Mindcrest
American legal services company
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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]
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| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Outsourced legal services |
| Founded | 2001 |
| Headquarters | Chicago |
Area served | Worldwide |
| Website | www |
Mindcrest was the pioneer in offering outsourced legal services from India[3] as it was founded in the year 2001.
History
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
Key people
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
Mindcrest was selected by the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) as the legal process outsourcing company in its ACC Alliance program.[14]