HSBC is one of the most complex matrix organisations globally, it is many different businesses rolled into one and inherent in that is, of course, there is no one-size-fits-all solution. There are different legacy systems being used for different processes. Over recent months, SYKE has managed the bank’s HighQ implementation, including end-to-end design and configuration…
This episode I caught up with Sheila Gormley Co-founder and Exec VP Legal Division at Repstor. Repstor says it transforms and simplifies Microsoft 365 Information Management, and specialises in optimising Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Teams productivity and information control for businesses worldwide. It aims to harness the investment companies have already made in these platforms,…
SYKE is delighted to announce the appointment of Thomas Mellor to the role of programme delivery director. He joins SYKE from Yoti Sign, an eSigning business, where he led e-signature adoption across multiple enterprise clients. Thomas said: “I’m excited to join SYKE at the apex of accelerating legal tech adoption. For the last few years, legal tech has been interesting but it is now getting to the…
Springer Nature has been on a fascinating legal tech journey over the past 12 months. A relatively small team of four lawyers are now able to focus on doing high-value work, as business users self-serve 95% of contracts. There’ve been huge savings in time, the equivalent of 50 days saved in the first half of…
Life as a busy general counsel is stressful enough without the added dread of not having everything you need at the touch of a button. We’ve all been there. A crisis strikes, the executive board demands to know what the impact is, where the problems are, how big the risk is, and what mitigating action…
In this episode I speak to Don Keller, CEO and founder at Joinder. Don is a partner in the Silicon Valley office of Orrick, and a member of the Technology Companies Group. He advises high-growth technology companies, public companies, venture capital firms and investment banks. He has advised clients on more than 60 public offerings,…
In this episode, I catch up with Horace Wu, Managing Director at Syntheia. Syntheia’s mission is to make life easy for lawyers and to help them do their best work. In practice, that means Syntheia has designed its software to fit existing workflows. Horace and his team talk to law firms, understand: how are they…
In this episode, I interview Matt Peacock from OMC Partners. Matt specialises in improving legal operations, and has designed legal strategies and implemented a range of legal delivery models, leveraging his deep experience in legal process redesign, resourcing technology, risk management, and project management. Matt explains the “eye-opening” value doing an MBA has brought to…
In this episode I speak to Roman Koch from Bridgestone who is helping lead a global legal tech programme for the company. His initial local idea quickly became a global project with regions including the US, Japan, Singapore, Brazil as well as his own in Europe. He is currently focused on contract review software and…
Casey Kuhlman is the CEO of Monax, a leader in digital legal infrastructure. A respected blockchain-native Software-as-a-Service company, Monax builds decentralised systems and growing ecosystem applications. They describe themselves as dog-lovers and do-gooders, ex-marines and mindfulness-advocates, photographers and music-lovers, artists and craftsmen, gamers and cooks, athletes and tinkerers. “We are some of the brightest minds in the…