Tyson Ballard kicks off his new podcast series with Alistair Maiden, CEO & Founder of SYKE. They discuss how Alistair ended up leaving ASDA to found SYKE, his decision-making process and morning rituals. Detours include evangelising about golf, discussion of Andy Murray’s work ethic and how Alistair juggles being a CEO with being a dad…
Andrea is a Delivery Manager currently working in our Data Services Practice. She is responsible for ensuring that our projects are delivered on time, on budget and to the highest quality possible. She also works on building our internal processes as the practice area and company grows. Andrea is based in London, UK. Tell us…
In part 2 of this series, I explored some common use cases for AI in legal – to help in-house legal teams understand how intelligent contract insight can become a reality. Today I’m going to bust some of the common myths that I’ve seen get in the way of legal teams making good use of…
HSBC were SYKE’s first HighQ client in 2019, and since then the relationship has grown from simple tech implementation to a strategic partnership; with SYKE team members embedded with HSBC to oversee the various ongoing projects. Underused Technology HSBC has over 1,200 legal professionals globally, split by region and by business line. This inevitably leads to variation in processes…
This is the third in my blog series on the current state of the legal tech landscape in Financial Services. Feel free to go back and read Blog 1 – Legal Tech Trends and Blog 2 – Managing Demand and Scarce Resources. This week I’ll be briefly exploring how legal tech can help to manage…
SYKE is pleased to announce the appointment of Trayce Marcelle as its first-ever Head of US. Trayce brings more than 20 years of experience, including 9 years with Axiom in Chicago, working in client-facing consultative roles related to process improvement, technology implementation and all areas of legal operations. She has advised clients in a wide…
In part 1 of this series, I explored the landscape of AI technology within legal; where we are now, why we are here, and where we are going next. In this article, I want to focus on bringing the theoretical to life by exploring some common use cases within in-house legal teams to help you…
Legal engineering business, SYKE, and World Commerce and Contracting (WorldCC) have joined forces to produce new contract standards for the sale and purchase of goods and services, reflecting WorldCC’s long-established Contracting Principles. The new templates are intended as start point for corporates looking to refresh their equivalent templates and present a balanced fallback option when…
SGN is a gas distribution company which, amongst other things, distributes natural and green gas to 5.9 million homes and businesses across Scotland, Northern Ireland and the south of England. Their legal services division consists of legal, audit, property, compliance, and risk experts serving circa 4,000 employees. When they began their legal change programme in…
In this series of blogs, Jonny Badrock, Data Services Practice Director at SYKE, explores the impact of AI in legal tech and how it’s continued evolution can help to solve some of the complex challenges facing in-house legal teams in the years to come. “AI in legal is dead!” Or so a commercial in-house lawyer…