I spoke with Rob Millard, the Director of Cambridge Strategy Group, who advises law firms and similar businesses. We discussed his research focused on the drivers of success across 73 large US and UK law firm mergers that took place between 2002 and 2017, how to measure the success of law firm mergers, and lessons for growth-oriented law firm leaders.
I spoke with Gary Sangha, the founder and CEO of LexCheck, a leading AI-powered contract acceleration and intelligence platform. We discussed the increasing importance of contract intelligence, the company’s release of Copilot, how it leverages generative AI, the value of integrating with Microsoft Word, and how lawyers and businesses will continue to transform the way they manage contracts.
I spoke with Scott Reib, an attorney for business owners, entrepreneurs, coaches, and providers of professional services. We discussed the firm’s Access legal services subscription, the difference between legal advice and legal coaching, how lawyers can support the success of a client’s business, and how the pandemic impacted the way that businesses approach transactions remotely.
I spoke with Jim Wagner the founder and managing principal of Lean Law Labs, an incubation lab for legal innovation, and the managing director of Lean Law Ventures, which invests in dynamic legal technology applications. We discussed the trends in the legal sector that are fueling initiatives like Lean Law Labs, the challenges associated with driving change in legal, and the businesses in legal that are most attractive to investors.
I spoke with Ray Biederman, a partner with Mattingly Burke Cohen & Biederman in Indianapolis, the co-founder and CEO of Proteus Discovery Group, and the president of DiscoveryMaster. We discussed whether attorneys with large firm backgrounds should take the leap and start their own firms, the trend of attorneys and law firms to develop related businesses, and the most common misconceptions or frustrations about e-discovery.
I spoke with Sebastian Hartmann, the Global Head of Technology Strategy at KPMG in Frankfurt, Germany. We discussed his role at KPMG, how law firm and corporate leaders can scale and grow their businesses in the current environment, ways that technology is challenging the business model of traditional professional services firms, and how professional services firms are evolving.
I spoke with Chris Wong, the CEO of LifeSite, which offers a secure digital storage solution for families and businesses interested in protecting their valuable records.
We discussed the genesis of LifeSite, the types of information users are storing, organizing and sharing, and how tools like LifeSite reflect the evolving nature of professional services.