In the ever-evolving legal landscape, law firms must adopt innovations that optimize their practices. Michaël Assouline, an attorney admitted to the Marseille and New York bars, seized this opportunity by integrating the Closd platform into his firm, MSA Law.
Impressed by the platform’s efficiency and ease of use, he shares his experience today, highlighting the benefits of his daily use of Closd’s project management solution.
Closd: Could you please introduce yourself and your firm?
Michaël Assouline: I am Michaël Assouline, an attorney admitted to the Marseille and New York bars. About 13 years ago, I decided to leave a large firm to found MSA Law, my own firm in Marseille. It comprises a small team of three passionate lawyers and legal professionals. We handle around twenty mergers and acquisitions, private equity, and venture capital transactions per year. The firm also practices in restructuring and M&A litigation. Small firm, but big cases, that’s our specialty!
Closd: What made you choose the Closd solution?
Michaël Assouline: As a small firm, it is essential for us to stay at the forefront of innovation and make the right choices. Many developments occur in our profession, and not all are relevant. Part of our job is to identify the developments that will allow us to optimize our practice.
That’s what we did in 2018 when we adopted electronic signatures. We anticipated that clients would increasingly prefer digital solutions over physical signatures and meetings. At that time, far fewer firms were using electronic signatures.
“The platform met the digitalization needs in a context where physical meetings were becoming less frequent.”
Michaël Assouline
My discovery of Closd was particularly interesting. I was invited to sign a document on the platform by a colleague during a transaction in 2020. I noticed that the system worked very well, notably thanks to the integration of DocuSign signatures. I then contacted you to learn more about the platform. Closd perfectly met the needs of my firm and represented a natural evolution to adopt!
Closd: Could you tell us about your use of the platform?
Michaël Assouline: My use of Closd is quite simple. For all my mergers and acquisitions operations, I use the platform for project management from A to Z, from managing participants and the documents they will access to the signing sessions. I have the ability to create a signing session tailored to the needs and participants of each project, and to sign everything in one place. This allows me to carry out my operations from start to finish very easily.
“The platform was easy to handle and I have never encountered any difficulty using Closd. It’s really very intuitive!”
Michaël Assouline
Previously, each project required the preparation of documents, sharing them with the various stakeholders, printing, organizing the signing session in person, signing the documents, then scanning them and completing the final formalities. This process could be very lengthy. Today, it is essential to use a platform that includes all the steps of an operation and facilitates the digitization of documents and signing sessions. This is simply what Closd offers us.
Closd: What is your assessment of your use of Closd?
Michaël Assouline: It is indisputable that this platform was designed by experienced lawyers and legal professionals. That is why it is intuitive and easy to use.
“It’s a major time and productivity booster for our operations.”
Michaël Assouline
I would even say that it is unthinkable for a firm like ours to operate without a solution like Closd today. We are therefore very satisfied to be able to work with Closd.
Thank you to Ms Assouline for his invaluable testimony.
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