Hope floats: DWF seeks £75m from expected March IPO Hamish McNicol DWF is planning to raise around £75m in an expected listing on the London Stock Exchange next month. The firm…
Luminance valuation hits $100m as Slaughters stumps up in $10m investment round Thomas Alan UK legal tech leader and Slaughter and May ally Luminance has received further backing from existing investors, propelling the start-up to…
DWF equity partners stump up 60% profit share to fire up planned float Hamish McNicol DWF’s equity partners will be paid 40% of what they used to earn in an anticipated stock exchange listing, although…
Former banking chief Trahair takes the helm of A&O’s consulting and tech arm Nathalie Tidman Andrew Trahair, Allen & Overy’s (A&O) former banking co-head, has been enlisted to head the firm’s Advanced Delivery technology and…
Fieldfisher swims against the current with launch of stand-alone alternative investments law firm Tom Baker Never a firm to rest on its laurels, fast-paced Fieldfisher has taken the unusual step of launching a separate law firm…
Knights talks up selective acquisition policy amid strong first-half financials Hamish McNicol The chief executive of Knights says its listing last June has instilled market confidence in its ability to deliver an ambitious…
New year brings major New Law consolidation as Elevate acquires Halebury Thomas Alan US-based New Law darling Elevate has continued its acquisitive form with the purchase of UK-based flexible lawyer firm Halebury, creating…
Pre-float DWF hires GC as another litigation funder lists and Burford secures $1.6bn Hamish McNicol DWF has appointed a group general counsel (GC) ahead of its touted London Stock Exchange (LSE) listing early next year. Litigation…
A&O opening Fuse tech lab for third round as it partners on £1.2m AI legal services project Thomas Alan Allen & Overy (A&O) will open its technology incubator space Fuse to a third group of companies from early next year,…
‘Not just a generic consultancy’: BCLP launches in-house innovation and technology arm Thomas Alan Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (BCLP) has continued its spate of innovation launches, combining parts of its transatlantic innovation teams to create…
Linklaters finishes tech jigsaw with hire of Ashurst’s global IT head Thomas Alan Linklaters has bolstered its technology clout with the hire of Ashurst’s well-regarded head of global IT, Bruna Pellicci. Pellicci becomes the…
The technology debate: Ctrl+Alt+Delete Alex Novarese With alternative legal services arms at Global 100 law firms in full swing, and innovation and technology experts striving to…
Mixing it with the big boys: Law tech upstarts approach adolescence following cash influx Thomas Alan The future is hard to predict in the combustible world of law tech start-ups. But recent big funding rounds for…
Law tech special: Let there be light Legal Business LB’s autumn law tech special assesses the tools and the talent at the City’s largest law firms
Law firm tech: Turning the lights on Marco Cillario What do the individuals responsible for putting together the tech behind Lady Gaga’s concerts, a creative executive of ER and…
Law firm tech: Tech trumps Legal Business Allen & Overy Most senior IT/tech professional: Andrew Brammer, IT and shared services director, reporting to managing partner Andrew Ballheimer…
Disputes tech: A rich market for e-discovery but predictive tools face data hurdle Tom Baker It is hard to overstate the rise in disputes-focused technology in recent years – a trend underwritten by the…
CISOs, clouds and response plans: cyber security in the post-DLA era Marco Cillario While quick to trumpet their tech capabilities, law firms are coy when it comes to cyber security policies. Making…
Legal technology sponsored briefing: Legal IT – standing still is not an option Guest Blog Legal IT is going through a period of unprecedented change and CIOs need to be leading from the front.…
Legal technology sponsored briefing: Successful law firms in the digital age Guest Blog Derek Southall of The Intuity Alliance/Hyperscale Group assesses how successful law firms are adapting to the new digital reality…
