Mindcrest
 | This article contains promotional content. (January 2018) |
| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Outsourced legal services |
| Founded | 2001 |
| Headquarters | Chicago |
Area served | Worldwide |
| Website | Mindcrest.com |
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 and legal research, legal analytics and real estate.
Mindcrest was the first company to offer outsourced legal services from India.[2]
History
Mindcrest was founded by Ganesh Natarajan,[3] George Hefferan,[4] Teju Deshpande[5] and Rohan Dalal.[6] Natarajan was a partner at international law firm McGuireWoods LLP who frequently traveled to India, and, in 2001, he asked his colleague at the firm, Hefferan, to launch Mindcrest, and the first third party outsourcing legal services company from India ensued.[7] They asked Dalal, an entrepreneur who was experienced in operations in India and in outsourced services, and Deshpande, an IT and process expert,[8] to bring their expertise to the new venture.
In 2006, Mindcrest received $4 million in funding from Talon Asset Management.[9][10] Mindcrest opened its Pune facility in 2007[11] and moved to an expanded Mumbai facility in 2009.
Also, in 2009, Mindcrest launched its real estate group.[12] Mindcrest now has offices in the following locations:
DWF which is UK's largest law firm acquired Mindcrest in January 2020. With this integration, Mindcrest becomes the Managed Services arm of DWF.
The new entity will be branded as DWF Mindcrest. The management and client teams will continue with DWF Mindcrest.[13]
Corporate Initiatives
Corporate Affairs
Employee turnover
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 retains its employees by offering a performance-driven, non-hierarchical, learning culture.[14]
Workforce
Mindcrest has more than 60% women in its workforce of more than 600 people. Women have been the majority at Mindcrest since its inception.[15]
Key people
Members of Mindcrest’s board of directors:
- William E. Wolf[16] – COO, Talon Asset Management[17]
- Manish Kothari[18] – President and Co-founder of AlphaSmart, Inc.
- Walter Freedman[19] – previously COO of Wheels, Inc. and previously CEO of Yoplait USA
- Ganesh Natarajan[20] – President and CEO, Mindcrest Inc.
- George Hefferan[21] – Vice President, Sales and General Counsel, Mindcrest Inc.
Alliances
Mindcrest was selected by the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) as the legal process outsourcing company in its ACC Alliance program.[22]
See also
- Business process outsourcing in India
- Cyber security standards
- ISO/IEC 27001
- Offshoring
- Outsourcing
- International Organization for Standardization
- List of ISO standards
References
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- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-02-09. Retrieved 2010-05-27.
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- ^ "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.
- ^ https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/dwf-acquires-mindcrest-300995708.html
- ^ 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.
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- ^ https://www.talonmanagement.com/TALON/WEB/me.get?web.websections.show&MS1215_862#WWOLF
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- ^ "ACC Alliance". acc.com.