Due Diligence
Due diligence is the art and science of asking the tough questions and not taking anything on faith.
Proper due diligence of legal outsourcing providers is crucial to a successful provider selection and on-going relationship governance. Fronterion's proven evaluation frameworks and unrivaled on-the-ground experience deliver valuable insight into legal outsourcing providers. For any engagement, conclusive steps must be taken to ensure that prospective legal outsourcing providers are legitimate, secure, and that provider competencies match the client requirements.
Rigorous, onsite due diligence is expensive and a highly time-consuming process. However, Fronterion's extensive experience in legal outsourcing due diligence makes this crucial activity extremely feasible. We educate clients on the right questions to ask and provide direction for the most pertinent areas on which of focus during the due diligence phase. Proper due diligence reporting results in successful legal outsourcing engagements at all stages of the deal life cycle.
The Refinement of Experience
Fronterion brings the refinement of unrivaled perspective to client due diligence engagements. Our frameworks are built on practice, not purely on theory, and continue to be refined through the performance of numerous onsite evaluations.
Fronterion's due diligence services allow clients to definitively break down marketing jargon, such as quality, security and effectiveness, into objective measures. Basing decisions on factual elemental provider components, as opposed to marketing assertions, allow our clients to truly evaluate prospective legal outsourcing providers.
The legal outsourcing industry is vibrant and constantly evolving, requiring us to regularly sharpen our expertise by continuing fieldwork abroad.
Objective Analysis
By adhering to stringent objectivity standards, Fronterion ensures unrivaled data and analytical integrity. Factual, objective evaluations allow our clients to consistently compare across the industry and contrast targeted providers with ease.
Confidence comes from due diligence. Clients can rely on Fronterion's structured due diligence processes and extensive on-the-ground experience to build a high level of confidence with the legal outsourcing provider. Click here for more information regarding Fronterion's Suite of Methodologies and Evaluation Frameworks.
Structured Performance
Fronterion's frameworks were built specifically evaluating for legal outsourcing providers according to client specifications and their individual requirements. Fronterion brings a one-of-a-kind rigor to the engagement, including a 288-point on-site due diligence review of provider organizations.
All aspects of the providers' operation are evaluated, confirmed against the providers' process policies, and thoroughly documented by Fronterion to ensure adherence to the outsourcing agreement or future outsourcing agreement with our clients.
Client Requirements
Fronterion understands the unique challenges associated with legal outsourcing. We work alongside our clients to indentify critical client-specific needs, which are then fully addressed by Fronterion's customized solutions.
A dynamic industry requires dynamic solutions. Fronterion's clients have found that due diligence assessments post-deal to be equally valuable to their outsourcing engagement as the initial evaluations. The performance of an on-the-ground due diligence assessment is an integral component to demonstrate due care in the practice of law according to the American Bar Association Formal Ethics Opinion 08-451. Please Contact Us for information on the ABA Ethics Opinion 08-451.