Trusted software engineering and integration services for Australia’s leading law firm.
Client
Allens Linklaters
Industry
Professional Services
Services
Consulting Services, Software Engineering, Design Services, Dedicated Developer and Team Extension.
Year
2019 to 2026
Delivering trusted software engineering and integration services for one of Australia’s leading law firms.
Allens is one of Australia’s most prestigious commercial law firms, with a history spanning more than 200 years and a global alliance with Linklaters, one of the world’s leading international law firms.
The firm advises many of the world’s largest corporations, financial institutions, governments, and infrastructure projects across complex legal, regulatory, and commercial matters. Operating at this level requires secure, scalable, and highly reliable technology systems capable of supporting both internal operations and client-facing digital experiences.
For more than six years, Soda Digital has worked as a trusted software development and consulting partner to Allens, providing specialist engineering capability across software development, cloud integration, DevOps, frontend engineering, API development, platform optimisation, and enterprise systems integration. The partnership has supported a wide range of business-critical initiatives across the firm’s digital ecosystem, helping Allens evolve and modernise internal platforms, improve operational efficiency, and support secure long-term technology growth.
Challenge
As a leading international law firm operating within a highly regulated and security-conscious environment, Allens requires technology systems that are stable, scalable, and capable of evolving quickly alongside business needs.
Many projects involved complex integration requirements, enterprise authentication workflows, API modernisation, cloud infrastructure, frontend platform improvements, and operational reporting systems that needed to integrate seamlessly into existing business environments.
The firm also required the flexibility to rapidly scale specialist engineering capability across multiple disciplines while maintaining the high standards of governance, reliability, and delivery expected within a top-tier legal environment. In addition, Allens also engaged Soda Digital as a long-term strategic resourcing partner for the purpose of embedding experienced senior engineers and multidisciplinary specialists directly into ongoing initiatives as required.
Solution
Throughout the partnership, Soda Digital supported the evolution and optimisation of several internal systems and applications. This included implementing production-ready frontend UI components and interactive experiences, evolving internal reporting tools and leave management systems, modernising APIs, and rewriting database architecture to improve performance and support future feature development.
By improving the scalability and maintainability of these systems, Soda Digital helped reduce technical debt while creating a stronger foundation for ongoing platform evolution. The work also supported improved usability and operational efficiency across internal business applications used by staff and stakeholders throughout the organisation. As part of the ongoing partnership, Soda Digital also delivered API development and integration services designed to improve interoperability across enterprise systems and digital services.
These initiatives focused on improving performance, reliability, maintainability, and scalability across connected platforms while supporting the long-term evolution of Allens’ broader technology ecosystem. By combining engineering capability with integration expertise, Soda Digital helped Allens streamline workflows, modernise infrastructure, and improve operational resilience across several business-critical systems.
Through its long-standing partnership with Allens, Soda Digital helped support the ongoing evolution of a sophisticated enterprise technology environment operating within one of Australia’s leading legal organisations.
What clients say
It’s rare to find a team this capable who care about solving problems, not just delivering a project.
Shane Rigney
Head of Enterprise Solutions
Allens Linklaters