At SYKE we’re pleased to celebrate International Women’s Day in 2022 and help to #breakthebias. Both legal and tech have been historically male-dominated industries; we welcome the fact that this is rapidly changing. We’re also proud to not just talk the talk, but walk the walk too, with women making up 48% of our global…
Anna Lolua is Director of Legal Innovation 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 worked…
Cinthia is a Legal Engineer in the TR team and she works with clients on HighQ and Contract Express. She demonstrates these technologies to clients in the US and shows them how the tech can improve efficiency and bring more effective results to a company´s work. Cinthia is based in Mexico City, Mexico. Tell us…
Emma is a Senior Legal Designer – her background as a lawyer helps her to understand the issues clients are facing because she’s probably faced them all herself! She helps clients understand where the problem is that needs fixing if they can’t see it clearly from within the mire and articulate the problem they want…
Hidayah is a Junior Legal Engineer in the DocuSign team and her role revolves around data automation, reviewing legal processes to ensure that the right legal tech solution is implemented, using a wide range of legal tech products — including AI and contract lifecycle management platforms and chat bots — to provide solutions to clients’…
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…
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…
SYKE is pleased to announce the appointment of Bob Storey to the role of Senior Director – Legal Technology. As part of the Leadership Team, he will provide commercial input and oversight across SYKE’s practice areas and help to develop new partnerships, markets and initiatives. Lewis Bretts, COO & Chief Legal Officer, stated “Bob is…