66 | Greater London Enterprise Awards 2021 Like every business, when COVID-19 hit, there was some nervousness about the uncertainties and challenges that lay ahead, however, EVOLUTIONLAW nimbly pivoted to offer its services remotely which, actually allowed it a far broader reach than before. As Geraldine Gobbi explained, “although we hadn’t planned on becoming an international business just yet, in the midst of the pandemic we found that we had suddenly secured our first US client!”. It also diversified, adding supplementary coaching services to its core recruitment services, which generated unexpected additional revenue streams and garnered rave reviews from grateful candidates who successfully secured new jobs. A desire to support the wider community, shocked, confused and isolated by lockdown, saw a weekly networking group set up (still going strong 18 months later) where international professionals gathered to network, socialise and do business. So, what does the future hold for EVOLUTIONLAW? Geraldine Gobbi outlines EVOLUTIONLAW’s future ambitions. “Our goal for 2022 is to continue our expansion into the US market and to entrench our position in the UK as the best paralegal resourcer for businesses seeking to build high-performance teams which can deal expediently with high-volume work. We have a formula which just works and we would love more businesses to benefit from it.” Company: EVOLUTIONLAW Contact: Geraldine Gobbi Web address: www.evolution-law.com Email:
[email protected] Telephone: 0800 773 4255 It was while working for nearly two decades as a lawyer in the fast-paced world of international finance and global investment banks that the Founder of EVOLUTIONLAW, Geraldine Gobbi, realised that there was the potential for huge efficiency gains (and therefore, profits) for businesses willing to invest in trained paralegals. As she explains, “It all started when I was asked to manage a large team of paralegals dedicated to KYC/AML processing for a global investment bank. The paralegals were certainly keen to work hard and get stuck in when I first met them, but it was only when I started to implement my ‘secret sauce’ training, based on my many years of work experiences, that their productivity and efficiency really rocketed.” Often, training is overlooked when hiring temporary staff, however EVOLUTIONLAW focuses on it, believing that it offers satisfying returns for both paralegals (increased confidence, ability, efficiency and happiness) and clients (faster completed deliverables, smoother teamwork, improved stability and retention rates and, ultimately, increased profits). “From the outset, the aim of EVOLUTIONLAW has been to completely transform the paralegal market by investing in the training and continuous development of its paralegals and by encouraging businesses to leverage the power of those trained paralegals (sometimes in ways they hadn’t thought of) to free up time for more profit-generating activities.” EVOLUTIONLAW supports law firms, banks and companies who are seeking quality paralegals and junior resource on a temporary or permanent basis, but who are struggling to find switched-on, right-fit talent, or who wish to expand their legal, operational or compliance teams in a cost-effective manner. EVOLUTIONLAW assists either by providing one talented individual, an entire trained team or a bespoke ‘software and resource’ solution. Best Law Sourcing & Training Company 2021 It has particular expertise in building teams of trained paralegals to efficiently process high volume/low profit work such as compliance work, AML/KYC, pre-closing due diligence, litigation disclosure, document analysis or large-scale document review projects. Its trained paralegals have assisted a wide variety of businesses with diverse tasks. From teams of paralegals managing complex investigations for an international business, to individual paralegals staffing legal helplines for a major UK trade association or drafting a library of policy documents and templates for a compliance lawyer. “In our experience, law firms find it difficult to find switched-on paralegals to assist on deals, due diligence, data rooms and discovery. Banks struggle to find quality analysts to manage high volume, low profit work, such as KYC processing and regulatory and compliance projects. Companies of all types struggle to find right-fit graduates who can help them stretch their legal, compliance and operational budget.” Although EVOLUTIONLAW has seen very strong growth this year, it has not deviated from its core values: to help its clients achieve their business goals by offering flexible and innovative solutions to their legal, compliance and operational recruitment challenges, while nurturing new legal talent. Nor is EVOLUTIONLAW your average legal recruiter. Not only does it focus narrowly on supplying paralegals but from many years’ experience, it understands how they tick, the value they bring to an organisation and how best to leverage their value. Founded by a lawyer with broad and deep knowledge of the legal, compliance, regulatory and banking industries and who was often the ‘buyer’ of paralegal resource, it intimately understands the pressures its clients face. It also invests heavily in training its candidates. Sep21640 Businesses often struggle to recruit temporary junior staff to satisfy fluctuating business exigencies. Often, overwhelmed and demoralised by the sheer volume of unsuitable applicants, they simply soldier on until something snaps! EVOLUTIONLAW is a fast-growing, agile recruitment and training consultancy which takes this weight off businesses’ shoulders. It specialises in providing pre-trained paralegals to businesses to leverage efficiencies. Following the company’s well-deserved success in the Greater London Enterprise Awards, we caught up with its Founder, Geraldine Gobbi, to find out more about this remarkable company with a passion for training, efficiency and innovative recruitment solutions and a well-merited reputation for providing thoughtfully curated teams and best-fit resource.