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 * COMPANY
   
   Dentons Cuts Entity Creation Time by 87% with Athennian

 * LOCATION
   
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   largest law firm in the world

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DENTONS CUTS ENTITY CREATION TIME BY 87% WITH ATHENNIAN

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AN OUTDATED ENTITY MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE PLATFORM CREATES REVENUE LOSS AND
INEFFICIENCIES

After their merger into Dentons, Bingham Greenebaum LLP (DBG) learned that their
legacy corporate subsidiary management software was phasing out of business. A
transition to modern business entity management software was both critical and
time-sensitive. 

DBG's previous software also had many flaws that increased the DBG team's
workload and caused issues with client services. 

Complicated filings were time-consuming, as they couldn't track the firm's total
number of active entities with the legacy platform. DBG was also missing billing
opportunities in cases where the firm was the registered agent or attorney of
service for clients. 

The team also occasionally needed to write off billable hours because of missed
deadlines due to the poor tracking options in their previous platform.
"Sometimes we really took a revenue hit," said Rhonda Everhart, a DBG corporate
paralegal.

Their previous business entity management software also lacked templates and
workflow automation for standard tasks. "Every time we had to enter a new entity
into the system, we had to do it manually from start to finish," said DBG
administrative clerk Jeannie Huffer. There also was no option for DBG's clients
to view their documents, which some clients required. 

The DBG team needed a business entity management software solution that catered
to the needs of a corporate law practice. 

 

A BUSINESS ENTITY MANAGEMENT SOLUTION TAILORED FOR CORPORATE LAW FIRMS

The DBG group decided to switch to Athennian, largely due to a range of features
that were tailored to corporate law. "We loved the corporate focus and what we
could do with Athennian," said Huffer. 

 DBG is rolling out Athennian across all the group's offices, and scanning and
transitioning all critical documents, such as minute books, into Athennian. Two
DBG offices have fully implemented the platform, and four others are in process.

 

EASY ONBOARDING AND STRONG CUSTOMER SUPPORT FOR A SEAMLESS TRANSITION

The transition to Athennian was quick and painless. "The training is
phenomenal," said Everhart, who handles Athennian system training for new users
on the DBG team.  

Athennian's service has also saved substantial time for the DBG team during the
implementation process. "The customer service is off the charts," said Everhart.
"When I have a question or an issue and ask for help, Athennian gets back to me
within 10 to 15 minutes. It's made the rollout and data clean-up easier for me."

And Athennian also guards against occasional human error. "I inadvertently
deleted something the other day, so I reached out to Athennian," said Huffer. "I
didn't really expect to recover the documents, but they found them all. The way
their customer support responds is just phenomenal." 

The DBG team is now using Athennian as a central source for all their minute
books and leveraging Athennian's custom coding and report options. The team now
uses the task feature for critical deadlines. The Athennian customer support
team also created new tools at the DBG team's request, such as consent form
templates and custom stock searches.

 

ATHENNIAN MAXIMIZES EFFICIENCY, REVENUE, AND COST-SAVINGS FOR DBG

Even at this early stage, the team has already seen strong results. For example,
Athennian has maximized the team's efficiency in corporate entity creation,
reducing the time from four hours to 30 minutes. "It's really streamlined the
workflow," says Everhart. "Now, when a client wants us to create an entity, it's
just half an hour, and we have it set up in the system. We can even file their
articles with the secretary of state." 

The DBG team also appreciates the virtual minute book integration and the ease
of edits and changes. "It really has streamlined the work," said Everhart. "With
our old minute books, there was so much process and paper. With Athennian, it's
all electronic, and we can drag and drop everything." 

The transition to Athennian's integrated document signing capability also eased
their workload. "Years ago documents were required to be signed with a
particular color of ink," said Huffer. "Now, we just email them, they're signed
digitally and sent back to us. It's just wonderful." 

And Athennian has reduced the research needed to finalize client invoices,
freeing up attorney time for billable work. "Athennian saved our lawyers so much
research time on their annual billing," said Everhart.

 

DBG ANTICIPATES FUTURE SAVINGS AND PRODUCTIVITY INCREASES WITH ATHENNIAN

As their Athennian rollout continues, the DBG team will deepen their use of the
platform. For example, they are piloting a custom-built integration with
iManage, which some of DBG's attorneys continue to use for basic document
management. The link designed by Athennian will allow the two platforms to
operate smoothly in tandem.

DBG also plans to use Athennian to bring outsourced activities in-house, such as
tracking entities with foreign registrations and out-of-state filings. The team
anticipates substantial cost savings once they stop using outside contractors or
counsel for these services. They also expect savings on document archiving
costs: the need for an outside vendor to scan and archive documents will become
obsolete once DBG completes the implementation. 

The platform will also result in future revenue increases for DBG. For example,
before implementing Athennian, some DBG offices did not bill clients for acting
as their registered agents since they could not quickly view which ones used the
service. With Athennian, DBG can begin generating income for the service.  

The biggest win has been the productivity and time savings Athennian created for
the DBG team. Said Everhart, "I would definitely pitch the efficiency and
convenience of Athennian. It's cut so much of the time we spent tracking down
information. Now, we can see it all within Athennian."

 

ABOUT ATHENNIAN 

Athennian is a modern business entity and subsidiary governance platform that
powers teams to be transaction, audit, and compliance-ready. Legal, finance, and
tax professionals use Athennian to automate workflows for ownership, governance,
tax, and corporate compliance.

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