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At Best Startup UK we track over 130,000 UK startups and over 500,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top United Kingdom based Founder operating in the Legal space. If you think a Founder is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on editor@beststartup.co.uk.
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Companies House UK, Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Dan Garrett
Founder and CEO of Farewill
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About Farewill: Farewill is a provider of an all-in-one financial and legal services platform used to deal with all paperwork after death.
Chris Wray
Co-Founder and Chief Legal Officer of Mattereum
Chris Wray is Chief Legal Officer, responsible for legal design of Mattereum’s smart property platform and delivery of smart contract consulting projects, as well as heading the group’s corporate legal function. Chris studied physics and philosophy at New College, Oxford, before co-founding ophthalmic lens technology company Adlens. He later attended City Law School and was called to the Bar of England and Wales in 2011. Chris’ legal practice focused on company and shareholder litigation, and licensing and joint ventures in respect of technology and intellectual property. He also practices as a commercial mediator, accredited by ADR Group; and he is a director of the Centre for Vision in the Developing World, which has designed and distributed low-cost, self-adjustable glasses for communities lacking access to professional eye care.
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About Mattereum: Mattereum is a provider of legally-enforceable smart contracts.
Laurent Laffy
Founder and Executive Chairman of SeedLegals
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About Prepay Technologies, SeedLegals: The simple way for companies to complete the legals needed to raise investment and distribute equity
Anthony Drogon
Founder & CTO of SeedLegals
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About SeedLegals: The simple way for companies to complete the legals needed to raise investment and distribute equity
Neil Murray
CTO and Co-Founder of Mimecast
Neil Murray is one of the people who helped build Mimecast. Not just metaphorically, but literally. He’s led the development team from our inception – when he was the development team – overseeing the construction of our platform from the ground up. It’s thanks to him that Mimecast, uniquely, was conceived and built as a single, integrated platform rather a set of bolted-together services. Today he oversees the architecture of the service platform and sets out the overall technical vision and strategy for the service. Before Mimecast, Neil was the CTO of South African, JSE-listed, Global Technology Services, a provider of business information solutions, which had bought Pro-Solutions, a software development company he helped found in the early 90s. Neil’s 20 year-career also includes experience architecting and building leading software products for internet banking, messaging and rapid application development.
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About Mimecast: Mimecast is a SaaS-based email management platform enabling companies to administer business communications and data.
Sam Enrico Williams
Founder & CEO of DocTailor
Having built intelligent systems for the past 10 years, that have been implemented into corporate structures and organisations, Sam Enrico Williams brings a deep level and understanding of System Architecture. Sam has strong experience in Cryptocurrency, blockchain technology and economy markets; needed to drive DocTailor to unprecedented levels.
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About Crypt2, DocTailor, LiveFor Class: DocTailor is a unique legal document platform.
Ajay Patel
Founder & CEO of HighQ
Ajay Patel As Founder of HighQ, Ajay continues to deliver on his vision of enabling a new, modern, highly efficient and ‘best in class’ secure platform of collaborative engagement and transaction for security, compliance and regulatory minded enterprises. As Chief Executive Officer, he leads the company growth strategy, product direction and senior management team. Ajay graduated with a first-class degree in Computer Science and Mathematics from Manchester University and later completed a Master’s degree in Information Systems at LSE. He qualified as a chartered accountant at PwC in London and later occupied roles in leading investment banks Merrill Lynch and Morgan Stanley. After spending several years in the City, he realised the corporate environment didn’t fulfil his creative, professional or personal ambitions and subsequently started HighQ.The idea was simple: to create a dynamic, fun and successful company that puts its employees and clients at the centre of everything it does.
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About HighQ: HighQ empowers leading law firms and corporate legal teams to transform the way they work and deliver legal services.
Mustafa Al-Bassam
Co-Founder and CEO of LazyLedger
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About LazyLedger: LazyLedger is a blockchain distributed ledger.
Rémy Astié
Founder & CEO of Vauban
Rémy Astié is the Founder and CEO of Vauban.
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About Vauban: Vauban is the easiest way to pool & deploy capital to invest in private companies.
Ulric Musset
Founder & CEO of Vauban
Ulric Musset is the Founder and CEO of Vauban.
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About Vauban: Vauban is the easiest way to pool & deploy capital to invest in private companies.
Ben Stoneham
Founder and CTO of Autologyx
Ben Stoneham is the Founder and CTO of Autologyx.
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About Autologyx: Autologyx is the next-generation Fabric Automation Platform for enterprise businesses.
Pip Wilson
Co-Founder and CEO of amicable
A successful entrepreneur, director, angel investor and start-up mentor, Pip is passionate about empowering women in tech and disrupting traditional business models. Pip Wilson is co-founder and CEO of amicable apps: the faster, fairer, fixed-price way to an amicable divorce. In 2002 Pip co-founded Bluefin Solutions, a SAP consultancy and a full SAP Services Partner, which she exited last year to Mindtree. Pip is also a trustee and board member of The Girls’ Network, a foundation that matches girls from low socio-economic backgrounds with inspirational female mentors. She believes in the power of teams, the importance of diversity, and that the best businesses help employees balance life with work. In her view, successful start-ups of the future will combine a sustainable business model with a clear social purpose and diverse teams. This view drives her investment decisions.
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About amicable: Amicable offers a divorce service that works with couples to help them reach fairer agreements.
Kate Daly
Co-Founder of amicable
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About amicable: Amicable offers a divorce service that works with couples to help them reach fairer agreements.
Lauren Riley
Founder & CEO of The Link App
Lauren Riley is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer at The Link App.
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About The Link App: The Link App is an easy-to-use platform that reinvents a law firm’s client experience.
Enrico Faccioli
CEO & Co-Founder of Seedata.io
Enrico Faccioli is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Seedata.
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About Seedata.io: Seedata.io is a cybersecurity platform that helps companies mitigate data leak incidents and crime threats.
Matt Holland
CTO & Co-Founder of Seedata.io
Matt Holland is the Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer of Seedata.
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About EF Education First, Seedata.io: Seedata.io is a cybersecurity platform that helps companies mitigate data leak incidents and crime threats.
Ronald DeKoven
Founder & CEO of myBarrister
Ronald DeKoven was called to the bar of Illinois and New York in 1968 and 1980 respectively. In 1980 Mr DeKoven became a partner of Shearman & Sterling, New York. He ran several of the firm’s practices, including Insolvency and Leasing. After moving to London in 2003, Mr DeKoven became an Associate Member of South Square Chambers, and was permitted by the Bar Council to practice New York and U.S. Federal Law in chambers. In 2008 Mr DeKoven applied to the Bar Council for a waiver of examination and pupillage as a condition to becoming a barrister. The waiver was granted in full and Mr DeKoven was called to the Bar of England and Wales by Lincoln’s Inn in March, 2009. Although he continues his association with South Square, Mr DeKoven has created his own chambers at 8 Stone Buildings, Lincoln’s Inn, where he continues his practice as a New York lawyer and English barrister involved in dispute resolution in large, complex cross-border transactions.
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About ereorg, myBarrister: myBarrister is an online portal that provides direct access to legal advice barristers.
Daniel van Binsbergen
CEO and Co-Founder of Lexoo
Daniel van Binsbergen Before founding Lexoo, Daniel worked for over 5 years as a lawyer at an international law firm (De Brauw), first in Amsterdam, then in London. He’s always up for a game of squash, and is easily excited.
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About Lexoo: Lexoo is a lawyer comparison marketplace that helps businesses choose a lawyer with confidence.
Chris O’Sullivan
Co-Founder and CTO of Lexoo
Chris has been developing websites and apps for more than 10 years – with companies such as Forward Partners, Aegis Media, and the BBC. He loves playing board games and drinking cocktails – ideally at the same time.
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About HitMeUp, Lexoo, What I want for Xmas: Lexoo is a lawyer comparison marketplace that helps businesses choose a lawyer with confidence.
Eli Luzac
CEO and Founder of Tagdox
Eli Luzac is the CEO and Founder of TagDox.
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About Tagdox: Tagdox is a document analysis company developing a game changing technology in the document space for professional services.
Julia Salasky
CEO and Founder of Legl
Julia Salasky is the Founder and CEO of Legl and CrowdJustice , is a non-practising solicitor who was an associate at Linklaters in London, before working as a lawyer for the United Nations in Vienna and the Hague. She has also worked at a legal aid clinic in London
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About CrowdJustice, Legl: Legl provides cloud-based solutions bringing law firms into the digital-first world.
Adam Maurice
Co-Founder and Director of Fusion Consulting
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About Fusion Consulting: Fusion is a multi-disciplinary consulting firm that offers end-to-end solutions for private individuals and fast growth businesses.
Anuj Khanna
Founder & Principal Consultant of Peak State Consulting
For the past two decades, Anuj Khanna has been helping businesses around the world in achieving success through his peak performance expertise and business strategies. Anuj’s career has spanned across the Technology, Telecommunications, Advertising, Hospitality and Financial Industry. In 2009, Anuj decided to exclusively focus on his passion for helping businesses in their corporate expansion, sales and marketing strategy by setting up his own consulting practice. He has helped over 50 companies and their executive teams in achieving exponential growth and reaching their Peak State. Anuj’s office is in London but he works on projects across the world, with the vast majority of his customers based out of the Silicon Valley in California and Europe. Anuj has also done work in India, China, SE Asia, Latam and Africa. Anuj completed his MBA in Marketing from The University of Sheffield and is an Economics graduate from the University of Mumbai. Anuj also holds a diploma in Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP). Anuj is well trained and experienced in business practice and management principles working with both blue chip corporates and start-ups. However, he is obsessed by his passion for business turnaround and leadership psychology. Anuj specialises in perfectly blending his well-honed business expertise with important psychological skills to achieve Peak Performance. Anuj Khanna was born in India in the year 1973 and is very proud of his humble beginnings. Anuj’s mother is a home-maker and his father spent over 40 years in the hospitality and hotel industry in India. From an early age the family environment was very business and customer service oriented and he grew up with the philosophy of “Customer is God”. Anuj is an open minded, high-energy problem solver who loves a challenge, hence has got the faith and respect of leading tech Founders, Venture Capitalists and Private Equity firms in helping them in investing and expanding their start up businesses. Anuj has experience of doing business in over 80 countries. Anuj speaks five languages and has business relationships with thousands of telecommunications, IT, advertising, media and financial industry executives. Anuj is highly recognised and recommended as a business visionary and peak performance expert by several global CEO’s and entrepreneurs.
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About Peak State Consulting: Peak State Consulting helps businesses in achieving accelerated growth by building a winning strategy and getting exponential results.
Phil Westcott
Founder & co-CEO of Filament AI
Phil is a former Director at IBM, and a specialist in applied Artificial Intelligence. Phil previously ran the IBM Watson Ecosystem in Europe, led their Smarter Cities business in Southeast Asia and launched IBM’s global IoT practice.
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About Filament AI: Filament helps clients to build proprietary AI capability within their organisation, through consultancy, solutions and tooling
Michael Green
Founder of CaseHub
Michael Green is Founder at CaseHub.
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About CaseHub: CaseHub crowdsources consumer legal battles and makes the legal system democratic.
Edmond Boulle
Co-Founder of Orbital Witness
Co-Founder at Orbital Witness – we’re hiring!
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About Orbital Witness: A LegalTech-meets-PropTech startup replacing legacy legal due diligence in property transactions with a legal risk rating.
William Pearce
Co-Founder of Orbital Witness
Co-Founder at Orbital Witness – We’re hiring!
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About Orbital Witness: A LegalTech-meets-PropTech startup replacing legacy legal due diligence in property transactions with a legal risk rating.
Thomas Spiteri
Founder of TSM International
Founder at TSM International
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About TSM International: TSM International is an international domain name registration company.
Sanchit Vir Gogia
Chief Futurist, Founder & CEO of Greyhound Knowledge Group
Sanchit is the Chief Futurist, Founder & CEO of Greyhound Knowledge Group, a Global, Award-Winning, Digital Transformation Research & Advisory Group. He also serves as Chief Analyst & CEO of Greyhound Research, an Award-Winning, Global, Independent Technology Transformation Research & Advisory firm. Given his expertise and passion for Digital Transformation, Sanchit also doubles up as the CIO for Greyhound Knowledge Group companies. In his another avatar, Sanchit is an Advisor To The Board (for Digital Transformation decisions) of a US$100 Million+ organisation in the Metal Industry. Sanchit is a globally recognised and reputed IT analyst, consultant and advisor. Known for his passion for Digital Transformation, Sanchit has gained repute by authoring numerous thought-provoking reports that have been rated in Global Top 5. He is also the author of the famous Digital Transformation insights portal, As Disruptive As IT Gets, that has readership from over 150,000 CXOs and 15 million+ individuals from across 125 countries. The portal has been rated at number 10 in the top 20 global resources for Business IT leaders in 2014 and as one of the 50 Must-Read IT Blogs of 2013 across the globe.
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About Greyhound Knowledge Group: Greyhound Knowledge Group is a Global, Award-Winning, Digital Transformation Research & Advisory Group.
Ben Latreuille
Co-Founder of Wilton & Bain
Ben Co-founded Wilton & Bain in 2001. He created the business with the ambition of becoming the number one human capital advisory business dedicated to the technology and professional services industries. During his time as Co-CEO he grew the business from a two person start up to the independently rated number one human capital advisory business in its dedicated sectors, with global offices and frequent appearances in the Sunday Times Fast Track 100 of fastest growing UK Private firms. In 2017 the company secured a private equity investment and the associated MBO, Ben moved from Co- CEO to leadership of the new board. Ben still operates as a partner and advises clients within the technology and professional services segment on the full range of human capital and leadership advisory services.
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About Wilton & Bain: Wilton and Bain is providing an exceptional level of service to all clients offering both pace & coherence in delivery across capabilities.
David Brown
Founder & CEO of Poweredbypie
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About Poweredbypie: poweredbypie is a provider of technology to the property market in the UK. Our business process solutions.
Nnamdi Emelifeonwu
Founder, CEO of Definely
Nnamdi Emelifeonwu Founder at Definely.
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About Definely: Definely is a legal technology startup.
Audrey Mandela
Founder & Director of Mandela Associates
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About Mandela Associates: Mandela Associates was founded in 1999 providing management consulting services.
Livio Hughes
Co-Founder & Director of Postshift
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About Postshift: Postshift is a digital transformation consultancy that helps organisations become 21st Century businesses
Lee Bryant
Co-Founder of Postshift
Lee Bryant is passionate about using social technology to put humans front and centre of the way we do things in the Twenty-First Century. He has been playing with words and computers since the age of 10, but it was in the mid-1990s, whilst working in international politics and diplomacy, that he discovered the immense power of the internet to influence and orchestrate change. He believes social networks, not bureaucracies, are the organising principle of the current era, and is excited about further exploring new forms of highly connected organisations. After running a web agency focused on knowledge sharing for 6 years, he co-founded Headshift in 2002 to investigate new uses for social technology inside companies and organisations, which became a leading international social business consultancy and was acquired by Dachis Group in 2009. Lee was joint MD of Dachis Group Europe from 2009 until June 2013. In the summer of 2013, he co-founded a new company, POST*SHIFT, dedicated to exploring the intersection between new social technologies and new thinking on organisational structure and culture. An accomplished speaker, Lee has delivered many keynotes, workshops and talks around the world at conferences, events and private corporate events.
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About Postshift: Postshift is a digital transformation consultancy that helps organisations become 21st Century businesses
Richard Millington
Founder & Managing Director of FeverBee
Richard Millington has spent the past decade helping 250+ companies develop some of the world’s largest online communities. Richard is the founder of FeverBee, an international community consultancy, and the author of Buzzing Communities. Richard’s clients have included Google, Facebook, Oracle, Wikipedia, EMC, Greenpeace, and many more. Prior to FeverBee, Richard interned with Seth Godin in New York.
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About FeverBee: FeverBee provides consultancy, training, and technology to help you build your community.
Toby Harper
Founder and CEO of Harper James Solicitors
Toby Harper is the CEO & founder of Harper James Solicitors, as well as a corporate and commercial solicitor. He trained and qualified at a boutique corporate and commercial law firm, whose clients consisted primarily of SMEs who operated almost exclusively within the advanced manufacturing and technology sectors. Toby was exposed to a wide range of corporate and commercial matters in this role and gained a great deal of experience dealing with large volumes of corporate mergers and acquisitions. He’s also previously worked within both the corporate and commercial teams of a UK top 50 law firm. Prior to founding Harper James Solicitors, Toby was most recently the sole legal counsel at a leading venture capital company.
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About Harper James Solicitors: Full service national commercial law firm
Tom Ladds
Founder & CEO of Hired By Startups
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About Hired By Startups: Hired By Startups provides onsite and external talent acquisition solutions to some of the UK’s fastest growing startups & scale-ups.
Damian Jeal
Co-Founder & VP of Sales of Hubshare
Damian Jeal is a Co-Founder and VP of Sales at Hubshare. He is also the Managing Director of Nikec Solutions.
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About Hubshare: Hubshare is a collaborative and secure file sharing platform that allows professionals to collaborate more effectively and efficiently.
Nicholas d’Adhemar
Founder & CEO of Apperio
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About Apperio: Apperio’s legal spend management software helps in-house legal teams stay in control of their spend and build trust with external counsel.
John Zai
Founder and CEO of China-Europe Networks of Technology and Innovation
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About China-Europe Networks of Technology and Innovation: CENTI is a cross border platform facilitating business between China and Europe
Dr. Constantina Katsari-Muston
CoFounder and CEO of Startdoms
Tech Entrepreneur, Agile and Lean products, currently running Startdoms, a virtual accelerator for startups
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About Keyping, Startdoms: A community of startups, mentors, business advisors, investors and enthusiasts who support entrepreneurs in their new ventures.
Jianxin Li
Co-Founder of Intelllex
Jianxin Li is the co-founder of INTELLLEX.
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About Intelllex: Intelllex helps law firms unlock insights from their dormant data and discover what they really know.
Ian Gosling
Founder & CEO of AUTTO
AUTTO co-founder, Ian Gosling is an experienced Manager in product development and management in SaaS, e-commerce and media. Interested in the transformative power of technology for professional services, legal tech and business development, he noticed that technology is often unnecessarily complex. He founded AUTTO to bring aneasy-to-use office automation platform to regulated industries, legal and professional services.
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About AUTTO: Autto is the simplified automation provider
Krisztián Kerék
Founder & CTO of AUTTO
Kris is an experienced full-stack developer with an interest in document automation, web security, and e-commerce. With specialized frontend and backend development skills, Kris leads the tech team ensuring that the product is high-quality and user-friendly.
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About AUTTO: Autto is the simplified automation provider
Max Cole
Founder of AUTTO
AUTTO co-founder, Max Cole has worked as a lawyer in one way or another for nearly 20 years. He began his career with Freshfields and has worked in law firms of all sizes as well as practising as a barrister. His broad legal background gives him a unique understanding of legal process. Struck by the lack of simple technology in much of the legal industry, he co-founded AUTTO, to bring automation to legal practices, as well as regulated and professional businesses.
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About AUTTO: Autto is the simplified automation provider
Hayato Shimizu
Co-Founder of digitalis.io
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About digitalis.io: We help our customers adopt Kubernetes, Cloud and the latest Data and Streaming technologies. On-Premises, in the Cloud or in the Edge.
Tom Dunlop
Founder & CEO of Summize
As an accomplished commercial and technology lawyer, Tom’s experience with reviewing contracts was the catalyst that led to Summize. Prior to this, he worked as a Global Legal Director for several fast-growth technology companies.
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About Summize: Summize is the lightweight platform for contracts that provides bridges the gap between legal and technology.
David Smith
Founder & CDO of Summize
Alongside Tom, Dave founded Summize to meet the need of legal teams everywhere. Before Summize, he worked at AppSense as a Senior Software Engineer and has over 25 years of experience in the IT industry.
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About Summize: Summize is the lightweight platform for contracts that provides bridges the gap between legal and technology.
David Conway
Founder and Principal Solicitor of David Conway & Co Solicitors
David Conway is the founder of, and principal solicitor at David Conway & Solicitors, which was established in 1972. He specialises in commercial and property law, and is an expert in leasehold enfranchisement. Throughout the course of his career, he has represented major public companies, as well as private companies such as the property developer Minerva PLC, and global finance and professional services firm Burford Group. Twitter: @DavidConway_Co LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/davidconwaysolicitor Blog site: http://www.davidconwaysolicitor.com/
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About David Conway & Co Solicitors: London-based specialists in commercial and residential property law, commercial law, company law, litigation and leasehold enfranchisement.
João Marques Lima
Founder & Editor-in-Chief of Data Economy
Fluent in English, Portuguese and Spanish, João’s a hot-shot technology reporter currently serving as founding editor of Data Economy, part of BroadMedia, a Euromoney Institutional Investor PLC company. In 2019, he won the PPA 30 Under 30 award which shines a light on the outstanding efforts and achievements of the rising stars in consumer magazines and business media. At Data Economy, he manages the title across online, print, broadcast and events. João’s work has taken him around the world, reporting from locations in North America, APAC, Africa and all over Europe. With a deep interest in news, current affairs and history, prior to founding Data Economy, João experienced the reporting industry at Computer Business Review, the Daily Mail – where he delved into the investigation of five London-based Portuguese ISIS jihadists-, Channel 4 News, Channel 4, The Guardian, Antena Lusa, Future Behind and the Holloway Express. Specialised in the fields of IT infrastructure, data centres, IoT, AI, cloud and data, he has interviewed some of the world’s technology leaders and has delivered on several exclusives. At Data Economy, João manages the publication and is responsible for the majority of the editorial content. He has ranked 28 in the ‘Top 100 IoT Influencers of 2016’, ranked 28 in the ‘Top 100 M2M Influencers of 2016’, ranked 11 in the ‘Top Connected Car Influencers’, and features in the list of ‘IoT thought leaders to watch in the next four years [2016 onwards]’. At the age of just 12, he also founded his school’s newspaper and in 2012 he founded his own platform Corporation News Times International (CNT International), with an edition in English – CNTimes – and one in Portuguese – CNT Diário-, which soon attracted a vast readership worldwide. Between 2014 and 2015, João was the Head of Social Media for a UK parliamentary candidate of the general election’s winning party. João graduated from London Metropolitan University in 2014 with a BA in Journalism.
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About Data Economy: Data Economy brings what data centres have to offer closer to the enterprise and business world of cloud, data and the IoT.
João Marques Lima
Founder & Editor-in-Chief of Data Economy
Fluent in English, Portuguese and Spanish, João’s a hot-shot technology reporter currently serving as founding editor of Data Economy, part of BroadMedia, a Euromoney Institutional Investor PLC company. In 2019, he won the PPA 30 Under 30 award which shines a light on the outstanding efforts and achievements of the rising stars in consumer magazines and business media. At Data Economy, he manages the title across online, print, broadcast and events. João’s work has taken him around the world, reporting from locations in North America, APAC, Africa and all over Europe. With a deep interest in news, current affairs and history, prior to founding Data Economy, João experienced the reporting industry at Computer Business Review, the Daily Mail – where he delved into the investigation of five London-based Portuguese ISIS jihadists-, Channel 4 News, Channel 4, The Guardian, Antena Lusa, Future Behind and the Holloway Express. Specialised in the fields of IT infrastructure, data centres, IoT, AI, cloud and data, he has interviewed some of the world’s technology leaders and has delivered on several exclusives. At Data Economy, João manages the publication and is responsible for the majority of the editorial content. He has ranked 28 in the ‘Top 100 IoT Influencers of 2016’, ranked 28 in the ‘Top 100 M2M Influencers of 2016’, ranked 11 in the ‘Top Connected Car Influencers’, and features in the list of ‘IoT thought leaders to watch in the next four years [2016 onwards]’. At the age of just 12, he also founded his school’s newspaper and in 2012 he founded his own platform Corporation News Times International (CNT International), with an edition in English – CNTimes – and one in Portuguese – CNT Diário-, which soon attracted a vast readership worldwide. Between 2014 and 2015, João was the Head of Social Media for a UK parliamentary candidate of the general election’s winning party. João graduated from London Metropolitan University in 2014 with a BA in Journalism.
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About Data Economy: Data Economy brings what data centres have to offer closer to the enterprise and business world of cloud, data and the IoT.
Josh Harris
Founder & CEO of Doc2
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About Doc2: Allowing SMEs to create, send and eSign their contracts in seconds.
Paul McCormack
Founder of Kormoon
Paul McCormack is the founder of Kormoon.
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About Kormoon, Saudi Aramco: A specialist legal technology development company.
John Devlin
Principal Analyst & Founder of PAID Strategies
Utilizing over fifteen years of commercial and analyst experience, John takes a broad view of how different technologies fit together across multiple segments, understanding and explaining determining factors in market adoption and technology development. As the founder of P.A.ID Strategies John applies his knowledge and expertise to help companies understand their environments, to answer strategic questions and resolve tactical issues. John has authored many reports, white papers and published documents that provide clarity and understanding of complex technological solutions. He has been covering mobile, NFC, smart cards, payments, authentication, identification, contactless, connectivity, M2M/IoT and secure applications for over a decade.
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About PAID Strategies: P.A.ID Strategies has been formed to provide and develop market intelligence.
Alexander Isaacs
Founder of LexStep
Alex worked as a dispute resolution associate at Linklaters following his studies in law at Cambridge University. He founded LexStep with the aim of taking the hassle out of recruiting for both lawyers and law firms.
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About LexStep: LexStep is an exclusive online hiring marketplace connecting top lawyers with leading lawfirms.
Michael Hagai
Founder of LexStep
Michael was a corporate associate at Allen & Overy and sat on the firm’s i2 panel developing new technology-related opportunities. He trained in London and Singapore and also spent time on secondment at GSK. Michael co-founded LexStep in frustration at the lack of transparency in the legal jobs market.
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About LexStep: LexStep is an exclusive online hiring marketplace connecting top lawyers with leading lawfirms.
Cherie Blair
Founder of Omnia Strategy LLP
Cherie Blair, CBE, QC is the Founder and Chair of Omnia Strategy LLP, a pioneering international law firm that provides strategic counsel to governments, corporate & private clients. With offices in London and Washington DC, Omnia relies on its unique multi-disciplinary approach and global network to support clients across four pillars of expertise: international counsel, public and private international law, international dispute resolution and strategic communications. Cherie has over 35 years experience as a leading barrister and strategic adviser specialising in public international law, human rights and corporate social responsibility. She is highly sought after for her mediation and dispute resolution skills and has represented several multinational companies and over 30 governments in international disputes. Cherie has appeared in the European Court of Justice and in multiple Commonwealth jurisdictions and also lectures internationally. Cherie studied law at the London School of Economics (LSE) and was appointed Queen’s Counsel (QC) in 1995. In 2000, shortly before the implementation of the Human Rights Act, she was one of the founders of Matrix Chambers, the first specialist set focusing on criminal law, constitutional law and human rights, with an international perspective. She is also an accredited Advanced Mediator under the ADR Chambers/Harvard Law Project and an Elite Mediator with Clerksroom. Cherie sits as an Honorary Chair of the World Justice Project and is patron and President of the Africa Justice Foundation. She is also the founder of the Cherie Blair Foundation for Women, which runs programmes to support women across the developing world, including Africa. In 2007, she received the Eleanor Roosevelt Val-Kill medal in recognition of her high ideals and courageous actions. In 2013, she was awarded the CBE in the New Year Honours for her services to women’s issues and charity.
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About Cherie Blair Foundation for Women, Omnia Strategy LLP: Omnia Strategy is a pioneering international law firm that provides strategic counsel to governments, corporates and private clients.
Stacy-Ann Sinclair
Founder, CEO of CodeREG
Jamaican born Londoner – Computer Scientist Investment Banker
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About CodeREG, PinaPay: CodeREG is a financial compliance reinvented for the digital era.
Callum Murray
Founder and CEO of Amiqus Resolution
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About Amiqus Resolution: Amiqus Resolution is an online service to quickly and affordably resolve commercial disputes without appearing in court or tribunal.
Robbie Manson
Co-Founder of Amiqus Resolution
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About Amiqus Resolution: Amiqus Resolution is an online service to quickly and affordably resolve commercial disputes without appearing in court or tribunal.
Amanda Francis
Owner & Founder of Alchemis
Amanda is the owner and MD of Alchemis, a specialist business development agency helping marketing, digital, creative, communications and research agencies win new clients. Her role as Managing Director primarily involves helping agencies develop a business development strategy that’s robust enough to take to market. This includes defining/developing the proposition/s, determining who the best prospects are to target, helping to build relevant collateral and coaching the meeting attendees how to maximise opportunities. Prior to Alchemis, Amanda spent 5 years in HR at a major retailer, 9 years in IT recruitment and 3 years in media sales.
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About Alchemis: Alchemis was the first new business agency for the marketing, communications and creative industries and we continue to innovate.
Mark Holmes
CEO, Founder of Waymark Tech
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About Waymark Tech: Waymark Tech supplies regulatory and legal intelligence to the financial services sector and uses techniques in collaboration with GCHQ.
Penina Shepherd
Founder of Acumen Business Law
Penina is an award winning entrepreneur, the author of the inspirational book The Freedom Revolution and founder of the innovative Law Firm ACUMEN BUSINESS LAW listed by the Financial Times’ Top 50 Groundbreaking & Innovative Law Firms in the UK and Europe. She set up the firm on her own, from a complete standstill, at the start of the worst economic climate in decades, with a shoestring budget, in an industry that doesn’t welcome change, immediately after giving birth to her third child and when she was diagnosed with a terminal illness. What she did have, however, was an abundance of passion for making a difference in her industry. Her revolutionary vision, innovation and business model have been remarkably successful. The firm now boasts a great team of commercial lawyers, offices in Brighton & Gatwick and an impressive long line of business clients
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About Acumen Business Law: A business specialist law firm and in a bold move in the legal industry,
Alan Moore
Founder & CEO of Taxworld
Alan Moore is a Founder & CEO at Taxworld.
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About Taxworld: Taxworld Ltd. is a highly innovative publishing company that is a leading supplier of tax legislation and commentary.
Yannick Laniel
Co Founder of WY Partners
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About WY Partners: M&A and strategic advice to media and technology sectors
William Ritchie
Co Founder of WY Partners
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About WY Partners: M&A and strategic advice to media and technology sectors
Sharon O’Dea
Co-Founder of Lithos Partners
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About Lithos Partners: Lithos Partners are an international digital communications and collaboration consultancy
Markus J Becker
Founder of Zilium
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About Paperless Home, Zilium: Legal assistance made easy. Lead generation for lawyers.
Donna McLean
Founder of passingboxes
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About passingboxes: passingboxes provides services to help secure your digital legacy and pass on the things that really matter.
Allen Morgan
Founder & CTO of Altien Limited
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About Altien Limited: Altien is a leader in the delivery of Matter Management solutions for legal departments and legal services organizations.
Ben Allen
Founder of Ben Allen Media
With 12 years’ experience working for other music industry organisations observing how it should – and in some cases should not – be done, in May 2010 Ben Allen went it alone and launched BAM! He is a recognised figure in the UK music industry and has provided music promotions consultancy for independent artists & labels, digital music platforms, festivals , lifestyle brands and represented bands at international level. Prior to BAM! Ben worked for and independent music PR company, Virgin EMI Records, Universal Music Group and marketing roles with start-up initiatives. Successful marketing and PR campaigns for: Hop Farm Festival, Cornbury Festival, Benicassim Festival (Spain), Reeperbahn Festival (Hamburg) and artists like Deadmau5, Unicorn Kid and DJ Louie Vega, Keane, Sugababes, Kelis, Air, Jamie T, Bryan Ferry, Willy Mason, The Spinto Band, The Bees, Rolan Bolan, The Parlotones, Imelda May, Nell Bryden and one or two more.
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About Ben Allen Media: Ethical, honest, effective consultancy and services to the music industry. Informed advice for bands, festivals, events and music platforms.
Sally Holdway
Co-Founder of Teal Legal
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About Teal Legal: Teal Legal is a UK PropTech company focussing on developing new products to improve the post-offer conveyancing process.
Sally Holdway
Co-Founder of Teal Legal
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About Teal Legal: Teal Legal is a UK PropTech company focussing on developing new products to improve the post-offer conveyancing process.
Amy Bell
Co-Founder of Teal Legal
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About Teal Legal: Teal Legal is a UK PropTech company focussing on developing new products to improve the post-offer conveyancing process.
Alex Bargate
Founder of Ajuve
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About Ajuve: Ajuve is the fast-track alternative to court.
Quentin Bargate
Co-Founder of Ajuve
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About Ajuve: Ajuve is the fast-track alternative to court.
Alex Bargate
Founder of Ajuve
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About Ajuve: Ajuve is the fast-track alternative to court.
Heema MD Dawoonauth
Founder of Contractinbox
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About Contractinbox: eContract Marketplace for B2B Deals
