Case Study: National Grid achieves secure, faster legal document collaboration with Workshare Professional (Workshare)

National Grid - Customer Case Study

National Grid, the UK’s largest utility and operator of extensive electricity and gas transmission networks, needed a secure, integrated way for its UK and US legal teams to collaborate across a distributed SharePoint environment. Following mergers and multiple legacy repositories, the team faced version-control challenges and the risk of hidden metadata and confidential information being shared externally, slowing approvals and risking compliance.

They deployed Workshare Professional, integrated with Microsoft Office and SharePoint, to compare, cleanse and manage documents with policy-driven controls and full audit visibility. The solution eliminated sensitive metadata, reduced manual tasks and repository maintenance, sped document sharing, increased user confidence in document security and accuracy, and delivered a projected ROI in under a year, earning industry recognition for the legal team.

National Grid

Adam Davidson

Solicitor, National Grid