Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) is to launch its first alternative legal services centre in New York, with the firm’s in-house tech unit now generating over £40m worth of revenue worldwide. The firm is opening in New York with a new e-discovery team, as well as a smaller operation in Hong Kong. Building on its existing e-discovery capabilities […]
Six start-ups have joined the third cohort of Slaughter and May’s Fast Forward programme, as the firm resumes its search for the next technology entrepreneurs. This year, the programme will move away from the fintech focus that characterised the first two editions to include other areas such as sustainability-based and green technology, which aims to […]
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer’s senior manager of legal technology operations Jamie Whalebone is to join DWF to boost the firm’s growing managed services unit, marking the second hire from the magic circle firm in a matter of months. As part of his new role as head of legal service delivery and transformation, from next month Whalebone will co-lead […]
As early as you like in 2019, here comes the consolidation in New Law.
Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) has launched a “decision tree” analysis service with software that helps clients make better decisions when they need to evaluate potential risks in disputes. The service is offered by the firm’s decision analysis team, which is led by deputy head of commercial litigation partner Alexander Oddy and commercial and financial disputes […]
Allen & Overy (A&O)’s tech incubator Fuse has flown to the firm’s New York office in a bid to familiarise US lawyers with new technology and attract potential investors, The Lawyer has learned. As part of the US Legal Tech Week, London-based Fuse head Shruti Ajitsaria and head of advanced delivery Kevin Oliver brought to […]
Allen & Overy’s CEO of Peerpoint, Richard Punt, is leaving the firm after spearheading the contract lawyer business for five years, The Lawyer can reveal. Punt joined A&O as chief executive officer of Peerpoint in 2014, just under a year after it launched. He had previously been at Deloitte for 18 years, where he was managing partner for […]
Flexible lawyering group Halebury has been acquired by Elevate as the latter sets out plans to build an alternative legal services company that can provide a “one-stop” solution for clients. The combination allows Elevate to provide private equity and in-house teams with legal consultants available for specific projects, and technology and managed services. John Croft, […]
Experts from across the market give their view on the past 12 months and offer predictions for 2019.
Linklaters and Deloitte have partnered up with the crowdfunding platform that propelled digital bank Monzo to stardom to launch a new investment programme aimed at supporting financial inclusion startups. The project is helmed by platform Crowdcube, which recently saw challenger bank Monzo, now valued at £1bn, raking in £20m in a crowdfunding campaign that lasted […]
2019 will be the year when legal tech becomes smart, and when analytics opens doors to unexplored territories
A legal universe where New Law has come of age may be closer than you think
An innovative solution from TLT and US tech group LegalSifter can slash lawyers’ BAU admin burden, but it can also do so much more
The firm is rising to the challenge of providing accurate employment law information about the world’s hardest-to-reach jurisdictions
The Serious Fraud Office has expanded its use of AI software to speed up investigation time and bring down costs, but its use is not without its challenges
One of the biggest issues facing law firms is the retention of female talent. Allen & Overy is working on solving the problem.
Bayer’s law, patents and compliance function is home to some 800 professionals worldwide. Bringing it closer to the company’s commercial team is an ongoing project
HSF has adapted the fixed fees approach used for transactional work to the much less predictable world of disputes
By Dominic Conte, Joe Morris, Ben Stansfield Always got your eye on the latest startups to come out of Silicon Valley? We’ve done the groundwork for you and brought together six tech startups to keep an eye out for which may impact on urban and spatial planning across the world. These have been chosen due to their growth […]
By Bryan Shaw The recent Treasury Committee report examining the role of digital currencies in the UK concluded that urgent regulation of the sector is needed to put an end to the “wild west” environment in which firms are operating today. Three months on from that report, with time to digest its contents and implications, […]
By Joe Morris Technology is provoking change across every industry. With the emergence of innovations such as artificial intelligence (AI), augmented reality (AR) and the Internet of Things (IoT), the way we interact with the world around us will soon never be the same again. We are moving forward constantly by driving efficiency and looking for […]
By Martin Bonney Since the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into effect, there has been a significant uptick in the number of data subject access requests (DSARs) Due to recent regulatory changes, along with steep fines and shorter deadlines to complete requests, the compliance burden on organisations has to be taken seriously. To effectively navigate […]
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