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| Type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Outsourced legal services |
| Founded | 2001 |
| Headquarters | Chicago |
Area served | Worldwide |
| Website | www |
Mindcrest Inc. is a legal services provider headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, United States, with operations in India.[1] Mindcrest specializes in litigation support, contracts, compliance, legal research, analytics, and real estate.[2]
Mindcrest was the pioneer in offering outsourced legal services from India[3] as it was founded in the year 2001.
History
[edit]Mindcrest was founded by Ganesh Natarajan, George Hefferan, Teju Deshpande and Rohan Dalal.[4] Natarajan was a partner at international law firm McGuireWoods LLP who frequently traveled to India.[citation needed] In 2001, he asked a colleague at the firm Hefferan to launch Mindcrest.[5] They asked Dalal, an entrepreneur who was experienced in operations in India and in outsourced services, and Deshpande, an IT and process expert,[6] to bring their expertise to the new venture.
In 2006, Mindcrest received $4 million in funding from Talon Asset Management.[7][8] Mindcrest opened its Pune facility in 2007[9] and moved to an expanded Mumbai facility in 2009. Also, in 2009, Mindcrest launched its real estate group.[10]
DWF, a UK law firm, acquired Mindcrest in January 2020.[11] With this integration, Mindcrest becomes the Managed Services arm of DWF. The new entity will be branded as DWF Mindcrest.[12]
Corporate affairs
[edit]Key people
[edit]Members of Mindcrest's board of directors:
- William E. Wolf[4] – COO, Talon Asset Management[13]
- Manish Kothari[4] – President and co-founder of AlphaSmart, Inc.
- Walter Freedman[4] – previously COO of Wheels, Inc. and previously CEO of Yoplait USA
- Ganesh Natarajan[4] – President and CEO, Mindcrest Inc.
- George Hefferan[4] – Vice President, Sales and General Counsel, Mindcrest Inc.
Alliances
[edit]Mindcrest was selected by the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) as the legal process outsourcing company in its ACC Alliance program.[14]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ Pilot, Content (2020-03-02). "NGE Represents Mindcrest Inc. in Multimillion-Dollar Sale to DWF Group". Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP. Retrieved 2025-06-14.
- ↑ ajaus (2020-06-15). "Not Your Average ALSP: How DWF Mindcrest Is Disrupting The Legal Services Market". Above the Law. Retrieved 2025-06-14.
- ↑ "LPOs: Gaining from turmoil", MSN India, October 2008.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Global Legal Operations - DWF Group". DWF Group. Archived from the original on 2010-02-21. Retrieved 2010-05-27.
- ↑ Sachdev, Ameet."Law Firms Slow to Outsource" Archived 2011-07-14 at the Wayback Machine, Chicago Tribune, 19 January 2004.
- ↑ Perez, Juan Carlos."Google to Reveal Apps Enhancements" Archived 2009-06-12 at the Wayback Machine, PC World, 8 June 2009.
- ↑ "Grounded in experience. Driven by innovation. Focused on you". Archived from the original on 2010-02-09. Retrieved 2010-05-27.
- ↑ "Mindcrest secures $4m investment from Talon Asset Management" Archived 2010-03-18 at the Wayback Machine, PRWEB, March 2007.
- ↑ "Mindcrest launches new facility in Pune", Business Line, 24 April 2007.
- ↑ "Mindcrest Launches Global Real Estate Due Diligence Group. Team of Experienced Attorneys to Provide Abstracting and Analysis for Real Estate Transactions Worldwide", PRWEB, June 2009.
- ↑ "Listed UK law firm DWF acquires Chicago managed legal services business". www.globallegalpost.com. Retrieved 2024-04-24.
- ↑ Mindcrest (2020-01-29). "DWF Acquires Mindcrest". PR Newswire.
- ↑ https://www.talonmanagement.com/TALON/WEB/me.get?web.websections.show&MS1215_862#WWOLF[permanent dead link]
- ↑ "ACC Alliance". acc.com. Archived from the original on 2010-06-19. Retrieved 2010-05-27.