Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP Selects Elite 3E and Engage

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13
Mar
2014

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AmLaw 100 Firm Integrates Key Components within Elite’s Enterprise Business Management Solution

Thomson Reuters Elite, a leading global provider of enterprise business management solutions to legal organizations and professional services firms, today announced that Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP has purchased 3E and Engage to optimize its position in the increasingly competitive market for legal services.

The firm selected 3E to streamline internal systems and operations and Engage to deliver profitable matters with predictable pricing in the high risk area of alternative fee engagements. 

The financial management and legal project management solutions will be implemented as part of Elite’s Enterprise Business Management Solution (EBMS), a comprehensive suite of solutions designed to help clients manage every aspect of their businesses. As an AmLaw100 firm comprised of 700 timekeepers across six offices in the United States, Sutherland is dedicated to helping Fortune 100 companies, industry leaders, sector innovators, and business entrepreneurs solve their biggest challenges and reach their business goals. 

“Partnering with Elite to implement 3E and Engage presents an opportunity to start fresh with a new system that not only matches our current business requirements, but also allows us to quickly and easily adapt as the needs of both our business and our clients change,” said David Smith, CFO at Sutherland. “The 3E platform provides us with leading-edge technology and a financial management solution designed to meet the ever-changing demands of our firm. Additionally, Engage gives us a competitive advantage by providing predictable pricing and ensuring client outcomes meet expectations.” 

Challenged with maintaining a variety of third-party systems and needing timely access to accurate financial data along with more sophisticated engagement pricing and management capabilities, Sutherland’s decision makers chose 3E and Engage to meet all of the firm’s needs via an integrated platform. 

“By selecting these two core components of Elite’s EBMS, Sutherland has equipped its attorneys and firm management with faster and more convenient access to crucial data so they can make well-informed decisions,” said Elisabet Hardy, vice president of Thomson Reuters Elite. “3E also uniquely benefits the firm by providing a platform that ensures business process consistency and that is also designed to seamlessly integrate with modern IT environments. With Engage, the firm can more intelligently evaluate and manage potential engagements to win new business. 

3E offers powerful core financial and practice management features and built-in application development capabilities – all seamlessly integrated into one high-performance system. Designed from the ground up on Microsoft.NET, 3E provides an integrated development environment that enables firms to become more agile in responding to client needs. A full suite of capabilities is delivered through a consistent Web-based user experience that allows staff to easily track and manage activity on a multi-office, global scale. Visit 3E for more information. 

Engage combines the ability to rapidly create accurate matter budgets with legal project management tools designed to help lawyers successfully plan and manage to those budgets. Engage was designed with input from lawyers and other legal professionals to mirror the way lawyers work. Seamless integration with 3E gives partners and lawyers matter plan status and budget profitability results in real time. To learn more, visit Engage.