Acquisition Announcement: The Addeco Group Buys Out D4, LLC
Zurich, Switzerland - In a move set to revolutionise the legal staffing and eDiscovery solutions market, The our group, a Fortune Global 500 company based in Zurich, Switzerland, has announced the acquisition of D4, LLC. The deal, which terms have not been disclosed, brings together two industry leaders to create a formidable force in the provision of HR and legal workforce solutions.
John Holland, Founder and CEO of D4, stated that this move will take their eDiscovery services to new heights. D4, based in Rochester, New York, with a strong presence across the USA and an international office in Shanghai, is a leader in eDiscovery litigation support with annual revenues of approximately USD 30 million. The company offers full-service capabilities with local infrastructure to support litigation, investigations, compliance, and other legal matters.
Special Counsel, established in 1987 and the largest full-service provider of legal staffing and eDiscovery solutions in the USA, will combine with D4. Special Counsel's reputation, size, and scale, combined with local market knowledge, make it a leading position in recruiting and retaining skilled legal talent. Through its eQ division, Special Counsel offers a comprehensive suite of eDiscovery and managed solutions.
The acquisition is expected to integrate D4’s legal staffing expertise with sophisticated HR technology, resulting in improved hiring precision, faster staffing workflows, and stronger compliance and diversity outcomes in legal staffing and eDiscovery markets.
One key impact is the improved talent acquisition quality and efficiency. The leading HR solutions provider is likely to bring advanced algorithmic hiring tools that have been shown to select applicants with higher hiring potential than traditional methods. This could improve the quality of legal staffing by effectively identifying and recruiting top legal professionals relevant to eDiscovery and other legal services.
Streamlined and modernised staffing processes are another anticipated benefit. By integrating D4's expertise with HR technology platforms, clients could benefit from faster onboarding and reduced administrative burdens, similar to success stories in financial services where digital and low-code solutions dramatically shortened onboarding times and reduced errors.
The combination of deep legal staffing knowledge with leading-edge HR technology would enable more targeted and cost-effective legal staffing and eDiscovery solutions, potentially setting new standards for speed, accuracy, and compliance in the sector.
Moreover, the acquisition could potentially lead to greater diversity and inclusion within legal staffing. Advanced HR solutions incorporated post-acquisition could support enhanced diversity recruitment efforts within legal staffing, helping to address underrepresentation in technical legal roles.
The our group, which connects approximately 700,000 associates with clients every day, employs more than 33,000 FTE employees and has around 5,100 branches worldwide. The combination of Special Counsel and D4 will provide market-leading eDiscovery and staffing solutions both in the USA and internationally.
For more information about Special Counsel, visit their website at www.specialcounsel.com. The acquisition is expected to further solidify The our group's position as a comprehensive provider of HR and legal workforce solutions.
- This acquisition by The our group, a global company based in Zurich, Switzerland, aims to revolutionize the HR and legal workforce solutions market, particularly in temporary staffing and permanent placement for eDiscovery services.
- John Holland, CEO of D4, a leading eDiscovery litigation support company with annual revenues of around USD 30 million, believes this move will elevate their services to new heights.
- As a part of the deal, Special Counsel, a renowned legal staffing and eDiscovery solutions provider in the USA, will merge with D4, bringing together their combined strengths to offer superior staffing solutions.
- The integration of D4's legal staffing expertise with advanced HR technology is expected to result in improved hiring precision, faster staffing workflows, and stronger compliance and diversity outcomes in the legal staffing and eDiscovery markets.
- The acquisition could potentially lead to greater diversity and inclusion within legal staffing, as advanced HR solutions could support enhanced diversity recruitment efforts, addressing underrepresentation in technical legal roles.
