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…
DetailsUnlike 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…
DetailsRecently, 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,…
DetailsDoes 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…
DetailsI 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…
DetailsLiontrust 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…
DetailsDelays 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…
DetailsIt’s the time of year for many to pause and reflect on the year we’ve had and begin to set our goals for the coming year. I believe in having big dreams, but I also believe in setting smart and achievable goals to get there. It helps to make that big dream a manageable reality…
DetailsOur client, a large UK supermarket chain, had seen success in the past using HighQ for their HR & Legal teams. As part of a push to modernise their construction processes, our client saw an opportunity to use HighQ for a non-legal use case and approached SYKE to help them achieve their goals. DESIGNING A UNIQUE, NON-LEGAL,…
DetailsIf you’ve got extra budget you need to use up before the end of the year, it might be tempting to spend it on something short-lived and flashy. Instead, put it towards something now that you and your team will benefit from in the long-term – whether to get a head-start on planning, to free…
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