Despite ongoing progress in the digitisation of contracts, corporate governance (or lack thereof) is still problematic in 2022. A substantial proportion of a company’s contractual commitments are often entered into without the scrutiny and approval that you would expect, and certainly not in accordance with that company’s own corporate governance rules. Often this frustrating issue…
In this episode, Tyson speaks to Maya Markovich, a start-up advisor, legal tech and justice tech investment advisor, and a legal innovation consultant. Maya works with teams from legal operations, to ALSPs, to law firms, helping them deliver tech enabled services. They discuss Maya’s career journey through the emerging world of legal tech, her morning…
Unlike a lover, which most will claim you don’t need any reason to love – businesses do need a justification to love legal tech, we want it to bring tangible advantages. There are so many benefits legal tech can give, and you will not be able to help but fall in love with it once…
Recently, Mark Reynolds, Associate Director in our Thomson Reuters practice, spoke to Mark Dodd and Alex Fellowes from LOD about the evolving landscape of legal self-service. What it’s all about, how it can help your teams, and the pitfalls to avoid when embarking on a self-serve project. Below are some abridged highlights from that discussion,…
Does this sound familiar? You’ve spent months building a business plan for legal tech investment. You’ve argued your case to your FD and IT director, convincing them that it’s worth investing in a new piece of technology designed specifically for legal which will also benefit your wider business. You’ve met with several suppliers, maybe even…
I have been inspired by Tom Mellor’s post on LinkedIn last week to think about how our team is evolving and how attitudes towards building teams have changed. There has been much hype in recent months about the “Great Resignation”, and although we at SYKE have been impacted less than some of our peers, we’ve…
SYKE is pleased to announce the appointment of Claire McMullin as their first ever Head of People and Talent. Claire is an Industrial Psychologist with a deep working knowledge on delivering innovative people solutions. Claire is based in Cape Town, South Africa. Claire has been delivering People & Talent solutions for over 14 years across…
Liontrust Asset Management plc is a specialist fund management company founded in 1995 and listed on the London Stock Exchange since 1999. Having acquired the Architas UK Investment Business at the end of 2020, Liontrust were in the process of integrating their legal functions and creating a new team which would manage legal services for…
Delays in internal budget sign off can be one of the biggest factors in derailing an otherwise well-planned legal tech project. During my career in sales I’ve often had clients run into the dreaded ‘what is this cost and why should I approve it?’ phone call at the last minute of getting a deal through…
Tyson continues his new podcast series with Ajay Agrawal, CEO & Co-Founder of SirionLabs. They discuss why Ajay has chosen to relocate back to India, his thinking process and how he came to found two highly successful legal start-ups in the last 15 years. Detours include capital funding near-misses, how SirionLabs got its name from…