McVeagh Fleming to Deploy Legal Software Aderant Expert Practice and Financial Management System

SYDNEY, AUCKLAND – 12 December 2014 – Aderant, the world’s largest independent legal software company, announced today that one of New Zealand’s prominent law firms, McVeagh Fleming, will deploy the Aderant Expert practice and financial management system across the firm. With the move to Aderant Expert, the firm will have the robust business management infrastructure it needs to maximise client experience, empower lawyers and staff and drive smart growth.

McVeagh Fleming is the premier law firm of Auckland, first established over 80 years ago. Providing a full range of legal services, including corporate, commercial, property, litigation and private client, McVeagh Fleming maintains strong links to members of the legal profession all across the world through its affiliation with the International Alliance of Law Firms.

Aderant Expert will provide a comprehensive business management platform that will enable operational consistency across the firm, leading to higher productivity and efficiency, greater business insights, and reduced risk. Along with the core Aderant Expert system, McVeagh Fleming will also implement the Expert ClearView business intelligence application.

McVeagh Fleming’s Practice Manager, Linda Jacobson said, “Aderant Expert was selected through an intense evaluation process started at the beginning of 2014. We selected Aderant Expert to underpin the business goals of our practice because of the end-user experience, the level of support offered and the clear development roadmap. McVeagh Fleming needed a system that will future-proof the firm as we grow. Aderant Expert offered a wider suite of essential products that complements our strategy. This system will enable us to automate many of our daily operations to enable McVeagh Fleming to become a more efficient firm.”

Aderant CEO Chris Giglio said, “We are very excited to welcome McVeagh Fleming to the Aderant family. We continue to grow in the Australia and New Zealand region, and these new partnerships embody our philosophy of being better together. Firms like McVeagh Fleming understand that the future landscape of the legal services industry is quickly changing and the need to drive the business of law in a more innovative, efficient and technology-enabled way, is now more important than ever. Aderant continues to be at the forefront of the industry, providing solutions in an agile and pre-emptive way, to enable our clients to take advantage of today’s challenges and tomorrow’s opportunities.”