The collaborative solution for handling investigations

Investigations, either internal or external, often pose significant legal and reputational risks to businesses. Despite their importance, the process of investigating can often feel cumbersome and stuck in the past.

Different types of documents may be stored in separate databases; paper interviews bundles may be annotated individually by each member of the team; and chronologies may be manually produced in Microsoft Word or Excel, a time-consuming process where the chronology is disconnected from the evidence it draws together.

As a result of this, the investigation process can feel inefficient and disconnected.

Since recognising this problem, Linklaters have been working in close collaboration with Opus 2 to develop a solution that can solve these problems. The idea behind Opus 2 Investigations is simple: to be the tool that draws together the key evidence on an investigation and enable the investigation teams – both external lawyers and their clients – to collaborate better and investigate more effectively and efficiently.