What is innovation? Where can firms focus their attention to simplify processes or create future revenue? No one has a crystal ball, but firms are beginning to evaluate industry challenges and focus on ways to resolve these through innovation and collaboration.
About the Speakers:
Laura Bygrave, Innovation and Ventures Lead, Deloitte Legal
Laura leads innovation and venturing for Deloitte Legal. In her innovation capacity, she works closely with Deloitte Legal’s teams to identify opportunities to creatively solve client’s problems using emerging technology. In her venturing capacity, she partners, invests or acquires start-ups to accelerate the launch of new products and services for internal or client use. Her background is a blend of legal, technology and change consulting within law firms and two of the big 4.
Chris Grant, LawTech Director, Barclays Ventures
Chris is Law Tech Director in Barclays Ventures. He is focussed on expanding the LawTech Ecosystem across the UK and internationally and leads on developing the LawTech innovation strategy for Barclays Ventures and across the network of Eagle Labs, with a focus on the first dedicated LawTech Lab in Notting Hill, London. Chris works with Law Firms, Law Tech Start-ups, Barclays’ own in-house Legal Function and many other leaders in the industry including government, law companies and alternative service providers as well as the Law Society.