DLA Piper managing partner Simon Levine is embarking on phase 2 of his “radical change” strategy; a wide-ranging initiative to ensure the firm is prepared to broaden its services and face the growing competition of the accountancy firms. The efforts are part of a strategy informally dubbed “radical change” and disclosed to The Lawyer last February. […]
Over 1,500 hours has been recorded by Gowling WLG fee-earners on innovation projects under a scheme launched last year, as firms increasingly give the opportunity to allocate chargeable hours to NewLaw initiatives. More than 150 fee-earners in the firm’s UK offices, representing around 25 per cent of its headcount, have put in over 200 hours […]
Clifford Chance has adopted one of the platforms acquired by provider Elevate over the past year to support scientists working in the firm’s legal tech hub. The firm has chosen LexPredict’s Contraxsuite, an open-source contract analytics and legal document platform which last November was acquired by provider Elevate. The tool will be used by around 10 members […]
As an incubator for legal tech and research, DWF Ventures has creativity at its core and with Jonathan Patterson as its leader, looks set to be a true sector disruptor
Hogan Lovells has struck a partnership with the same alternative managed services provider targeted by Ashurst for a recent collaboration, as firms increasingly attract external players to boost their capabilities under the pressure of client demands. The firm will be collaborating with provider Cognia Law to extend the reach of its Birmingham-based delivery centre in a […]
Deloitte Legal is to bring in Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner’s (BCLP) legal operations director as its first chief technology officer, as the Big Four increasingly target private practice to fill their legal teams. The Lawyer understands Bruce Braude is joining Deloitte Legal, having spent a little more than a year at merged firm BCLP as director […]
DWF Ventures managing director Jonathan Patterson talks to The Lawyer about equipping graduates with the right skills and finding talent outside of the legal industry, ahead of his session at the Business Leadership Summit on the 25th September. Is the education that graduates are receiving equipping them for the profession in practice? No, not completely. […]
Norton Rose Fulbright is debuting a new legal operations consulting practice headed by Barclays’ Stéphanie Hamon, adding to a growing line-up of units launched by the firm over the past few months. Starting from August, Stéphanie Hamon, a former director and head of external engagement at the bank, will be tasked with advising in-house teams […]
After a raft of partner defections, Taylor Wessing is about to lose one its innovation leads to Deloitte Legal.
The inaugural The Lawyer Marketing Leadership Summit, held on a sparkling June day at the Runnymede on Thames Hotel and Spa, gathered together more than 70 of the leading minds in marketing and business development (BD) across the legal services industry to future gaze and network. The event brought together some of the most perceptive, […]
Exigent is launching what it describes as “the first evergreen fund specialising in early-stage investments in legal and data technology” as the alternative legal services provider continues to branch out from its LPO roots. The fund, Bright Minds Capital Partners, is focusing in particular on AI, blockchain and big data management applications. Exigent is the […]
DAC Beachcroft is rebooting its innovation strategy with a new team and a slate of investments to support the work of fee-earners through technology and project management. Andrew Keith, chief operations officer at the firm, has gathered a collective of 13 project managers who will be combining efforts to pick the best ideas across practices […]
With a big-ticket office move potentially on the horizon, Baker McKenzie was keen to trial new ways of working
Norton Rose Fulbright has coupled a Japanese agile-working framework with automation software to dramatically cut document production time
A&O now has an all-encompassing alumni network, including staff past and present. Why did it feel this was an investment which would reap dividends in the years ahead?
In 2016, Balfour Beatty’s legal department embarked on one of the largest compliance programmes of its kind. How did the team embed the company’s values and processes into such a large workforce?
Bakers claims its app is unique in the legal market and the effort goes on to add bespoke functions for clients
Slaughter and May’s solution to the challenge of increasingly complex cases involving millions of documents and seemingly endless email trails: Tiki-Toki
By Marcus Hinkley Over the past few years, the locked box pricing mechanism has been popular in European M&A deals, and is now making its way over to the US and Canada. Locked boxes have been revolutionary in private equity deals in particular, allowing management to focus on running the newly acquired business and begin […]
The Neota’s global roundtables series provides a community for in-house lawyers to come together, network and share insights with their peers. This event was held in London and we were joined by in-house legal professionals from Nokia, Smiths Group, Deloitte, EY, Royal London Group, and many more. Here are some of the key take-aways from […]
By Imogen Jones The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) in a collaboration with The Alan Turing Institute (The Turing) has created Project ExplAInto which aims to create practical guidance to assist organisations with explaining artificial intelligence (AI) decisions to the individuals affected. The ICO and The Turing conducted public research to gather information about the views […]
Harrisons Solicitors formerly used Advanced’s Legal Office practice management solution before upgrading to ALB in November 2015. The new system has given us much greater integration while generating significant time savings and improving the way that staff manage and use their time. In addition the automated Workflow and OverVu analytics modules have further enhanced efficiency […]
