Allen & Overy (A&O) has established a formal partnership with artificial intelligence platform Harvey. Under the deal, it is anticipated that Harvey will help the firm’s lawyers generate and access legal content for day-to-day client work. Harvey initially received seed funding from the OpenAI Startup Fund, which was founded by a team of former lawyers, […]
It seems as though everyone I meet at the moment is talking about the new wave of AI which is coming our way. From content creators to software developers, artists to lawyers, the prospect of being replaced by a bot has injected some ‘heightened interest’. Just two months ago, I was giving much time to […]
Gowling WLG has created an innovation and legal tech seat for trainees across its UK offices, The Lawyer has learnt. The optional programme sees trainees split their six-month seat between the firm’s innovation team and on secondment to Avail – an artificial intelligence (AI) start-up with a focus on transactional real estate teams, with which […]
Mobile infrastructure company Cornerstone tasked Osborne Clarke (OC) to create a bespoke system to support their business with managing and reporting on legal instructions. The firm had senior sponsorship of the project from both sides, with head of legal and compliance Phil Warren leading at Cornerstone, and property disputes partner Leona Briggs and property partner […]
LOD delivered an ambitious plan to simplify how the alternative legal service (ALS) discovered, vetted, on-boarded and retained global talent, along with solving the age-old challenge of time-recording. It involved a complete revision the firm’s existing systems and some uncompromising delivery milestones. The goal of the project was to provide a global legal workforce via […]
When DAC Beachcroft’s commercial and household recovery team started to recognise an increasing need for digitised processes among clients, it identified the potential growth opportunities in the volume of recoveries that might be realised with the help of artificial intelligence (AI). Led by partner and head of the firm’s Innovations Lab Pete Allchorne, the team […]
“In early 2021, the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulations (the SFDRs) were looming albeit it with a staggered implementation timetable. To help our financial services clients prepare we wanted to offer a quick, reliable and updated digital advice solution”, recalls Ashurst head of digital experience strategy and transformation Sarah Chambers. Chambers combines a background as a […]
The Schrems II decision was a key ruling by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), which declared that Privacy Shield, the EU-US personal data transfer mechanism, was no longer lawful. The decision had significant impacts on EU-US data transfers and many organisations had to act speedily to update their programs to rely […]
DAC Beachcroft (DACB) was aware that its insurer clients were constantly striving to find new and innovative ways to improve their customers’ claims journey in the hope that, if a customer had a positive experience, they were more likely to renew with their existing insurer. However, insurers’ customers regularly find it confusing when their insurance […]
Teams across the business came together to solve a brief, which focused on freeing up more time for in-house legal clients.
Despite regulators and competition authorities becoming more sophisticated with their ability to detect and investigate anti-competitive behaviour, DLA Piper legal director Ilan Sherr says historically the firm’s clients had struggled to pinpoint cartel risks within their organisations. Working with Australian partner Simon Uthmeyer and US partner Lisa Tenorio-Kutzkey, Sherr developed and delivered Aiscension, an artificial […]
Chicago-based Baker McKenzie has launched a £100,000 fintech counsel fund. The fund was initiated after the UK’s fintech week which took place 4-8 April. It’s purpose is to provide legal support to three budding fintech companies over the course over six months and is open to all fintech companies based in the UK. The fund […]