Huron Consulting Group Expands Global Legal Consulting Services
CHICAGO – November 10, 2009 - Huron Consulting Group (NASDAQ: HURN), a leading provider of
business consulting services, today announced the expansion of the Company’s Legal Consulting
segment with the hiring of personnel from H4 Partners, a U.K.-based legal consulting company focused
on serving European law firms and in-house law departments.
Alan Hodgart and Julia Chain from H4 Partners will join Huron as managing directors in the Company’s
Legal Consulting segment focused on advising law firms and in-house law departments with internal
strategic development. Hodgart and Chain will be joined by seven H4 colleagues. They will continue
serving their existing clients on current engagements as well as building Huron’s U.K. and European
presence.
"We are excited to welcome Alan, Julia and the H4 team to Huron," said James H. Roth, chief executive
officer, Huron Consulting Group. "They will help expand our legal consulting services in Europe and
enable Huron to better meet the growing demand for assistance in managing legal costs in the complex
international environment."
Huron’s Legal Consulting segment provides services to law departments and law firms encompassing
strategic consulting, comprehensive cost management, integrated discovery, and information
management, including the Company’s V3locity® solution.
Hodgart founded H4 Partners in 2007 to provide strategic advice to large law firms. He has more than 20
years of experience working in professional services with a concentration on strategy formulation and
implementation services in the legal sector. The author of Strategies and Practice in Law Firm Mergers,
Hodgart has spent his entire career as a strategic consultant. At Huron, he will be working with law firms
to improve their competitive advantage, enhance profitability, and practice effective business
management.
Chain has more than 25 years of experience working in legal and management consulting. In 2005, she
founded The Kite Consultancy which specialized in providing strategy and management services to inhouse
legal departments. Kite Consultancy merged with H4 Partners in 2008. Chain has extensive
experience in the legal sector having worked as a lawyer, a general counsel for T-Mobile, and a legal
consultant. At Huron, Chain will be focused on helping clients manage their in-house legal departments.
"In an increasingly competitive environment, law firms and general counsels are under more pressure to
cut costs and streamline operations than ever before," said Shahzad Bashir, vice president, Huron
Consulting Group’s Legal Consulting segment. "The addition of Alan, Julia and members of the H4 team
will help Huron expand core services globally and better accommodate current U.S. clients who have
European headquarters or European clients with significant U.S. operations. This is a client driven
strategy to better serve the needs of our global clients."
About Huron Consulting Group
Huron Consulting Group helps clients in diverse industries improve performance, comply with complex
regulations, resolve disputes, recover from distress, leverage technology, and stimulate growth. The
Company teams with its clients to deliver sustainable and measurable results. Huron provides services to
a wide variety of both financially sound and distressed organizations, including leading academic
institutions, healthcare organizations, Fortune 500 companies, medium-sized businesses, and the law
firms that represent these various organizations. Learn more at www.huronconsultinggroup.com.
Press Release
CONTACT:
Jennifer Frost Hennagir
312-880-3260
jfrost-hennagir@huronconsultinggroup.com
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 10, 2009
