ALM’s Legal Innovation & Technology Awards took place in London yesterday (23 May), with Addleshaw Goddard and DLA Piper the big winners of the day, both taking home three awards.
Hosted by British comedian Stephen Bailey, who did a great job of amusing the lunchtime crowd and presenting the awards, the ceremony celebrated the work of lawyers working in tandem with business services functions such as marketing, business development, finance, IT, project management, operations, PR and recruitment.
The winner of the disruptive technology of the year award was no-code, AI enabled document automation provider Gavel. Excellence in litigation and data science was won by litigation analytics platform Solomonic. The product of the year went to contract review and drafting provider Henchman. And product of the year – AI was won by contract lifecycle management vendor ContractPodAi.
DLA’s three awards were Outstanding Training Innovation at a private practice, Excellence in Litigation Technology, and Future of Legal Services Innovation at a large private practice.
Addleshaw Goddard’s were for Outstanding Marketing, PR and Comms Innovation at a private practice, Innovation in Diversity at a private practice, and the Innovation Trailblazer Award jointly with Michael Kennedy.
You can see all of the other winners below.
Legal IT Insider was a media partner and editor Caroline Hill attended the ceremony and presented an award for Future of Legal Services Innovation for Small-Sized Private Practice, won by Walker Morris, and Future of Legal Services Innovation – In-House Legal Operations, won by Hewlett Packard.
Congratulations to all those nominated as well as the winners.
Private Practice
Client Management Innovation
Baker McKenzie
CSR Innovation
Ashurst
Disruptive Technology of the Year
PwC Legal
Excellence in Human Resource Innovation
Dentons
Future of Legal Services Innovation – Alternative Legal Service Provider
Radiant Law
Future of Legal Services Innovation – Large Private Practice
DLA Piper
Future of Legal Services Innovation – Mid-Sized Private Practice
A&L Goodbody
Future of Legal Services Innovation – Small-Sized Private Practice
Walker Morris
Innovation in Diversity
Addleshaw Goddard
International Law Firm Innovation
Ashurst
Knowledge Management Innovation
Squire Patton Boggs
Outstanding Marketing, PR & Comms Innovation
Addleshaw Goddard
Outstanding Training Innovation
DLA Piper
Pioneering Business Development Innovation
Slaughter & May
In-house Awards
Best Transformation Project by an In-House Team
Vodafone
Future of Legal Services Innovation – In-House Legal Operations
Hewlett Packard
Awards open to all
AI Innovation
ELTEMATE – A Hogan Lovells Legal Tech Brand
Excellence in Litigation Technology
DLA Piper
Innovation in ESG
Hogan Lovells
Innovation Trailblazer Award
Michael Kennedy, Addleshaw Goddard
Lifetime Contributor to Innovation
Semen Khanin, Amber Law Company
Outstanding Collaboration
iManage