Creating a lasting legal relationship with the Paperform team
Geoscape Australia is one of Australia’s leading providers of accessible location data, including addresses, building attributes, roads information and cadastral boundaries. Its national data products and services power countless apps, products and processes to support our digital economy.
In its almost 20 years of operation, Geoscape Australia has grown into a dynamic and innovative company. It partners with data owners, both public and private, to source authoritative, high quality geospatial information. Geoscape Australia takes a customer-first approach throughout their operations, and are currently scaling their Geoscape product suite through a more accessible and dynamic product offering and partnerships with its resellers and product partners.
The Challenge
In early 2020, a member of the Geoscape Australia in-house team tendered his resignation, which left Geoscape Australia one dedicated legal team member short. With a notice period of four weeks, Geoscape Australia were on the hunt for someone to fill that role, although it didn’t necessarily mean that it would be an in-house position - they were open to alternative legal models like a secondment or an external party joining their in-house team. While exploring their options, Geoscape Australia approached Law Squared to see what alternatives we could offer.
Law Squared had previously been engaged by Geoscape Australia to carry out ad hoc work and had built a good relationship with the Geoscape Australia in-house team. Once the conversation began about what alternatives Law Squared could provide for Geoscape Australia, it was clear that LSaaS was the perfect fit for them.
The Solution
Geoscape Australia and Law Squared explored the work required to give the Law Squared team a solid understanding of the work that was involved with supporting the in-house. This meant that Law Squared was able to put together a tailored solution quickly and start the onboarding in less than 2 weeks. Geoscape Australia didn’t have to go through a lengthy recruitment process and could overlap the Law Squared team with their departing lawyer to allow for a seamless transition.
While Geoscape Australia were drawn to the idea of LSaaS for a number of reasons, what ultimately gave them the most confidence was the fact that it enabled them to have access to a dedicated contact who could learn and understand their business and then draw on the support of all four of Law Squared’s legal teams where different expertise is needed. In the past six months, Geoscape Australia has utilised all four of Law Squared’s legal teams and they have worked with six different Law Squared lawyers, each of whom have brought their own expertise to different matters in a seamless and straightforward manner.
The Outcome
“The role of corporate counsel can be a juggle, and having the Law Squared team available through LSaaS really helps us keep all our balls in the air!
We’ve been delighted by how quickly they got to know our business and by the quality and timeliness of their work. LSaaS provides us with reliable, practical advice and a valuable external perspective. Their lawyers are approachable by all our staff and a pleasure to work with.
2020 has been a pretty challenging year, so the flexibility of LSaaS could not have come at a better time. The LSaaS model makes us feel that Law Squared are part of our team and gives us real peace of mind.”
- Alexandra Nikolic, Senior Legal Counsel/Company Secretary at Geoscape Australia.
