SYKE is delighted to announce the appointment of Simon Hurst to the role of senior legal engineer and to head up its new financial services practice. He starts with immediate effect. Simon joins SYKE having previously spent more than 15 years at Barclays in a variety of positions, but most recently he headed up transaction…
The availability of AI technology and the pressure on corporate legal departments to become more efficient is encouraging the adoption of data-driven decision making. By that I mean, using data from prior transactions or matters to inform strategic and tactical
I’m delighted to announce today John Buxton and I have officially joined forces with our former colleague at Asda, Alistair Maiden, to help grow SYKE – the world’s fastest growing independent legal tech consultancy. John has joined the company as business development
Increasingly SYKE is being asked to run virtual tours of Office 365 for in-house legal teams, to help them understand what is available at their fingertips and how the individual elements complement one another. First things first, to save any blushes I won’t be naming any names.
If you think buying a new car is tricky, imagine spending a few hundred thousand pounds on legal tech. Particularly when your current mode of transport / way of working will get you to the right destination, eventually. The reality facing in-house lawyers who want to move
I attended CLOC earlier this week and was struck not by what was being said by the multitude of speakers on stage, but what was being discussed over coffees and at the bar afterwards. The big theme coming out loud and clear from GCs was a desire to more effectively triage all of the requests…
SYKE is delighted to announce the promotion of Lewis Bretts to the role of chief strategy officer (CSO). Lewis, formerly a practising commercial barrister, has been consulting for SYKE since January 2019. In addition to overseeing several key customer relationships, he will now also help develop the business and provide strategic direction. Lewis joined SYKE…
SYKE is delighted to announce the appointments of John Buxton as business development director and Dom Burch as marketing director. They both start with immediate effect. Buxton a former Asda vice president, and Burch a former senior director of marketing innovation
Alistair Maiden named legal business technologist of the year 2019 CEO and founder of SYKE Alistair Maiden has been named legal business technologist of the year at the prestigious FT Intelligent Business Awards in San Francisco. Alistair Maiden left his role as head of contracts at UK supermarket chain Asda in 2016 to start…
SYKE is delighted to announce the appointment of Ben Murphy as senior legal engineer. Ben is a solicitor with over 18 years’ experience, having previously served as chief legal officer at Sky Bet* with responsibility for the legal, compliance and secretariat functions.