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Johnson Hana
Company typeLimited Liability Company
IndustryLegal Process Outsourcing
Founded2016 [1]
HeadquartersDublin, Ireland [2]
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Dan Fox (CEO)[3]
ServicesLegal Process Outsourcing, Managed Services, On-Demand Lawyers
Number of employees
15 (2020)(employees) [4] 1000+ (2020) (consultants) [5]
Websitewww.johnsonhana.com

Johnson Hana (previously Johnson Hana International) is a legal solutions company specialising in legal process outsourcing, legal managed services and "on-demand lawyers" for public, semi-state, corporate and SME clients. The company is headquartered in Dublin and was founded in 2015.The company is the first of its kind in Ireland providing alternative legal solutions.[6].

History[edit]

Johnson Hana was founded by barrister and former frontman of the band Lost in Flight Dan Fox in 2016 with the support of his brother Alex Fox.[7]. In 2017 the company successfully raised €1 million from Enterprise Ireland, Voxpro’s Dan Kiely, one-time chairman of Allegro Brendan Coakley, and former partner at Matheson Stuart Margetson[8]. Other prominent figures in corporate Ireland lent their backing to the business during this time. This included Brian Montague former chief executive of A&L Goodbody, and John O’Donnell, chief technology officer of Hostelworld, Tony Keohane chairman of Ervia and previously chief executive of Tesco Ireland, and former chairman of The Irish Times and one-time chief executive of Irish Life & Permanent David Went [9]. Brian Montague, David Went and John O’Donnell were appointed as advisors of Johnson Hana at this time[10].

In 2019 the firm made multiple strategic hires and continued to grow, with Paul Ryan joining from Goodbody, and Emer Durkan former head of consumer protection at KBC joining the team.[11]. In 2020 Johnson Hana Partnered with Kira Systems who offer artificial intelligence tools for contract review enhancing their ability to review large volumes of contracts[12]. Niamh O'Mara former chief of staff at EY joined as chief operating officer in 2020, and Caroline Goulding, chief data protection officer at TikTok, joined as an advisor[13].

In 2020 Johnson Hana raised €3.5 million through a combination of equity and debt leveraging €3m in equity and €0.5m in debt. Specialist investment fund BVP led the round, with equity participation from existing shareholders Dan and Linda Kiely the founders of Voxpro, John Ryan a partner with PWC Hong Kong, leading UK software entrepreneur Finlay Ross and Tom Hickey former CFO at Tullow Oil & Cartrawler[14]. The debt was provided by Ulster Bank[15]. . The business is also backed by Enterprise Ireland who were an initial seed investor as part of their high potential startup funding programme. Early investors also reinvested[16].

Johnson Hana signed a 5 year framework deal for legal process outsourcing with Ervia and a multiyear framework deal with Coillte in 2020[17].

Services[edit]

The company specialises in streamlining repetitive process driven legal tasks such as reviewing commercial contracts, non-disclosure agreements, discovery and e-discovery in litigation, data subject access requests under GDPR, compulsory purchase orders for public bodies, legal research, and support in due diligence carried out in mergers and acquisitions[18]. The company also provides "On-Demand Lawyers" which enables legal, complaints and compliance departments to scale up their team and access relevant legal expertise for a fixed period of time [19].The goal of this is to allow them to focus on core work, reduce time spent on legal issues and reduce legal spend[20].

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Meet the frontman, turned lawyer, turned entrepreneur disrupting the legal business". Fora. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  2. ^ "Contact Us". Johnson Hana. Retrieved September 7, 2020.
  3. ^ "About Us". Johnson Hana. Retrieved September 7, 2020.
  4. ^ "About Us". Johnson Hana. Retrieved September 7, 2020.
  5. ^ "We Are Hiring". Johnson Hana. Retrieved September 7, 2020.
  6. ^ "Rising star of outsourcing legal services". The Irish Times. Retrieved September 7, 2020.
  7. ^ "Meet the frontman, turned lawyer, turned entrepreneur disrupting the legal business". Fora. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  8. ^ "Rising star of outsourcing legal services". The Irish Times. Retrieved September 7, 2020.
  9. ^ "Rising star of outsourcing legal services". The Irish Times. Retrieved September 7, 2020.
  10. ^ "Legal services start-up Johnson Hana adds Went and Keohane to its board". The Irish Times. Retrieved September 9, 2020.
  11. ^ "Johnson Hana appoints IBI Corporate Finance to lead €5m funding round". The Irish Times. Retrieved September 7, 2020.
  12. ^ "Johnson Hana & Kira". Johnson Hana. Retrieved September 7, 2020.
  13. ^ "About Us". Johnson Hana. Retrieved September 7, 2020.
  14. ^ "Johnson Hana raises €3.5m to fund US UK expansion". The Irish Times. Retrieved September 28, 2020.
  15. ^ "Irish legal services disruptor to target US and UK with €3.5m growth funding". Irish Indipendent. Retrieved September 28, 2020.
  16. ^ "Johnson Hana raises €3.5m to fund US UK expansion". The Irish Times. Retrieved September 28, 2020.
  17. ^ "Irish legal services disruptor to target US and UK with €3.5m growth funding". Irish Indipendent. Retrieved September 28, 2020.
  18. ^ "Rising star of outsourcing legal services". The Irish Times. Retrieved September 7, 2020.
  19. ^ "Meet the frontman, turned lawyer, turned entrepreneur disrupting the legal business". Fora. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  20. ^ "Stuart Margetson: 'Lower legal bills are win-win for clients and law firms alike'". Irish Independent. Retrieved September 9, 2020.
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