Wipro Gets onto LPO Bandwagon

Wipro's LPO initiative is at least an year old, though the company has decided to generate sound bytes on this only recently.

Not the first of the block, Wipro probably still has not realised the full potential of LPO business yet. However, considering how quickly Wipro took leadership in the BPO business (inorganically and otherwise)we can never discount this company.

Your Lawyer's Office--thousands Of Miles Away

Interesting Article

Advantages of LPO to India mentioned:

1: Same common-law and business principles as British, Canadian and U.S. lawyers
2: Large number of qualified engineers and lawyers
3: Technology
4: Cost! Cost!! Cost!!

India LPOs mentioned (in the order of being quoted):

1: MindCrest
2: Quislex
3: Pangea3
4: Integreon
5: Evalueserve

Triton moving into LPO

Triton, a Delhi based Call Center firm, is another one smitten by Legal outsourcing charm.

Triton had consolidated its business by merging three companies, Saffron Global, Sai Info and Webrizon India into Triton. It primarily operates its business from Saffron, the 850-seater call centre that it acquired in 2005.

Integreon keen to bulk up in LPO

US-based outsourcing firm Integreon, which has a presence in India, is on the lookout for acquisitions here.

Investment banking sources said the company is in talks with domestic knowledge process outsourcing (KPO) and business process outsourcing (BPO) firms and at least two small buyouts for a total of $50 million are likely to be sealed during the current calendar year.

It also acquired a part of the LPO business of New York-based BPO major Bowne, which provides financial publishing that year. In April 2003,

Call My Lawyer ... in India: LPO featured in Time

As per this time article

ValueNotes, a business-research firm based in Pune, India, says a subset of KPO called legal process outsourcing (LPO) has grown revenues 49% from 2006, to $218 million last year. The figure will nearly triple, to $640 million, by 2010

eDiscovery is picking up also, helped by the strong presence of edicovery technology vendor like Stratify in India.

Changes in litigation procedures are boosting momentum in the LPO trade. Amendments to federal rules require parties to share electronic documents, such as e-mail and Microsoft Office files. That typically means both sides must review thousands of documents to prevent the inadvertent disclosure of confidential information to the other party. The service costs about $1 per page in India but can range from $7 to $10 per page in the U.S