Mindcrest
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| Company type | Private |
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| Industry | Outsourced legal services |
| Founded | 2001 |
| Headquarters | Chicago |
Area served | Worldwide |
| Website | www |
Mindcrest Inc. is a legal services provider headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, United States, with operations in India.[1] Mindcrest specializes in litigation support, contracts, compliance, legal research, analytics, and real estate.[citation needed]
Mindcrest was the pioneer in offering outsourced legal services from India.[2]
History[edit]
Mindcrest was founded by Ganesh Natarajan, George Hefferan, Teju Deshpande and Rohan Dalal.[1] Natarajan was a partner at international law firm McGuireWoods LLP who frequently traveled to India.[citation needed] In 2001, he asked a colleague at the firm Hefferan to launch Mindcrest.[3] They asked Dalal, an entrepreneur who was experienced in operations in India and in outsourced services, and Deshpande, an IT and process expert,[4] to bring their expertise to the new venture.
In 2006, Mindcrest received $4 million in funding from Talon Asset Management.[5][6] Mindcrest opened its Pune facility in 2007[7] and moved to an expanded Mumbai facility in 2009.
Also, in 2009, Mindcrest launched its real estate group.[8] Mindcrest now has offices in the following locations:
DWF, a UK law firm, acquired Mindcrest in January 2020.[9] With this integration, Mindcrest becomes the Managed Services arm of DWF. The new entity will be branded as DWF Mindcrest.[10]
Corporate affairs[edit]
Employee turnover[edit]
Mindcrest's attrition rates are in the single digits. The company has a recruiting process to ensure it hires employees that fit the environment. It claims to retains its employees by offering a performance-driven, non-hierarchical, learning culture.[11]
Workforce[edit]
More than 60% of Mindcrest's workforce is composed of women. Women have been the majority at Mindcrest since its inception.[12]
Key people[edit]
Members of Mindcrest's board of directors:
- William E. Wolf[1] – COO, Talon Asset Management[13][dead link]
- Manish Kothari[1] – President and co-founder of AlphaSmart, Inc.
- Walter Freedman[1] – previously COO of Wheels, Inc. and previously CEO of Yoplait USA
- Ganesh Natarajan[1] – President and CEO, Mindcrest Inc.
- George Hefferan[1] – Vice President, Sales and General Counsel, Mindcrest Inc.
Alliances[edit]
Mindcrest was selected by the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) as the legal process outsourcing company in its ACC Alliance program.[14]
See also[edit]
- Business process outsourcing in India
- Cyber security standards
- ISO/IEC 27001
- Offshoring
- Outsourcing
- International Organization for Standardization
- List of ISO standards
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e f g "Global Legal Operations - DWF Group". DWF Group. Archived from the original on 2010-02-21. Retrieved 2010-05-27.
- ^ "LPOs: Gaining from turmoil", MSN India, October 2008.
- ^ Sachdev, Ameet."Law Firms Slow to Outsource" Archived 2011-07-14 at the Wayback Machine, Chicago Tribune, 19 January 2004.
- ^ Perez, Juan Carlos."Google to Reveal Apps Enhancements", PC World, 8 June 2009.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-02-09. Retrieved 2010-05-27.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Mindcrest secures $4m investment from Talon Asset Management" Archived 2010-03-18 at the Wayback Machine, PRWEB, March 2007.
- ^ "Mindcrest launches new facility in Pune", Business Line, 24 April 2007.
- ^ "Mindcrest Launches Global Real Estate Due Diligence Group. Team of Experienced Attorneys to Provide Abstracting and Analysis for Real Estate Transactions Worldwide", PRWEB, June 2009.
- ^ "Listed UK law firm DWF acquires Chicago managed legal services business". www.globallegalpost.com. Retrieved 2024-04-24.
- ^ Mindcrest (2020-01-29). "DWF Acquires Mindcrest". PR Newswire.
- ^ Gupta, Vinita. "The right cultural fit" Archived 2011-06-07 at the Wayback Machine, Express Computer, December 2009.
- ^ Shah, Vishaal. "Corporates Bet on Fairer Sex" Archived 2011-07-14 at the Wayback Machine, The Times of India, 8 May 2007.
- ^ https://www.talonmanagement.com/TALON/WEB/me.get?web.websections.show&MS1215_862#WWOLF
- ^ "ACC Alliance". acc.com.