Case Study: Norton Rose Fulbright achieves centralised, high-accuracy document digitising and searchable PDFs with ABBYY Recognition Server

Legal Giant Norton Rose LLP Centralises Document Digitising with ABBYY Recognition Server

Norton Rose LLP, a global law firm with hundreds of lawyers and offices across Europe, the Middle East and Asia, struggled with thousands of incoming paper documents of varying size and format. The firm needed a fast, accurate and easy-to-use OCR solution that would centralise digitisation, produce searchable files matching original formatting, integrate with its Interwoven Worksite document management and capture client billing codes—without tying up desktop workstations or requiring extensive staff training.

Norton Rose implemented ABBYY Recognition Server, a server-based OCR platform that centralises processing from multifunction scanners, converts incoming files to text-searchable PDFs, and routes them into the document repository while recording client codes. Integrated in a matter of days and monitored via an admin console, the solution processes several hundred documents daily, reduces manual work, improves searchability and operational performance, and positions the firm to convert its 12 million legacy documents.

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