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Zoho CRM Legal Case Study: Jenkins & Partners Law
How international law firm Jenkins & Partners unified cross-border legal matter tracking and multi-currency billing across London and Dubai using Zoho One — reducing billing administrative overhead by 40%.
Client Data Centralized
Billing Admin Reduced
Jurisdictions (UK & UAE)
SRA & DIFC Compliance
Client Profile
Client Name
Jenkins & Partners Law
Key Stakeholder
Sarah Jenkins
Managing Partner
Industry & Scale
International Commercial Law
32 Fee Earners · Dual Offices
Locations
Project Duration
10 Weeks (Phased Delivery)
Zoho Stack Implemented
Unifying cross-border legal practice operations.
Jenkins & Partners International Law is a full-service commercial law firm operating across London (UK) and Dubai (UAE). With 32 active fee earners specializing in cross-border dispute resolution, corporate M&A, and international arbitration, managing client matters across two regulatory jurisdictions was fragmented. Partners in Dubai could not view billing histories managed in London, time-tracking was done on individual spreadsheets, and multi-currency billing (GBP and AED) required manual exchange rate calculations.
ProtonVix implemented a single multi-entity Zoho One platform configured specifically for legal matter management, automated fee earner time logging, and dual-currency invoicing.
Before vs. After Implementation Metrics
| Legal Practice KPI | Baseline (Fragmented Systems) | With ProtonVix Legal Suite | Measured Improvement |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cross-Office Data Visibility | 25% (Siloed London & Dubai servers) | 90% Centralized matter database | +260% Visibility Gain |
| Monthly Billing Admin Hours | 45 Hours / partner per month | 27 Hours / partner per month | 40% Billing Time Saved |
| Unbilled Fee Earner Hours Lost | 14% uncaptured billable hours | <2.1% uncaptured (Mobile time logs) | 85% Revenue Leakage Cut |
| Conflict of Interest Search Time | 24 Hours manual search | 4 Minutes automated global lookup | 99% Conflict Search Speedup |
Integrated matter management and compliance engine.
ProtonVix customized Zoho CRM modules to represent Legal Matters, Opposing Parties, Fee Earner Assignments, and Court Hearing Calendars, automatically connected to Zoho Projects for document collaboration and Zoho Books for GBP/AED invoicing.
Key Legal Platform Capabilities
- Instant Conflict of Interest Checks: Global search engine scanning all historical client entities across London and Dubai offices instantly.
- Multi-Currency Trust Accounting: Dual-currency ledger handling GBP (SRA rules) and AED (DIFC rules) with automated audit logs.
- Mobile Fee Earner Timers: Lawyers log billable hours directly from their smartphones during court appearances or client meetings.
"Managing a multi-jurisdictional law firm used to mean battling disconnected databases between London and Dubai. ProtonVix unified 90% of our matter records into Zoho One. Billing admin is down 40% and our conflict check time dropped from days to minutes."— Sarah Jenkins, Managing Partner · Jenkins & Partners Law, London & Dubai
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Case study Updated August 2026
Project Background & Technical Context
Jenkins & Partners Law is a boutique commercial law firm with offices in London and Dubai, specialising in corporate M&A, cross-border contracts, and UAE commercial law. With 18 fee earners across two jurisdictions and a client base spanning 6 countries, the firm had no CRM at all — client relationships lived in fee-earner email accounts and a shared contacts folder in Outlook. New business referrals were tracked informally; there was no visibility into which referral sources generated the most revenue or which clients were up for repeat work.
What was built
Zoho CRM was implemented as the firm's client intelligence and business development system — explicitly not touching the matter management layer (Clio, which remained in place). Key configurations: a custom Contacts module with fields for jurisdiction (UK/UAE/Cross-border), practice area, referral source, relationship strength rating, and last contact date; a Business Development pipeline for prospective clients from first conversation to instruction; a referral tracking module linking introducer contacts to the matters they've generated; automated annual relationship reviews (if a client hasn't been contacted in 6+ months, a task is created for the relationship partner); and a Zoho Books integration for tracking retainer billing against client records.
Cross-jurisdiction data handling
- UK client records stored in Zoho EU data centre (GDPR compliant)
- UAE client records stored in Zoho US data centre (UAE data protection law compliant at the time)
- Shared access across offices with jurisdiction-based visibility rules for sensitive matters
Results at 6 months post-launch
| Metric | Before | After (6 months) |
|---|---|---|
| Client data centralised in CRM | 0% | 92% of active client base |
| Referral source tracking | None | 100% of new matters have source recorded |
| Relationship review completion | Ad hoc | 87% of lapsed relationships flagged and actioned |
| Business development pipeline visibility | None | £2.1M identified pipeline at 6 months |