Sectors · Lawyers and notaries

IT and automation for lawyers and notaries

Your confidential files, your deadlines met: day-to-day support, confidential client files, less repetitive paperwork.

01 Real situations

Common IT problems in law and notary firms

No theory: here is what we encounter in firms in French-speaking Switzerland, and what we do about it.

01 A breakdown the day before a court deadline

What we find

Procedural deadlines are not extended because your server went down. A brief to file tomorrow and a system that is inaccessible tonight: that is the nightmare scenario of any law firm.

What we do

Continuous monitoring, tested backups and a documented continuity plan: even in case of an incident, you know how to access your files and file on time.

02 Professional secrecy facing American clouds

What we find

Privileged correspondence, procedural documents, notarial deeds: if everything passes through services subject to American law, the confidentiality you owe your clients rests on a grey area.

What we do

For the services we operate, we favour Swiss hosting, notably with Infomaniak. You can document where your clients' data is, and under which law.

03 Hours spent searching for the right document in the file

What we find

Documents scattered across emails, scans and network folders, named at everyone's whim. Finding the right version of a document becomes a daily waste of time.

What we do

Automated filing of incoming documents, clean folder structures and naming rules applied by the machine rather than by goodwill. Searching becomes instant again.

04 Repetitive letters and deeds written by hand

What we find

Cover letters, requisitions, deadline reminders, case follow-ups: a significant part of the week goes into documents that always follow the same template.

What we do

AlpenFlow generates recurring letters from your templates and your data, and triggers deadline reminders automatically. Fixed fee per project from CHF 2,500, the price agreed before we start.

05 Archiving that must last for years

What we find

Long retention obligations, closed files that must be reopenable in five or ten years: a hard drive in a cabinet is not an archiving plan.

What we do

Archiving organised and backed up in Switzerland, with tested restores. A file from 2018 reopens as reliably as a file from yesterday.

06 Associates, trainees: access rights that come and go

What we find

Trainee lawyers, secretarial staff, occasional collaborations: accounts are created quickly and rarely deleted. Who still has access to file X? No one knows.

What we do

Rigorous handling of arrivals and departures, regular access reviews and documented traceability. Every access to the files is known, justified and immediately revocable.

02 File access

Rights granted file by file

Each team member accesses the files that concern them. A sensitive matter can be restricted to a few people, and a departing employee's access is revoked immediately.

File access is logged: you know who opened what.

Files RoutineSensitiveRestricted Partner Associate Trainee Secretariat Left in 2024 Log: every file access is recorded, time-stamped and named
A firm's access matrix · diagram
04 Area served

On-site and remote work in French-speaking Switzerland

Based in Chavannes-près-Renens, we work on site in the canton of Vaud and remotely in the rest of French-speaking Switzerland.

  • Chavannes-près-Renens Head office
  • Lausanne 4 km
  • Morges 6 km
  • Vevey 22 km
  • Yverdon-les-Bains 28 km
  • Montreux 28 km
  • Nyon 31 km
  • Fribourg 54 km

km as the crow flies

Lake Geneva 10 km 25 km 50 km Lausanne 4 km Morges 6 km Nyon 31 km Yverdon-les-Bains 28 km Vevey 22 km Montreux 28 km Fribourg 54 km AlpenData 46.53° N · 6.58° E
Vaud · Fribourg · Genève Data in Switzerland
05 FAQ Lawyers and notaries

Frequently asked questions from law firms

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01 How do you guarantee the confidentiality of the files?

Three levels: contractual (strict confidentiality clause, applicable to our entire team), technical (named access, two-factor authentication, encryption, traceability) and jurisdictional (Swiss hosting preferred for the services we operate). You can document the whole towards your clients and your professional association.

02 Can you move us off Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace?

Yes, fully or partially. Many firms want to reduce their exposure to American law for correspondence and documents. We migrate email and files to Swiss alternatives (Infomaniak kSuite, kDrive) while preserving your history, or we at least bring the backups back to Switzerland.

03 What can AlpenFlow automate in a law firm?

The most profitable cases: generation of recurring letters from your templates, automatic filing of incoming documents and emails by case, deadline and time-limit reminders, time tracking and invoice reminders. We start with the task that costs the most non-billable hours.

04 And if a breakdown occurs just before a deadline?

That is precisely what the continuity plan covers: tested backups, documented backup access and critical incidents handled within 4 business hours for clients under contract. An out-of-hours on-call service can be arranged contractually if your practice requires it.

05 What size of firms do you work with?

From the independent lawyer with a secretary to firms of several dozen staff. For small structures, AlpenCare Essential covers the essentials; for firms with heightened confidentiality requirements, Sovereign is designed for you.

First step

Review your firm's IT

A first one-hour conversation about your files, your access and your deadlines. You leave with concrete recommendations, with no commitment.

David Cunha, founder and technical director of AlpenData

David Cunha

Founder and technical director

Chavannes-près-Renens