Sentences with phrase «legal tech deal»

Following a rash of US private equity legal tech deals at the end of 2017 we kick off 2018 with a UK private equity exclusive, with UK - based lower mid-market investor Tenzing Private Equity shortly to announce its investment in Converge Technology Specialists (Converge TS).

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«Although the tech industry as a whole does a great deal to promote diversity and inclusion my publicly traded company says it does (for appearance / legal reasons) but clearly does not.

As the last witness for the defense in the Justice Department's legal battle against AT&T's $ 85.4 billion deal to buy Time Warner, Mr. Stephenson portrayed the 140 - year - old phone giant as being in an existential crisis and in need of the deal with Time Warner to compete against tech companies.

The question is do legal tech start - ups want to risk dealing with future regulatory issues down the road?

It's been another busy news week and here's our digest of all the latest legal tech wins, deals, partnerships, hires, tech consultancies you need to know about to stay ahead.

With Legal Tech New York (LTNY) kicking off tomorrow (2 February) there have already been a flurry of product launches and upgrades announced over the past few days as the latest wins and deals of 2016 also flood in.

The January issue of the Legal IT Insider newsletter is out now, top stories include... Dealroom & extranet specialist HighQ receives $ 50 million in private equity funding — Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley among the investors + Intapp acquires Rekoop and now has 70 % of UK law firm time capture market + New Heads of IT at Macfarlanes — Andrew Powell headhunted from Nabarro as Maurice Millen retires + Edie Dillion promoted to global CIO at Norton Rose Fulbright + Ediscovery — the race is on to consolidate as deals spur «feeding frenzy» among Silicon Valley investors & scrabble by vendors not to be left behind + Zoopla GC Ned Staple Talks Tech: law firms need better time & billing software — real - time billing portals would be helpful

Austrias first Future - Law Conference is dealing with the future impact of Legal Tech on state institutions, law firms, the state sector and inhouse law departments.

It is «a new tech innovation space where tech companies, Allen & Overy lawyers, technologists and their clients will collaborate to explore, develop and test legal, regulatory and deal - related solutions.»

David's second passion is technology, and with an extensive background in the computer and IT industry, David is especially adept at dealing with high - tech legal issues, such as software development and intellectual property.

While it is often assumed that legal AI systems are only for very large law firms doing huge deals and with equally huge financial and tech resources, the reality is very different.

While over a billion has been placed in legal tech startups, the pace of that investment in terms of deal and dollar volume has stalled.

But while seed - stage investments show promise, it's no guarantee that legal tech startups will rebound in terms of deal and dollar volume as a whole.

Already, LegalX has helped develop such legal tech standouts as Beagle (which helps to automate contract analysis) and Closing Folders (which helps M&A lawyers close deals).

More legal tech financing deals — 67 — were closed last year than ever before with a record 27 in the final quarter.

With over 20 years of experience working in the legal technology sector — which has involved dealing with many of the worlds most recognised legal and professional services firms — Andrea has an unrivalled understanding and an in depth knowledge of the of the legal tech landscape.

While it's a way of working that has been used for years in other fast - moving industries such as tech, she says it's a very different thing to have a legal team operating in this environment that deals primarily with the needs of getting financial products to market.

Barristers tend to be legal «purists» unlike solicitors whose legal expertise is often not as focussed due to a need to also deal with marketing, tech, process, design and delivery.

When the titans of Silicon Valley go to trial, the issues deal as much with tech issues as legal ones.

Cunha went on to say that while blockchain tech offers potential for efficiency, there are too many technical and legal problems to overcome first, one of those being how to deal with issues of finality, which he referred to as the «holy grail» of financial services.