<aside> 👉🏼 Hello! I'm Greg, an innovation leader and ‘super connector’. I am a highly effective translator between the C-suite, legal practitioners and technologists, positioned to drive change and adoption of innovative ways of delivering legal services. I’m passionate about open innovation, idea management and value-driven use of AI and automation.
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An economics graduate and qualified solicitor, I combine commercial and legal expertise with a deep-rooted passion for emerging and transformational technologies.
I am equally comfortable talking to law firm leaders, clients and their C-suite as I am running workshops with lawyers to identify challenges and develop solutions.
When I'm not running ideas campaigns, exploring the latest LLM or providing senior sponsorship for a buy/borrow/build legaltech solution, you can find me out and about with my young family, improving my photography or reading voraciously about new technologies within the legal industry and outside it.
Global Head of Innovation - Linklaters LLP
January 2022 - Present
Built and lead a team of practice-embedded innovation lawyers and other professionals, leveraging a partner steering group and a £5m+ budget to implement incremental, strategic and disruptive innovation.
A superconnector and translator, bringing together lawyers, technologists, LegalOps capabilities, academia, vendors and clients to discover, design and implement innovative solutions that leverage AI, automation, data analytics, and other capabilities.
Practice engagement lead on GenAI ideation, strategy and development of MVPs, including for search, drafting and diligence.
Sponsored the development of GenAI chatbot & prompt library
Taken next-gen DD reporting platform ReportiQ from seed idea to a deployed solution delivered to >1000 lawyers and supporting >EUR22bn of deals
Sponsored the deployment of a legal design toolkit
Managed >30 global and regional ideas campaigns and delivered solutions
Product owner for firm’s tech storefront Navigator
Designed and deployed concept of tech workbenches and matter blueprints to drive digital adoption
Innovation Lawyer (M&A) - Linklaters LLP
July 2018 - December 2021
The firm’s first innovation lawyer, identifying and driving the adoption of technologies and processes to transform delivery of M&A advisory and transactional services.
Successes: Expertise support on deployments of Kira and the Litera Desktop suite, plus established a successful ‘what is market’ analytical capability.
Senior Associate - White & Case LLP
May 2008 - June 2018
A senior associate in the Banking & Capital Markets team, advising on a broad range of transactions coupled with excellent seconded in-house experience. Advised on a broad range of debt products across EMEA and in particular in emerging markets.