NetDocuments has hired OnePlace sales director Guy Phillips as its EMEA general manager, who will lead the London team and act as a local figurehead for NetDocuments, with plans afoot to further grow its presence in the UK.
The cloud-based content management and security platform, which is headquartered in Utah, in 2016 announced plans to grow in the UK, hiring Dan Ibrahim from Thomson Reuters as director of strategic accounts and Steve Latter from Eclipse Legal Systems as account executive, after adding Cuatrecasas, Goncalves Pereira and top 100 UK firm, Sacker & Partners to its client roster. However, Latter in March left to join information management M-files and in the wake of winning transatlantic law firm Hogan Lovells this year, there has been growing market pressure on NetDocuments to appoint an office head to deliver on its growth plans.
OnePlace is a customer relationship management solution built on Salesforce and Mike Gibson, chief revenue officer at NetDocuments said: “We’re thrilled to be attracting people like Guy Phillips to our global leadership team – folks who have a deep understanding of legal technology coupled with experience in native cloud platforms.
“Guy will be an instrumental piece of our EMEA strategy moving forward as the market demands individuals who understand the complexities of the legal technology landscape across EMEA and APAC, but also know what other leading cloud providers – like Salesforce.com – are doing in the market when it comes to communicating the value of trusted cloud platforms.”
Phillips, who was formerly part of the senior LexisNexis Interaction team, joined OnePlace in mid-2016 and his departure is a loss for the client lifecycle management vendor, which now has law firms including DAC Beachcroft, Reed Smith and Memery Crystal under its belt. At the start of this year OnePlace reported a 200% year-on-year increase in the number of seats at current and new clients worldwide, supported by a team that doubled in size thanks to a number of hires from LexisNexis.
“I’ve been fortunate to experience the legal market from both the traditional legal technology perspective as well as the native ‘born in the cloud’ standpoint,” added Phillips. “NetDocuments’ track record of delivering innovation through a single cloud platform, is second to none. I’m excited to join the global leadership team to continue helping firms achieve the document and email productivity and protection they need to continue delivering exceptional service to their clients.”
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