April 1, 2009

Wednesday's legal IT news update

APS and Billback Systems in Accounting and Legal Software Merger

The merger was announced today of APS (Advanced Professional Solutions) and Billback Systems. Billback Systems develops and markets a range of expense management and cost recovery solutions predominantly to the legal profession. The combined APS / Billback software business will turn over in excess of A$35 million.
APS has offices in Australia, New Zealand and the UK while Billback has offices in Australia, the United States and the UK. The merger follows the acquisition of Espreon’s Corporate Services and Billback Systems businesses by APS parent, Reckon Limited in January 2009 for A$18 million, Established in 1991, APS supplies software solutions to over 70% of the Top 100 accounting firms in Australia, over 60% of the Top 50 firms in New Zealand and 25% of the UK’s Top 100 firms. Read More...

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