Autonomy strengthens market-leading position with top law firms in Continental Europe

17 February 2011

Leading European Law Firms Standardize on Autonomy

Autonomy Corporation plc, a global leader in infrastructure software for the enterprise, today announced that it continues to extend legal technology market leadership with customer wins with several leading law firms in continental Europe.

These include firms such as Wolf Theiss in Austria, Bonelli Erede Pappalardo in Italy, Kammeradvokaten in Denmark, Niederer Kraft & Frey in Switzerland, P+P Pöllath in Germany, and Hekkelman Advocaten & Notarissen in the Netherlands.

Autonomy iManage is the undisputed leader in the legal and professional services markets, with 75% of the 20 largest law firms in continental Europe. An increasing number of firms are standardizing on Autonomy iManage WorkSite due to its unique conceptual capabilities, ease-of-use, and the ability to provide a comprehensive set of document management tools on one common platform. Based on Autonomy's Meaning Based Computing technology, the Intelligent Data Operating Layer (IDOL), iManage WorkSite provides law firms with a shared environment for storing business content, allowing them to collaborate easily across geographical boundaries, deliver genuine ROI and improve their service to clients.

Autonomy enjoys an extensive customer base across continental Europe, deploying its award-winning solutions to some of the most prestigious law firms across the continent, including Garrigues, Gide Loyrette Nouel, De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek, Mannheimer Swartling, Bech-Bruun, Eubelius, Vieira de Almeida, Noerr Stiefenhofer Lutz, Lenz & Staehelin and Roschier.

Today, law firms are faced with an ever-increasing pressure to simultaneously improve client service while taking care of the bottom line, by effectively handling the growing volume of critical, matter-centric electronic information. Autonomy iManage addresses this challenge by delivering a comprehensive and automated approach to organizing, finding and governing information within the law firm. The flagship solution offers unmatched reliability in legal information management through its meaning-based capabilities, performance, security, scalability, and format and language agnosticism, all delivered within easy-to-use interfaces that mirror the way lawyers work.

"The recent surge in top European law firms standardizing on Autonomy iManage has further cemented Autonomy's position as the de facto technology partner in the legal sector globally," said Glenn Perachio, VP Autonomy Protect solutions EMEA. "Through extensive experience, an understanding of local legal markets and advanced meaning-based computing capabilities, Autonomy is pleased to be able to offer the best value proposition to any law firm looking to boost employee productivity, improve its client experience and mitigate risk."