Organizing, measuring and reconciling the legal operation

Structuring processes, systems and information to make the legal operation more organized, reliable and measurable. From data taxonomy to database clean-up, we prepare the portfolio to scale with consistency.

• Diagnosis and redesign of workflows · process standardization
• Governance of the legal system
• Database clean-up · taxonomy · review of fields and registration criteria
• Preparation, mapping and validation of migrations
• Handling of duplicates and inconsistencies
• Identification and write-off of closed cases
• Due diligence of case portfolios
• Integration between Legal, Technology and support areas

Project types

• Database clean-up and taxonomy · system migration
• Portfolio due diligence · roll-out of an operational pipeline

Deliverables

• Clean database and documented taxonomy · migration plan and validation
• Legal KPIs, SLAs and dashboards · process manuals

Legal and financial management of litigation exposure, with consistent criteria, traceable information and support for decision-making. Supporting audits is a cross-cutting application of this management.

• Building and reviewing the risk matrix · litigation risk analysis
• Validation of classifications · standardization of external firms' criteria
• Exposure analysis · estimation and review of provisions
• Application of and support for CPC 25 criteria · variation of provisions
• Audit preparation · evidence trails · audit confirmation (circularization)
• Control of the legal budget · actual versus budget
• Monthly, quarterly and disbursement forecasts
• Executive and management reporting

Project types

• Review of the risk matrix and provisions · alignment with CPC 25
• Budget, forecast and variation · audit confirmation (circularization)

Deliverables

• Risk matrix and standardized criteria · technical memoranda
• Legal budget and disbursement forecast · reports for C-level

Control and reconciliation of the assets and obligations tied to litigation, with integration between cases, financial records and external providers — from the balance in a judicial account to the performance of partner firms.

• Management of judicial deposits · identification of accounts · balance analysis
• Reconciliation between case, bank, legal system and Accounting
• Updating, write-off and withdrawal of deposits
• Attachments, freezes, judicial guarantees and surety bonds
• Control of obligations to pay and to perform
• Management and evaluation of the external firms' portfolio · criteria and SLAs
• Compliance, integrity, ESG and anti-corruption · standardization of reporting
• Follow-up of settlements · indicators of liability reduction and savings

Project types

• Reconciliation of deposits and guarantees · liability-reduction program
• Structuring the management of external firms · standardization of reporting

Deliverables

• Reconciled deposits and guarantees · dashboard of balances and obligations
• Criteria for evaluating firms · savings indicators