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| Sector | Utilities |
| Number of lawyers worldwide | 92 |
| Innovation | Project 'Pick N' Mix': a suite of technology- based solutions to standardise legal processes and improve the business' access to legal advice and training through e-learning. |
| Originality of innovation (s) | 6 |
| Alignment of legal team with the business | 7 |
| Creating economic value and/or competitive advantage for the business | 6 |
| Industry leadership or wider impact of legal team's activity | 5 |
| Total | 24 |
| Description | In March 2008, National Grid launched 'DealBuilder', a product that automatically generates legal documents for gas easements with landowners. A pipeline may involve more than 3,000 easements so the system has multiple layers of value in speeding up the process, achieving potential cost savings of up to £60,000 per annum as well as detecting potential problems that could cause millions in construction delay. |
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