All posts by: Jean Pichon

Day 2 of the #Lexpo17 conference in Amsterdam this Tuesday, May 9. We were there to follow European and American legaltech trends. 

Changing market

First, the observation of a profound and irreversible change in the legal market is shared by all the speakers. From a situation of “price makers”, legal professionals are now “price takers”. Concretely, they can no longer impose their prices or the way they sell. They must adapt to the wishes and needs of the customer.

The great strategic transformation of law firms is underway. And there will be no going back! This is why we offer you in a series of articles reflect on the evolution of the legal profession.

The great strategic transformation of law firms

Our title, “The great strategic transformation of law firms”, is an obvious nod to the work by Me Thierry Wickers entitled “The great transformation of lawyers” and published in 2014. This book raised awareness of the challenges ahead for the profession. Thanks to its quality and wide distribution, lawyers have identified the changes underway.

Jarvis Legal was the subject of coverage by Décideurs magazine, in its “Best Business Law Firms” edition.

We present our vision of the avocado market and take stock of the innovations we are preparing. 

Find testimonials from certain users like Me Le Bars, based in Paris or Me Arnauts, in Brussels.

Me Benoît Le Bars, co-founder and managing partner of the law firm Lazareff Le Bars, Jarvis Legal user since 2013

“Our firm Lazareff Le Bars is an international firm of around twenty employees based in Paris and specialized in dispute resolution: international arbitration, international business litigation and alternative methods of settling international disputes.

We chose Jarvis Legal in 2013 in order to have a simple, intuitive and rigorous invoicing tool.

For example, the simplicity of invoicing and tracking collections allowed us to save around 30% time and invoice 10% more (thanks to simple and rigorous time tracking). We imported our own invoice templates and set up the numbering and accounting accounts. Since then, we have been invoicing and exporting into accounting very quickly.

Data security is essential in a connected world. On the one hand, digital transformation requires openness to the world, to mobility, to collaboration, to sharing with customers and colleagues.

On the other hand, threats encourage closure, that of ransomwares, Phishing, piracy (see Echoes article).

Between these two contradictory injunctions, how can you implement the right security strategy?

The security of your data is like a treasure to be protected

Is your money safe?

By comparing your data to your money, we can try to advance the thinking by answering the following question: where is your money safer?

1. Under your mattress
2. In a safe at home
3. At the bank

If you answer 1, you have, are going to or are in the process of having your data hacked.

Answer 2, you have invested a lot of money to protect yourself from pickpockets, but not from thieves. 

Answer 3 of course is the correct one. You are protected, secure and insured: everything is fine.

The Jarvis Legal application has been available since 2015 in 6 languages ​​including Russian. The presence of some of our clients in Moscow led us to carry out a real economic development mission in Russia in 2016, with the French Tech Tour Moscow.

We provide our Russian customers with a website www.jarvis-legal.ru. The Jarvis Legal application is also available in Russian, at the choice of each user. Many users already trust us there to manage their billing, store their documents, share their information.

The Russian market

Mobility is an easily exaggerated concept. Some proclaim that you can work from your laptop. Others when you can connect remotely. We would like to provide some details allowing you to discern different degrees of mobility thanks to the cloud and thanks to applications smartphones and tablets.

Mobility thanks to the cloud

First, mobility increases thanks to the cloud. Indeed, if your software works in the cloud, you connect to it from any computer. Of course, your encrypted password protection guarantees you complete security and confidentiality.

Jarvis Legal is one of the 500 most important companies in the French tech ecosystem (out of more than 9500 startups).

FrenchWeb ranking – French tech players

This ranking complements other studies which have placed Jarvis Legal among the players that count. For example, we can cite this article which mentions Jarvis Legal among the key players in LegalTech.

One of the French tech players in the United States

In the United States too, Jarvis Legal is recognized in Houston as an important player in the city's tech scene. Find the article from the American media Datafox: the top Saas fast-growing companies in Houston, Texas

We also alluded, in a previous post, to Jarvis Legal’s presence in Silicon Valley. We are also among the players in the French tech scene there.

Jarvis Legal, a leading French tech player among lawyers

As a reminder, Jarvis Legal is an independent company, owned by its founders and employees and supported by BPI France. With more than 4.000 lawyers using its solutions, Jarvis Legal is one of the market leaders in Europe.

The head office is located in Paris, with a subsidiary in the United States (Houston) and interests in San Francisco. Present in more than 25 countries (including Belgium, Switzerland and Spain), Jarvis Legal is recognized as a key player in the market.