Case Study: Asian Development Bank achieves 75% reduction in filing and search time — saves 1,800 hours/month with iManage Work 10 in the Cloud

ADB’S Office of the General Counsel boosts productivity by 75%

The Asian Development Bank’s Office of the General Counsel (OGC) — a 110‑person legal team based in Manila with staff distributed across the APAC region during the pandemic — struggled with a fragmented mix of physical files, shared drives, and legacy databases. Staff were spending about 2,400 person‑hours a month (14% of their time) on filing, printing, and searching for documents, so the OGC needed a secure, centralized digital document management solution.

Working with partner Business Network Solutions, OGC implemented iManage Work 10 in the Cloud, migrating 5 TB of legacy data and creating custom workspaces for seven teams with seamless Microsoft 365 integration. The result: a 75% reduction in time spent on filing and searches (roughly 1,800 hours saved per month), stronger data security, full remote access, a paperless process that reduces the carbon footprint, and notably higher productivity across the legal team.

Asian Development Bank

Colin Gin

Assistant General Counsel