Client
Sovereign Solicitors Limited
Sector
Legal Services
Regulator
Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA No. 440958)
Location
Shipley, West Yorkshire
Services Provided
Migration & Modernization, Managed Operations, Security & Resilience
The Challenge
Live Casework Running on Ageing, On-Premises Infrastructure
Sovereign Solicitors, an SRA-regulated law firm, was running day-to-day casework on a legacy on-premises data centre — infrastructure that carried real operational risk the longer it stayed in place, but also couldn’t simply be switched off and replaced overnight without disrupting live client matters.
As a regulated legal practice, the firm also had specific expectations around data security and continuity that a straightforward lift-and-shift wouldn’t satisfy on its own. The brief wasn’t just to move infrastructure to the cloud — it was to do so without interrupting active casework, and to leave the firm in a stronger security and resilience position than the on-premise setup it replaced.
The Approach
Migrate, Then Manage and Secure Properly, Not Migrate and Walk Away
Migration & Modernization
We planned and executed the move off the legacy on-premise data centre onto secure, managed cloud infrastructure, sequencing the migration to avoid disruption to live casework rather than treating it as a single cut-over event.
Managed Operations
Once migrated, the environment moved into ongoing managed operations — ongoing monitoring, performance oversight, and cost control — so the firm has a cloud environment that's actively run, not simply handed over after go-live.
Security & Resilience
Given the firm's regulatory obligations, security and resilience were treated as core requirements, with disaster recovery and business continuity plans put in place around the new environment.
The Outcome
Off Legacy Infrastructure, Without Interrupting a Single Working Day
Sovereign Solicitors now runs on secure, managed cloud infrastructure instead of ageing on-premise hardware, with the migration carried out without disruption to ongoing casework. The firm’s environment is actively managed rather than left to run unattended, and a disaster recovery and business continuity plan is in place appropriate to a regulated legal practice.
Off legacy hardware
Migrated off ageing on-premise infrastructure onto secure, managed cloud.
Actively managed
Ongoing monitoring and performance oversight keep the environment running — not just delivered and left.
Recovery-ready
A disaster recovery and business continuity plan now sits behind live casework.
