“Exigent is transforming how legal services are provided,” said Dwyer. “I look forward to contributing to their continued success in Australia and across the Asia-Pacific region.”

This acquisition follows closely behind Exigent’s acquisition of Bangalore-based specialist technology and legal services provider mLegal, which was announced earlier this month.

Exigent is one of the world’s largest providers of LPO services; Australia-based firms it works with include Allens, Ashurst, Corrs Chambers Westgarth, Clayton Utz and Norton Rose Fulbright.

Earlier this year the firm recruited a leading UK litigation lawyer, Nigel Kissack, the former head of litigation at Pinsent Masons, as a global strategy consultant.

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An in-house LPO survey conducted by Lawyers Weekly and Integreon earlier this year found that LPO is increasingly being looked at as an alternative to law firms by general counsel.