Who is BigHand?

BigHand was founded in 1996, is a leading software technology company and has offices in the UK (HQ - London), North America (Chicago & Seattle) and Sydney. BigHand started as a voice technology company and over the past seven years have expanded their product offering based on customer demands.

In addition to BI and Pricing, BigHand’s extensive product offering also includes workflow management, resource management, document management and pitching & proposals.

BigHand works with 87% of the Top 200 UK law firms, 72% of AMLAW 200 firms and has 4,200 customers globally.

BigHand is a people focused business; the BigHand team focuses on providing the best possible service to customers, as well as creating the best possible environment for employees to be able to achieve this. Trust, transparency, and collaboration are the building blocks of the culture and success. Everyone is actively encouraged to continually learn, develop, and challenge themselves to help them grow professionally and prepare them for the promotion opportunities of the future.

Why did Iridium join BigHand?

The combination of both organizations’ complementary product sets means law firms will now have a single platform for their financial and operational data.

With the combined product offering, we will be the best choice to support our clients in achieving operational and financial excellence.

Together with BigHand, the Iridium team can offer clients advanced solutions and specialized domain expertise to enable them to improve their businesses operations.

“I have known members of the BigHand team for years and the cultural fit between Iridium and BigHand is perfect. We share the same values on client service, technical excellence, caring for team members and giving back to our communities. Martin and I look forward to continuing work with the Iridium team members, clients, and products as well as the BigHanders." - Tom Jones, Chief Executive Officer of Iridium Technology.

Product Support?

BigHand’s product lines are extending to include the Iridium BI, Intellistat, Steere, and SmartTime product families.

Iridium clients are now fully supported by the combined Iridium and BigHand team. This acquisition means we can offer law firms leading legal business intelligence and financial applications.

"BigHand and Iridium together now offer a complete range of BI, profitability financial management, time recording, matter pricing and analytics solutions to the legal industry. The two teams working together will ensure law firms get enhanced access to extensive domain expertise and feature-rich products." - Rob Stote, Managing Director of Profitability at BigHand.