SENIOR CPA APPOINTMENT REFLECTS CONTINUING GROWTH IN LEGAL PROCESS OUTSOURCING

LONDON, October 8, 2008 --- CPA, a leading provider of outsourced legal support services and the world's top intellectual property management specialist, has appointed solicitor Inderpal S Lall to its European Legal Process Outsourcing (LPO) division, reflecting continuing growth in the LPO sector.

Mr Lall brings to CPA years of expertise in outsourcing, systems integration and technology transactions. He has worked in private law practice for Beachcroft Wansbroughs (now Beachcroft LLP), in industry for Siemens and Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) and has advised both the public and private sectors on a number of major outsourcing schemes.

In his new role, Mr Lall will leverage his extensive experience and help clients - both law firms and corporates - find the right outsourcing solution to extend their capabilities, mitigate risk and control legal costs through CPA's suite of legal process outsourcing solutions.

"We are very pleased that Inderpal Lall has joined the CPA Legal Process Outsourcing team," said Andrew Loach, Vice-President, Business Development, CPA. "Our legal outsourcing services offering is our fastest growing unit at CPA and Inderpal's knowledge and experience in this area will help us continue to provide our clients with best-in-class legal outsource processing solutions.

"With multi-jurisdictional litigation on the rise and increasing pressure to keep legal costs down, more law firms and in-house counsels are turning to legal outsourcing as a viable solution to increase efficiency, manage risk and cut-costs," Mr Loach added. "Our suite of legal services combined with our team of experts gives clients the assurance that we are the best option for legal outsourcing."

About CPA

With clients in over 100 countries, CPA is a leading provider of outsourced legal support services and the world's top intellectual property (IP) management specialist. Founded in 1969, CPA provides lifecycle management services for intellectual property such as patent, design and trademark searching, watching, renewals, and portfolio strategy. CPA is also a leader in the growing market for outsourced contract management and litigation support services, helping law firms and corporations to realize value by managing risk, cost and capacity. CPA employs over 1,100 people in 16 offices in eight countries.

For further information visit: http://www.cpaglobal.com/legal_process_outsourcing

Media Contacts

UK
Steve Clark, CPA +44 (0) 1784 224315
sclark@cpaglobal.com

Kate Miller, Brunswick Group, +44 (0)20 7404 5959
cpa@brunswickgroup.com

USA
Julie Mandell, CPA, +1 (571) 227-7025
jmandell@cpaglobal.com

Justin Dini, Brunswick Group, +1 (212) 333-3810
cpaUS@brunswickgroup.com

Related links:

http://www.cpaglobal.com
http://www.cpaglobal.com/legal_process_outsourcing
http://www.cpaglobal.com/legal_process_outsourcing/contract_management
http://www.cpaglobal.com/patents