Williams Lea

Infobox_Company
company_name = Williams Lea Group Ltd.
company_
company_type = Privately Held Company
foundation = London, UK, 1820
location = London, UK
key_people = Tim P. Griffiths, CEO and Director
industry = Corporate Information Solutions
num_employees = 8,000
Services = document management, creative and marketing support services, and print and logistics management.
revenue = $772.10 Million USD ()
homepage = [http://www.williamslea.com/ www.williamslea.com]

Williams Lea is a UK-based company that offers business process outsourcing (BPO) to blue chip clients worldwide. Although started in 1820 as a company providing printing services to the financial industry, the company has undergone a number of reinventions and nowadays purports to offer 'corporate information solutions', a term that covers a wide range of mail management, document control, bulk mailing, reprographics and design services.

Williams Lea has undergone rapid expansion in recent years as its refocus on BPO has been well timed with the desire within large organisations to concentrate on their core operations and to outsource other functions. Growth has been largely organic, although the company has made acquisitions in the US and Asia to enhance its global reach.

Although for many years a privately held company, in 2006 a majority stake in the company was taken by German postal & logistics company Deutsche Post, parent company of DHL. In Q3 2006, the company employed approximately 8000 people with a turnover of some £600 million p.a.

Clients

*adidas
*Bain & Company
*BMW
*Ernst & Young
*PwC
*Hilton Hotels
*Readers Digest
*Siemens
* Walt Disney

Banking, Financial, and Insurance clients include:
*Barclays Global Investors
*Bank of America
*Bear Stearns
*Capital One
*Credit Suisse
*Deutsche Bank
*Goldman Sachs
*Lazard
*Lehman Brothers
*Merrill Lynch
*Norwich Union
*Pricewaterhouse Coopers
*Prudential
*Robert W. Baird
*UBS
*William Blair & Co.

Law clients include:
*Allen Matkins
*Brydon Hugo & Parker
*Cooley Godward
*Goodwin Procter
*Heller Ehrman
*Jones Day
*Latham & Watkins
*Orrick
*Paul Hastings
*Selman, Breitman
*Sidley Austin
*Sonnenschein
*Squire Sanders
*Weil Gotshal

Acquisitions

*In November 2006, acquired UK-based The Stationery Office for £130 million. [http://www.eveningnews24.co.uk/content/News/story.aspx?itemid=NOED20%20Nov%202006%2009%3A16%3A37%3A433]
*In August 2005, acquired US-based Uniscribe for $36.1 million and Australian-based Creatis for $7.7 million. [http://www.3i.com/ourportfolio/successstories/F69CDB3F7A8D4D479C33C0DD61F9E282_ENG_HTML.html]
*In October 2004, acquired US-based Bowne Business Solutions for $190.8 million. [http://www.prnewswire.co.uk/cgi/news/release?id=131763]
*In November 2007, Deutsche Post World Net AG unit Williams Lea acquired Centric LPO, a legal process outsourcing (LPO) company for a undisclosed sum. The company became Williams Lea LPO and continued to be led by managing director Chris Raybould. [http://www.hemscott.com/news/static/tfn/item.do?newsId=53878217339954]

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