Case Study: Shearman & Sterling achieves enhanced security and 30% TCO reduction with Druva Data Resiliency Cloud

Shearman & Sterling Transforms Backup and DR to Increase Security and Reduce TCO

Shearman & Sterling, a global law firm with more than 850 lawyers across 20+ offices, faced a complex, costly backup and disaster-recovery environment protecting hundreds of terabytes on VMware and NAS. Their incumbent solution lacked real‑time visibility, seamless SaaS/PaaS support and required multiple vendors and hardware (including an expensive air‑gapped “golden copy”), forcing the firm to limit coverage and pursue a cloud‑first data protection strategy.

The firm adopted the Druva Data Resiliency Cloud to protect ~400 TB of NAS, hundreds of VMs and Microsoft 365 for 2,000 users, gaining ransomware‑resistant architecture, continuous monitoring, DRaaS and native observability integrations. As a result Shearman & Sterling consolidated data centers, decommissioned costly hardware and services, achieved 98% faster file‑share restores, and is on track to reduce total cost of ownership by roughly 30% while improving overall security and recovery confidence.

Shearman & Sterling

Leticia Espinosa

Supervisor of Infrastructure and Continuity