INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY 2022

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 | DIRECTOR OF LEGAL INNOVATION

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 CARMINA NAZARIO MARTIN | LEGAL ENGINEER

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 SHARPE | SENIOR LEGAL DESIGNER

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 IWANI KAMAL | JUNIOR LEGAL ENGINEER

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’…

MITIGATING CONTRACT RISK | ALISTAIR MAIDEN

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…

RESOURCING YOUR TECH PROJECT | MARIJKE ARMSTRONG, LOD

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…