Aphelion Insider

On February 24, 2009, Aphelion’s CEO Hiren Patel will be presenting at the LPO Summit conference held in New York City.  Hiren’s presentation will focus on specific challenges to executing an India-based legal offshoring strategy.  Specific topics of Hiren’s presentation will include:

• An overview of research that utilizes quantitative methods and provides valuable insight on salient cross-cultural differences;
• The similarities and differences between IT / business process offshoring and legal offshoring;
• Managing expectations when executing a legal offshoring strategy;
• Determining the type of work appropriate for offshoring to India; and
• Vendor selection and management.

The LPO Summit is held by the American Conference Institute and will take place February 23 - 24, 2009 in New York City.  Please visit the American Conference Institute online to register or contact me for more information.

Aphelion’s COO Michael Geske will be a panelist on part 2 of The Knowledge Congress’s live CLE webinar entitled “Strategic E-Discovery: Taking Steps to Avoid Litigation’s Black Hole.“  Mike will be speaking on February 18, 2009 and will be addressing issues related to outsourcing e-discovery work with a particular focus on offshoring.  Specific topics of Mike’s presentation will include:

• Current market trends;
• Building relationships with vendors, both onshore and offshore;
• Incorporating consultants into an e-discovery strategy;
• Ethical requirements for in-house and outside counsel; and
• Defense of e-discovery processes and document reviews.

The webinar is expected to last from 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm Eastern Standard Time on February 18, 2009.  Please visit Knowledge Congress online to register or contact me for more information about Mike’s presentation.