Movers & Shakers

Mark Bilson joins Xperate to lead US expansion 

Mark Bilson joins Xperate to lead US expansion 

Legal technology veteran Mark Bilson is joining Xperate as its chief commercial officer for North America, in a major hire for the UK-founded legal software development startup.  Bilson previously headed
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The Orange Rag Newsletter is Here!

The Orange Rag Newsletter is Here!

It is hard to believe that it has been a year since Charles Christian, Legal IT Insider’s founder and the ‘godfather of legal technology’, passed away. We will be hosting
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Simmons & Simmons to create six-strong LLM team led by Drew Winlaw 

Simmons & Simmons to create six-strong LLM team led by Drew Winlaw 

Simmons Wavelength partner Drew Winlaw has been appointed as global large language model lead at Simmons & Simmons to head a six-person team responsible for looking at generative AI for
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Elite appoints Lindsey Moorley as CFO post TPG acquisition

Elite appoints Lindsey Moorley as CFO post TPG acquisition

Elite announces today (25 September) that it has appointed Lindsey Moorley as chief financial officer, as it continues to assemble its executive leadership following its acquisition from Thomson Reuters by
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Send us your wins, deals, and people moves for the September Orange Rag!

Send us your wins, deals, and people moves for the September Orange Rag!

The Orange Rag is out next week and we are pulling together the past month and half’s legal technology news, so if you want to be included please email all
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Pinnacle expands into APAC with hire of Ashurst head of financial systems

Pinnacle expands into APAC with hire of Ashurst head of financial systems

International legal technology consultancy Pinnacle has announced its expansion into the APAC region with the hire of Scott Sonter, who was head of financial systems at Ashurst in Sydney, Australia.
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Former Citi innovation and technology head joins LexFusion in “evolutionary moment”

Former Citi innovation and technology head joins LexFusion in “evolutionary moment”

In a hire described as an “evolutionary moment” by one its founders, New York-headquartered legal tech and innovation accelerator LexFusion has hired Citi’s former director of legal innovation, technology and
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Jameson Legal appoints new tech consultancy lead and new senior consultant 

Jameson Legal appoints new tech consultancy lead and new senior consultant 

Jameson Legal has appointed serial investor and strategic adviser Dan Wales to lead its legal tech consultancy arm and hired Sophie Best as a senior legal tech consultant working between
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DISCO co-founder and CEO Kiwi Camara steps down as interim head takes over

DISCO co-founder and CEO Kiwi Camara steps down as interim head takes over

New York stock-exchange listed eDiscovery provider DISCO has announced that co-founder and CEO Kiwi Camara has stepped down as CEO and as a member of the board of directors. Scott
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UK legaltech movers and shakers 

UK legaltech movers and shakers 

If you have announced a move recently you can email [email protected] to be included in our roundup.   It has been a big week for UK legal tech hire announcements,
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Tony McKenna talks priorities as president of ILTA PLUS his ILTACON 2023 key takeaways 

Tony McKenna talks priorities as president of ILTA PLUS his ILTACON 2023 key takeaways 

We talk to Tony McKenna about the significance of his appointment as the first ILTA president from outside of North America and his key takeaways from the conference in August,
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Simmons Solutions hires Pinsents’ legal tech partner Lucy Shurwood

Simmons Solutions hires Pinsents’ legal tech partner Lucy Shurwood

This is one of if not the first lateral legal tech partner hires, in a maturing of the law firm alternative legal services space. We speak to Lucy Shurwood about
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The Orange Rag Newsletter is Here!

The Orange Rag Newsletter is Here!

Hi and welcome to the July/August Orange Rag, where if you need proof that the summer is no longer the sleepy season, you need look no further. The top stories
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Four big US legal tech and KM hires: Litify; Holland & Knight; Orgaimi and Akin Gump

Four big US legal tech and KM hires: Litify; Holland & Knight; Orgaimi and Akin Gump

The last few days have seen the announcement of a trio of big-name US legal tech and knowledge management appointments, which follow a very significant hire earlier in July for
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Disconnect grows between law firm service and client expectation, survey finds

Disconnect grows between law firm service and client expectation, survey finds

The future of the legal sector is a cause for concern among legal professionals in the U.K., with large swathes of in-house and private practice lawyers saying they believe that
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DeepJudge launches natural language search solution for DMS and hires Kennan Samman as CRO

DeepJudge launches natural language search solution for DMS and hires Kennan Samman as CRO

DeepJudge has formally launched a KnowledgeSearch solution to enable legal professionals to search their document management system using natural language, as the Zurich-founded startup also announces the appointment of former
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Kutana+Brochet hires Document Excellence Group chair to head customer experience 

Kutana+Brochet hires Document Excellence Group chair to head customer experience 

UK document lifecycle management vendor Kutana+Brochet has hired Angela Crossland as product and client services specialist, in a move intended to ensure that customer experience is put at the forefront
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