Legalwise Outsourcing Inc. has introduced offshore legal outsourcing services to the Canadian market. It is expected to lower the expense of bluecollar legal tasks by offering offshore legal services across Canada.
Canadian lawyer and founder of Legalwise, Gavin Birer, has been quoted as saying, “……we’re finally giving law firms and in-house lawyers across the country access to the types of services the rest of the world has been using for several years…… It’s a model that makes perfect sense in an age where businesses are demanding greater value for their money from their lawyers.”
Legalwise clients have access to about 430 fully trained and qualified lawyers in Mumbai and Pune (India). Any qualms about services rendered can be put to rest. Quality control is in place. Although they have varying areas of expertise and different levels of experience, the lawyers’ work is supervised and examined by lawyers in Canada.

Birer points out to the similarities between the Canadian and Indian legal systems and education and is therefore convinced that every lawyer on the team “is well equipped to undertake legal support services that are easily outsourced.”
Lawyers at Legalwise provide various services for corporate/commercial purposes and for litigation. These include contract management, document review and drafting, due diligence, lease abstracting, and research among others.
The time factor too works to an advantage as the time difference between the two countries facilitates the overnight working of the offshore team members thus improving turnaround times.
Besides Legalwise teams being assigned high volume work for larger legal departments and law firms, they can also be supportive to smaller legal departments and law firms that would not normally be in a position to hire junior lawyers and paralegals.
It is estimated that these offshored legal services could not only improve speed and conveyance of service but will save costs anywhere from 30 to 70 per cent.