Case Study: Ashurst achieves secure, efficient document management and faster workflows with WorkShare

Ashurst - Customer Case Study

Ashurst, a leading international law firm with 160 partners and 1,800 staff across 10 countries, identified critical risks in its document production: inconsistent version control, document corruption, and sensitive metadata exposure. Managing more than a thousand 200‑page documents weekly and over four million items in its DMS, the firm needed a scalable, firm‑wide solution for its 1,500 distributed users to protect document integrity and improve productivity.

Ashurst deployed Workshare across all desktops, integrating it with the DMS, email and knowledge systems to automate metadata removal, PDF creation, accurate comparisons, and change acceptance/rejection while preventing corruption and duplication. Rolled out in months, the solution protected high‑value templates, streamlined workflows, reduced security risk, delivered measurable efficiency gains and—per IT leadership—achieved payback in under a year, enabling better client service and mobile support.

Ashurst

Chris White

IT Director, Ashurst