LEGAL SERVICES REDEFINED

Business Challenge: The client’s legal team were facing resourcing challenges due to a sudden influx of a large number of strategic projects, compounded by a team member going on maternity leave.

It was vital for the team to flex up quickly, and for any stand-in team members to be able to assimilate and cover a wide range of activities from the get-go.

Tailored Solution & Outcome: We quickly identified a high-quality consultant who was able to fully cover the responsibilities of the team member on maternity leave as well as pick up a broad range of overflow work from other team members.

By focusing on understanding the client’s needs and team culture in detail, we have been able to consistently identify consultants who will be able to fit in and add value to the organisation. NOVA8 has subsequently placed a number of consultants, at varying levels of seniority, with the same client.

Business Challenge: As part of a rapidly growing and dynamic organisation operating across multiple industries, the client’s legal team is constantly juggling numerous projects and high volumes of work, whilst under pressure to do more with less.

Anticipating a temporary spike in demand for a specialised skill set, the Client Reporting Manager (CRM) needed a solution to help pick up and manage certain workstreams very independently and within a tight budget.

Tailored Solution & Outcome: By combining elements from our Flex6 and Calibr8 support models, NOVA8 put together an innovative and cost-efficient solution, effectively giving the CRM access to two international quality lawyers, of differing PQE levels, with the specialised skillset.

The CRM was able to leave the NOVA8 support team to handle things with minimal oversight, greatly freeing up his time to focus on other high priority matters and responsibilities.

Business Challenge: A significant, strategic (global) digital transformation programme meant that the client would need support with designing improved legal processes, drafting and updating of a suite of legal templates, implementing LegalTech and project managing a number of workstreams.

Given the scale and nature of the project, it was not easy to anticipate how much (and what level of) support would be required after the initial 12 months.

Tailored Solution & Outcome: NOVA8 put together a multi-disciplinary team of consultants, who concurrently: helped manage the legal workstream alongside the client and external counsel; provided project management support, and provided back-fill support for a specialised skill set within the client’s legal team.

The NOVA8 team was able to provide multiple layers of support and a broad range of expertise tailored to the specific needs of the client and project.

Business Challenge: The client’s Legal and Compliance team needed to grow rapidly in order to provide a broad range of support to the business across a range of disciplines and multiple jurisdictions.

Given the client’s strategy and internal budgets, the preference was to focus more on hiring full time legal and compliance support, whilst supplementing the team in the interim with flexible hourly rated support.

Tailored Solution & Outcome: NOVA8’s Calibr8 support model was perfect for the client’s ad hoc support requirements, and the client pre-purchased multiple blocks of hours (at a competitive rate) that enabled the client to benefit from a range of expertise, from tried and tested senior lawyers, that could be deployed “on-demand” across a broad spectrum of matters.

Simultaneously with the provision of this support, NOVA8’s Talent Acquisition team supported the client with filling multiple legal and compliance roles across Asia.

Business Challenge: The client was in the process of preparing for a new market launch in Asia and the head of legal required additional resource, at short notice, to support the project and also help support the wider legal team on a broad range of day to day matters.

Given the market and project in question, it was important that the support be particularly experienced with managing a wide range of international stakeholders from a variety of backgrounds and to be able to manage them very independently in a business-friendly manner.

Tailored Solution & Outcome: By tapping on our global talent pool, NOVA8 was able to identify an internationally experienced consultant with notable private practice and in-house experience across a broad range of matters, who was seconded to the legal team for the duration of the project.

Following the successful market launch, the client was so satisfied with the support provided by the consultant that they decided to make an offer to convert the consultant into a permanent member of the legal team.