SDD Global Solutions

SDD Global Solutions is a legal services offshoring company incorporated in Mysore, India. According to mainstream media reports, it is the only such company in India run by a United States law firm. Its parent company, Smith Dornan Dehn PC is an international media, entertainment and intellectual property law firm headquartered in New York with clients such as 20th Century Fox, Sony Entertainment, HBO and Clinton Foundation. [ [http://www.hindu.com/2006/04/28/stories/2006042816820300.htm] , U.S. Law Firm to Offshore Services from Mysore, The Hindu, April 28, 2006. ]

History

SDD Global Solutions launched its operations in Mysore on April 30, 2006. It was floated due to the efforts of American attorney Russell A. Smith, a Columbia Law School graduate. Mr. Smith was in Mysore to learn Yoga, was attracted by the city and decided to establish an offshore company for the parent firm. [ [http://www.hindu.com/2006/04/28/stories/2006042816820300.htm] , U.S. Law Firm to Offshore Services from Mysore, The Hindu, April 28, 2006. ] The American Lawyer Magazine, in its June 2007 edition, dubbed Smith as “the Maharaja of Media,” because his firm “represents the Hollywood elite – from Mysore, India.” [ [http://www.americanlawyer-digital.com/americanlawyer/tal200706/?pg=20] , The Maharaja of Media, The American Lawyer, June 2007.]

Mysore was chosen for the advantages of easy availability of talent pool, salubrious climate, and a superior quality of life that is absent in cities such as Bangalore. [ [http://www.hindu.com/2006/04/28/stories/2006042816820300.htm] , U.S. Law Firm to Offshore Services from Mysore, The Hindu, April 28, 2006. ]

In its July 2007 report, “Offshoring Legal Services to India: An Update,” ValueNotes, a business research company, has referred to SDD Global Solutions as one of two “emerging players with a strong onshore presence and expertise in the LPO space." In its report, ValueNotes also included SDD Global among eight vendors in the LPO (legal process outsourcing) industry who "are aggressively ramping up their headcount.” [ [http://www.sourcingnotes.com/content/view/71/54/] , Offshoring Legal Services to India : An Update, ValueNotes, July 2007. ]

Areas of Practice

SDD Global Solutions currently operates in the following areas :

*Legal Research
*Legal Drafting
*IPR Enforcement
*Litigation Support
*Immigration Visas
*Health Insurance Claims
*Document Management
*IP Registrations

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