utilities - Contracts Services Banks – Foreclosures Retail – Litigation & Contracts Tech – IP, Contracts & Litigation Healthcare – Litigation & Employment Advertising & Media Government/Regulatory

9 P OTENTIAL C ONTACTS Members Of The Auto Company’s Legal Team Chief Legal Officers General Counsel Managing Members Of The Auto Company’s Accounts Team Managing Members Of The Auto Company’s Shared Service Team Managing Members Of The Auto Company’s Global Operations Team

10 S UGGESTED A CTION P LAN Identification Of Need – In _ Identification Of Contact – In _ Preparation / Research – In India First Discussion – In _ Collateral Preparation – In India Initial E Mails – In _ Conference Call/s – With All Relationship Issues & Commercials – With All Operational Delivery – In India Relationship Management – In India


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