Lawyers on Demand (LOD) has struck a new partnership with a legal tech consultancy, as it seeks to expand its offering in light of increased demand. The flexible resourcing provider has signed a deal that will see it inject an unspecified amount of cash into Syke, a 2016-founded UK legal engineering firm that has accumulated […]
The chief executive officer of Clifford Chance‘s digital products unit Applied Solutions has left the business after three years. Jeroen Plink, the New York-based leader of the firm’s unit, has departed after growing the arm from a concept to a revenue-generating venture. Turnover first reached around £610,934 last year, matching an aim revealed by The Lawyer when the […]
BCLP’s NewLaw arm Cubed has introduced a new client-focused role to boost expansion in the EMEA region, following new ambitions for the development of the business driven by positive financials. Cubed has brought in a head of account management for EMEA in the form of Kirsty Dougan, who was previously head of Asia-Pacific for Vario, […]
Linklaters‘ in-house tech startup Nakhoda is launching its first new platform, five months after an overhaul of its innovation function. The firm’ venture is debuting a new contract automation platform, CreateiQ, that speeds up and the drafting of new contracts and transform each document into a bank of data that client companies can tap in […]
Legal operations guru Maria Passemard has left Lawyers on Demand (LOD) to join the burgeoning consulting arm of EY Law. Passemard has left her role at the flexible lawyer service after one year to become a senior manager at EY. She joined LOD last March as its first UK director of innovation and design, working […]
Two former Linklaters and Simmons & Simmons lawyers, who recently launched their second venture after the $10m sale of their first business, are looking to bolster their headcount with a new programme aimed at turning lawyers into startup gurus. The Lawyer reported last September that Stephen Scanlan, formerly a supervising associate at Simmons & Simmons, and Travis […]
A team of lawyers and technologists from Ashurst’s NewLaw arm is set to take on teaching duties as part of a module launched by the firm with the University of Stirling in Scotland. The firm is working with the university on a strategic partnership aimed at cultivating talent that will be able to populate the […]
Allen & Overy wants to increase collaboration between its lawyers and participants of incubator Fuse, while also expecting to run a “hybrid model” of working once a new cohort of start-ups are chosen. The incubator of the magic circle firm is set to start taking applications for its fifth cohort, with both emerging and established […]
Fieldfisher is ramping up its foray into the litigation funding market with a new platform to speed up one of the most time-consuming phases of the claim process. The firm has developed a platform that assess new commercial claims to establish whether the litigants are eligibile for funding. The platform, developed on artificial intelligence technology […]
Linklaters is looking for a new director of legal operations, just over a year since the firm also lost its chief operating officer to a magic circle rival. The firm’s legal operations director Stewart Chippindale has left after a 20-year career at the firm. He became the first director of legal operations in 2019 and […]
The leaders of Deloitte Legal’s new management consulting arm are eyeing post-pandemic changes in the in-house world as a new source of business. The new offering is being spearheaded by newly-hired leader Jack Diggle from NewLaw provider Elevate, who joined the accountancy firm in September alongside contract management expert Craig Conte and legal management consultant […]
Technology has moved up the agenda in board rooms, with innovators now held in higher regard than before the crisis
Julie Murphy-O’Connor, co-head of the commercial litigation group at Matheson, shares how the firm has invested in people, processes and technology to provide customised digital services and solutions for clients. What has been your experience in implementing a digital strategy in a longstanding traditional law firm? Matheson has a long tradition of innovation. In 1980, […]
Matheson’s head of digital services Tom Connor shares his insights into working as part of the senior management team to design, execute and lead the evolving digital transformation strategy at Ireland’s largest law firm. The events of the past year have significantly altered the way in which many people and businesses think about how […]
Shoosmiths‘ chief operating officer and board member is to leave the business after little more than a year in the newly-created position. Ben Bennett was hired in late 2019 as the firm’s first COO. Reporting to chief executive officer Simon Boss, he came in to support strategic growth and drive operational improvements. As part of […]
PwC legal head Ed Stacey is to stand down from his role, handing over the reins to partner Teresa Owusu-Adjei. As UK head of legal, Owusu-Adjei will lead 400 lawyers and other legal professionals. She has been with the accountancy firm since 1995, and a financial services partner since 2008 Stacey was appointed head of […]
Clifford Chance has recruited a new chief people officer, while also appointing a global partner for talent from its City employment team. Grant Eldred joins as chief people officer, having worked as global head of HR transformation at Goldman Sachs. He starts at Clifford Chance in April, with the remit of implementing a new strategy and […]
Allen & Overy has hired its new global chief marketing and communications officer from Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer. Lucy Murphy joins the firm in July after over a decade at Freshfields. At A&O, she replaces Richard Grove, who is retiring from the firm after nearly 14 years. The new role means Murphy will have now held […]
Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas is paving the way for start-ups in Delhi
As the pandemic took hold, the firm’s graduate recruitment team was forced to devise a creative online solution, boiling down two weeks of learning into one
Complex document review systems and virtual law firm structures helped bring a mammoth case to a successful conclusion
Across the UK’s legal industry, junior candidates are being put through their paces in a virtual environment as Covid-19 enforces a move away from a day of face-to-face interviews and office tasks.
An in-house solution to managing contracts with artificial intelligence came about after third-party software laid the foundations
REVEL captures years of knowledge and masses of information to simplify everyday tasks for lawyers
Legal firm Newtons has followed up earlier success with Dragon products, and finds the latest Dragon Professional Anywhere the best yet, saving time and boosting efficiency in a busy, multi-site environment.
Alex Hafez and Jennifer Roberts show how Storybuilder streamlines litigation preparation and sets the stage for critical internal and external collaboration in this on-demand webinar.
As the market leader in our industry, we thought it would be helpful to provide a complete guide to telephone answering services, giving you all the key information about how outsourcing works and answer our frequently asked questions.
In this article, Andrea Cardillo, Managing Partner TPC Leadership Italy, explains the need to understand and develop Emotional Intelligence (EQ) to help manage our relationships in a digital age.
Throughout the lifecycle management of a client, a great deal of correspondence and documentation is produced. This briefing explains how a speech-to-text document production process can transform client responsiveness and help the firm win more business.
Businesses operating Freeports will benefit from more generous tax reliefs, customs benefits and wider government support, bringing investment, trade and jobs, but what exactly are the advantages businesses can expect to gain from operating in a Freeport?
Rishi Sunak has announced the much-awaited budget for 2021 hailing protection for the “jobs and livelihoods of the British people”. Outlined below are the key elements impacting employers and their wider workforce.
The time is right for legal professionals to revisit their use of cloud based speech recognition solutions, to ensure they are using the most productive, cost-efficient, services.
Chancellor Rishi Sunak today set out plans for the future in the 2021 Budget – here, legal experts at Shoosmiths offer their views on these announcements.
Until the UK’s departure from the European Union and its customs union, United Kingdom trade remedy policy was determined at a European level by the European Commission, applying various European Union regulations. Following the end of the post-Brexit transition period, the United Kingdom now conducts its own independent trade remedy policy.
Client experience makes a huge difference to the way your firm is perceived and, in turn, how successful it will be.
The Budget was most notable for its restraint, and for the widely-predicted tax-raising measures which were not, in the end, included. James Austen in our Private Wealth team comments.
As the impact of COVID-19 continues to affect us all, the UK government’s continued restrictions on travel means further challenges for UK business.
The world is changing. At lightning-fast speed. This white paper, prepared as part of The Lawyer’s Smarter Working Week, looks at the main drivers for change in more detail and how you can prepare for ‘change3’.
The problem of confirming identity without face-to-face meetings during the COVID-19 pandemic has brought digital systems for the verification of identity (“Digital ID”) into focus, and may well accelerate the transition from paper based to digital systems as the default means of verifying identity. The Guernsey Financial Services Commission (“GFSC”) and Jersey Financial Services Commission […]
COVID-19 and the associated social distancing and other public health measures have had far-reaching practical consequences for court hearings. From the outset of the pandemic, the courts adapted quickly by introducing full remote hearings – initially for appeal hearings that did not require witnesses to give evidence, but also more recently for hearings involving witnesses. […]