Movers & Shakers

Movers and Shakers: Big hires and arrivals for Hogan Lovells, Skadden, Harvey, Definely, Luminance & Arbor Law

Movers and Shakers: Big hires and arrivals for Hogan Lovells, Skadden, Harvey, Definely, Luminance & Arbor Law

It’s been a busy month for people moves both at law firms and legal tech vendors, starting with global law firm Hogan Lovells, which announced on 12 January today the
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Exclusive: Paul Orchard joins Norton Rose Fulbright as director of innovation and legal transformation for EMEAPAC

Exclusive: Paul Orchard joins Norton Rose Fulbright as director of innovation and legal transformation for EMEAPAC

Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright (NRF) has hired Paul Orchard as director of innovation and legal transformation for Europe, Middle East and Asia Pacific (EMEAPAC), we can reveal. Orchard
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Microsoft hires raft of Robin AI engineers to bolster its Word team 

Microsoft hires raft of Robin AI engineers to bolster its Word team 

Microsoft has hired multiple former engineers and product specialists from failed legal tech company Robin AI to join its Word team, helping to bolster Word’s AI and other capabilities for legal professionals.  The tech giant’s hires
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Movers and Shakers: Senior female appointments at Harvey, Mishcon, Elite and Menlo Ventures

Movers and Shakers: Senior female appointments at Harvey, Mishcon, Elite and Menlo Ventures

The start of 2026 has brought news of a welcome series of female leadership appointments and promotions in the legal tech arena, including a new chief operating officer at Harvey;
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Rewriting the law firm tech playbook? Tony McKenna on becoming CIO of Lawfront

Rewriting the law firm tech playbook? Tony McKenna on becoming CIO of Lawfront

Lawfront in November announced the appointment of Tony McKenna as its chief information officer – a high-level hire for a now circa £130m revenue UK firm that is already disrupting the law
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Exclusive: Slaughter and May hires Anthony Vigneron as head of innovation 

Exclusive: Slaughter and May hires Anthony Vigneron as head of innovation 

In a major hire for Slaughter and May, the magic circle law firm has appointed Clifford Chance’s respected director of legal technology solutions, Anthony Vigneron, as head of innovation.  Vigneron (pictured below) will join Slaughter and May in
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Farrer & Co appoints new IT director and new head of innovation and AI

Farrer & Co appoints new IT director and new head of innovation and AI

Leading UK law firm Farrer & Co has appointed Rod Fripp from Capsticks as its new IT director and Oliver Jeffcott from Macfarlanes as its head of innovation and AI,
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DAC Beachcroft appoints new CTO and IT director amid raft of C-Suite changes 

DAC Beachcroft appoints new CTO and IT director amid raft of C-Suite changes 

DAC Beachcroft has appointed a new chief technology officer and IT director in the past month, with Mark Clark and Chris Teller taking over those roles respectively. The appointments follow
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iManage specialist Simon Avery to join Tiger Eye as head of client strategy

iManage specialist Simon Avery to join Tiger Eye as head of client strategy

iManage specialist Simon Avery is set to join UK legal technology consultancy Tiger Eye this December, following his departure from Morae Global, we can reveal. At Morae, Avery held a
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Comment: Two decades of transformation – A salesperson’s view

Comment: Two decades of transformation – A salesperson’s view

As The Orange Rag marks its 30th anniversary, industry veteran Paul Martin reflects on the seismic shifts in how technology is sold to large law firms. His white paper, Two
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Exclusive: James Grandage joins Alt-V Law as legal transformation advisor

Exclusive: James Grandage joins Alt-V Law as legal transformation advisor

James Grandage has joined Alt-V Law as legal transformation advisor in the latest significant hire for the UK-headquartered global legal technology consultancy. Grandage has been a self-employed consultant for 18
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The Professional Alternative restructures and appoints MD following two co-founder exits

The Professional Alternative restructures and appoints MD following two co-founder exits

Online learning and development platform The Professional Alternative (TPA) will today (18 September) announce the completion of a management restructure following the exit of two of its co-founders, Sarah Katherine
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Exclusive: Clyde & Co global projects head Sophie Wakenell joins legal business consultancy Alt-V Law

Exclusive: Clyde & Co global projects head Sophie Wakenell joins legal business consultancy Alt-V Law

Clyde & Co’s business manager to the CEO and until July global head of projects and change Sophie Wakenell, is joining legal business transformation consultancy Alt-V as an associate and
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Exclusive: Jake Laliberte joins nQ Zebraworks to lead UK/EMEA Invoices-to-Cash expansion

Exclusive: Jake Laliberte joins nQ Zebraworks to lead UK/EMEA Invoices-to-Cash expansion

nQ Zebraworks has hired Jake Laliberte as general manager for digitalisation & billing solutions to drive the growth of its Invoices to Cash suite of billing solutions in UK and EMEA,
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Exclusive: Donna Broadley joins Xperate as general manager of APAC

Exclusive: Donna Broadley joins Xperate as general manager of APAC

Donna Broadley, the former CEO of LEAP APAC, has joined global software development company Xperate as general manager for the APAC region. Broadley, who is based in Sydney, starts in
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Beyond the billable hour: Goodwin’s roadmap to redefine client value

Beyond the billable hour: Goodwin’s roadmap to redefine client value

“I didn’t necessarily see myself coming back to a law firm and there aren’t many that I would have come back to, but this is a role that doesn’t exist
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Jackson Walker promotes Bill Finner to CIO and Greg Lambert to CINO 

Jackson Walker promotes Bill Finner to CIO and Greg Lambert to CINO 

Texas-headquartered Am Law 200 firm Jackson Walker has promoted longtime technology leader Bill Finner to chief information officer and chief knowledge services officer Greg Lambert as its first-ever chief innovation
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