Epona signs first DMS4Legal deal with Kennedy Van der Laan

Dutch top law firm Kennedy Van der Laan have signed with Epona to implement their recently announced DMS4legal powered by Microsoft SharePoint 2010.

After a selection process, in which other suppliers and solutions were evaluated, Joost Linnemann, Managing Partner, commented “We firmly believe that Microsoft SharePoint is the way forward for document management in law firms. Although, in many respects, SharePoint 2010 still falls short in comparison to some of the enterprise document management systems used in larger law firms today. Epona’s DMS4legal closes the gap and provides us with all the document management functionality we need”.

Jaap van Vliet, Epona “This is the first deal followed by many. With our long experience implementing document and email management systems we succeeded in building a solution based on Microsoft SharePoint. We have had the technology to do it for years. The reason why we waited for the launch of SharePoint 2010 is that this version is more suited to host a legal DMS.”

About Kennedy Van der Laan
Kennedy Van der Laan, founded in 1992, is one of the top-20 law firms in the Netherlands. The firm defends the legal interests of multinationals, businesses operating nationally, starting companies and government and semi-government bodies. The mission of Kennedy Van der Laan is to provide the best possible legal services and expertise to our clients while living our commitment to personal and social responsibility.

Kennedy Van der Laan has been proclaimed the most innovative law firm of the Netherlands on 26 March 2010, during the annual award of the Golden Hourglasses, the award for lawyers and law firms.

About Epona
Every day, Epona makes sure that thousands of employees and professionals can focus on what they do best. By providing organizations with consultancy services aimed on business process improvement and IT products to optimize and simplify the working process. Epona has a proven sustainability in the Professional Services market. Since the establishment in 1993, the company continues to grow at an unprecedented rate. Epona’s client portfolio is diverse and large comprising amongst others law firms, banks as well as travel agencies.