Prestige meets hustle – Slaughters sends jolt through start-up community with launch of tech incubator Thomas Alan For years Slaughters epitomised City conservativism but, reports Thomas Alan, marquee clients and a clear structure mean its new law…
Can law tech’s big beasts Lexis and Thomson stay on top in a changing industry? Thomas Alan So ubiquitous have two companies become in legal tech circles that they are rarely discussed directly, just accepted as facts…
Law Tech Special: Fake rugs and drill bits – Incopro eyes brand protection dominance Hamish McNicol Seven years after Wiggin set up IP technology company Incopro, it has raised $21m and expanded to protect more than…
Law Tech Special: The final throes of the Wild West? Contract management bids to move into the mainstream Hamish McNicol Companies with thousands of contracts want to not only store them, but manage and learn from them too. It is…
Legal technology sponsored briefing: Going paperless – how to do it and what you will gain Guest Blog DeeDee Kato of Foxit Software details the benefits of going digital and how firms can do so efficiently Paperless initiatives…
Legal technology sponsored briefing: Spear phishing – Carefully targeted, extremely damaging and fast increasing Guest Blog Muthmainur Rahman on the increasing threat of sophisticated, personalised phishing It is a depressingly familiar experience – a message pops…
Legal technology sponsored briefing: GDPR contract amendment and remediation Guest Blog Simplify, automate and expedite contract amendment and remediation (repapering) The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) became effective on 25 May…
Legal technology sponsored briefing: Tracing crime on the Dark Web Guest Blog Muthmainur Rahman on the dangers posed by the Dark Web and what firms must do to protect their data and…
Legal technology sponsored briefing: The Network Effect – How the AI-powered legal profession is gathering pace Guest Blog Luminance’s Emily Foges on the advance of legal tech In 2019, relationships between different legal service providers are a driving…
Flexi lawyering on the up as Linklaters launches Peerpoint-style platform and LOD makes Australasian acquisition Marco Cillario Linklaters has become the latest firm to venture into the ever busier flexible lawyering market after hiring the former director…
Collaboration all the rage as Slaughters reveals first incubator cohort and Deloitte and Burges Salmon forge tech partnerships Thomas Alan Slaughter and May has today (29 April) announced its debut cohort of fledgling technology start-ups to enter its legal tech…
Sponsored briefing: Tracing assets – what you need to know Guest Blog K2 Intelligence’s Darren Matthews on what successful asset search and recovery looks like Understanding the form, value and recoverability of…
Sponsored briefing: The rise of the law firm IPO Guest Blog An oft-cited phrase from partners of law firms is that ‘the partners are the guardians of the firm for the…
EY makes further inroads into the legal sector after acquiring Thomson Reuters’ LPO arm Thomas Alan Less than a year after it acquired Riverview Law, EY has maintained its acquisitive form by agreeing to buy the…
No Kira in latest Fuse cohort as A&O announces new start-ups set to join incubator Thomas Alan Leading AI platform Kira Systems will not feature in the latest cohort of tech companies in Allen & Overy (A&O)’s …
DWF becomes UK’s largest listed law firm as it completes £95m IPO Tom Baker After announcing its record £95m IPO on Monday (11 March), DWF has today (15 March) issued 300,000,000 shares and been…
DWF valued at £366m ahead of £95m IPO this week Hamish McNicol DWF will be valued at about £366m when it lists on the main market of the London Stock Exchange this…
Magic Circle leads tech foray as Slaughters unveils tech incubator and Linklaters and A&O back Nivaura in $20m funding round Thomas Alan Slaughter and May has announced today (27 February) its much-anticipated legal tech incubator, Slaughter and May Collaborate, with the firm primed…
New Law champion Axiom announces IPO plans in trailblazing move for global legal market Hamish McNicol New Law pioneer Axiom is to make good on long-mooted plans to float in a potential milestone for the alternative…
