Case Study: Ironclad stands up legal spend management on Brightflag in 22 days
Key results
The challenge
Ironclad's legal team relied on manually reviewing law firm invoices, compiling summary spreadsheets, and exchanging emails with accounts payable, a process that was becoming unsustainable. The general counsel was preparing a board-level commitment to advance the department's financial reporting capabilities, and the team needed a solution implemented within a tight time frame.
The solution
Ironclad selected Brightflag as the foundation for outside counsel management, prioritizing a platform that would fit technically and culturally with its cloud-based tech stack. Close alignment between Brightflag and Ironclad's project team supported a phased rollout of invoice submission, historical matters, and spend reporting.
The results, in context
Proactive alignment and focused effort resulted in an implementation period of just 22 days: new law firm invoices could be submitted via Brightflag by February 1, historical matters were accessible by March 1, and by April 1 the general counsel had a clear view of Ironclad's legal spend to present to executives.