Mindcrest
Mindcrest Inc. is a legal services provider headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, United States with operations in India. Mindcrest specializes in litigation support, contracts, compliance and legal research, legal analytics and real estate. Mindcrest was the first company to offer outsourced legal services from India. History. Mindcrest was founded by Ganesh Natarajan, George Hefferan, Teju Deshpande and Rohan Dalal. Natarajan was a partner at international law firm McGuireWoods LLP who frequently traveled to India, and, in 2001, he asked his colleague at the firm, Hefferan, to launch Mindcrest, and the first third party outsourcing legal services company from India ensued . They asked Dalal, an entrepreneur who was experienced in operations in India and in outsourced services, and Deshpande, an IT and process expert, to bring their expertise to the new venture. In 2006, Mindcrest received $4 million in funding from Talon Asset Management. Mindcrest opened its Pune facility in 2007 and moved to an expanded Mumbai facility in 2009. Also, in 2009, Mindcrest launched its real estate group. Mindcrest now has offices in the following locations: DWF, a UK law firm, acquired Mindcrest in January 2020. With this integration, Mindcrest becomes the Managed Services arm of DWF. The new  entity will be branded as DWF Mindcrest. The management and client teams will continue with DWF Mindcrest. Corporate Affairs. Employee turnover. Mindcrest’s attrition rates are in the single digits. The company has a recruiting process to ensure it hires employees that fit the environment. It retains its employees by offering a performance-driven, non-hierarchical, learning culture. Workforce. Mindcrest has more than 60% women in its workforce of more than 600 people. Women have been the majority at Mindcrest since its inception. Key people. Members of Mindcrest’s board of directors: Alliances. Mindcrest was selected by the Association of  Corporate Counsel (ACC) as the legal process outsourcing company in its ACC Alliance program.