WOMEN IN TECH | CARLY VAN-EETVELT

Carly Van-Eetvelt is People and Operations Director at LOD and left law to join at its inception 12 years ago. She has undertaken various roles in growing the business, her latest focus is on transforming digital operations – a two-year global change programme overhauling all processes and technologies used by LOD employees, lawyers and clients.…

SYKE APPOINTS MAXIMILIAN HENKENSIEFKEN AS HEAD OF DACH

SYKE is pleased to announce the appointment of Maximilian Henkensiefken as Head of DACH. He will act as the lead for projects in the region alongside continuing to develop and implement solutions for all our customers. Max joins SYKE from Amadeus IT Group S.A., where he started a Legal Technologies revolution in 2018. At Amadeus,…

SYKE APPOINTS TYSON BALLARD AS HEAD OF CONSULTING

SYKE is delighted to announce the appointment of Tyson Ballard as Head of Consulting. He will be leading a high calibre team of expert consultants including Sarah Barratt-Vane, Vicky Lockie, Wayne Roberts, Emma Sharpe, Joanne Chuang and Alyssa Kokilah also joins him from Cognia. “I am SYKE’D to lead and expand the thriving Consulting practice!…

THE FACES OF LEGAL OPS AND TECH

Two legal ops & tech specialists from LOD & SYKE talk about their experiences in the industry and their day-to-day work inside our partnership. Those who work in legal ops & tech won’t deny that it takes a few sentences to explain what they do. But that’s the beauty of it – it’s not straightforward…

WOMEN IN TECH | ANNA LOLUA

Anna Lolua is Head of Innovation and Design at SYKE. Anna is one of the world’s leading experts on HighQ and Contract Express, advising legal teams and law firms on how to procure and implement legal technology. Having faced opposition to change and modernisation through her early career both in legal consulting and in-house, Anna…

SPRINGER NATURE | CONTRACT EXPRESS

Rachel Jacobs is Group General Counsel for Springer Nature, a leading academic and educational publisher serving researchers, students, teachers and professionals around the world. Rachel is passionate about education and research, having studied Environmental Sciences at undergraduate and worked as a teacher in Nepal before becoming a corporate lawyer and moving in-house in the publishing…

BAYER SWITZERLAND | DOCUSIGN CLM

Bayer is a global enterprise with core competencies in the Life Science fields of healthcare and agriculture. In Switzerland, Bayer has around 1,600 employees from more than 60 nations. The Swiss HR Operations team is responsible for Employment Contracts, Change of Contracts, Promotion Letters and additional HR documents which are requested by the HR Business…

SYKE & LOD | THE PERFECT PAIRING

Our collaboration was set up to help in-house teams with digital transformation and to rethink their legal operating models. Underpinning this is a shared approach and way of thinking – so you’ll always be able to make the most of our combined strength.   1. By lawyers, for lawyers Our people think like lawyers but…

INTERVIEW WITH CHRISTOPHE FREREBEAU, CO-FOUNDER & CEO OF DELLA

In our latest podcast, Dom talks to Christophe Frèrebeau, the co-founder and CEO of Della, a European tech company based in Paris and London whose mission is to democratise the use of AI. Della’s typical customers are legal departments who want more consistency in the way they manage their contracts, particularly as teams increasingly work…

HEARING THROUGH THE LEGAL TECH NOISE

We regularly speak to in-house GCs who see the benefits of adopting new technology, but they simply can’t get off the starting blocks. They’re faced with a myriad of confusing and often competing choices – the Legal Tech noise can be deafening.   To help you find your way we, along with our new Legal Operations partner LOD, have explored some of the most…