Run proceedings in-house, don't just administer them.
From automated dunning to contested proceedings: DEPLAW manages deadlines, hearings and correspondence collaboratively across the team — outside law firms only get involved for genuinely complex cases.
Across the active caseload
The starting point
Every standard case goes to an outside law firm — and costs accordingly.
Outsourcing
Even simple dunning and collection cases routinely go through outside law firms — with the corresponding fees.
Coordination
Deadlines, court dates and correspondence between the legal department and the law firm tie up time that could go into case strategy instead.
Reporting
The CFO and management often only get the recovery rate and case costs when they ask, instead of on an ongoing basis.
The DEPLAW process for your legal department
Three stages, one platform: from automated dunning to reporting for the CFO and management.
A claim runs through the same workflow in DEPLAW — with no media break between the parties involved: from the automated dunning procedure, through the contested proceeding that the legal department runs and steers in-house, to ongoing cost controlling for the CFO and management.
The three stages at a glance
Step 1
Automated dunning procedure
Invoice and receivables data flow directly from the ERP system into DEPLAW. From there, the platform drives the entire dunning process automatically — from the first reminder through the formal payment order to enforcement. Lawyers step in only when a debtor actually objects; the reminders and filings themselves run natively through beA.
Step 2
Contested proceedings, run & steered in-house
Once a case becomes contested, DEPLAW takes over case management: briefs are prepared, deadlines monitored, court dates coordinated, and outside counsel brought in when needed — with the entire correspondence fully documented throughout. The legal department decides for itself whether to run a proceeding fully in-house or bring in an outside law firm specifically for particularly complex cases.
Step 3
Cost controlling & reporting for the CFO and management
Alongside the ongoing caseload, the CFO and management get real-time insight into recovery rates, case costs and forecasts. Reports for internal reviews, annual financial statements and supervisory bodies are generated automatically from the same data — always accessible through a real-time dashboard.
The result is a platform for the entire stretch — from the dunning letter to enforcement: beA natively integrated, reporting automatic, hosted on German servers and TÜV-certified. The legal department configures the process without writing any code.
Example · cost per proceeding run
Steered in-house instead of outsourced by default.
The roughly 71% cost advantage plays out across the entire caseload — not just in a single case.
Example · from a missed payment to a judgment
A modeled escalation path — automated right up to the point it turns contested.
We run the proceeding within our own team and bring in outside law firms specifically where a case genuinely becomes contested — costs and control stay with the legal department.
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Run your proceedings yourself — where it pays off.
We'll show you, using one of your real dunning or litigation cases, how DEPLAW takes over case management.
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