LEGAL TECHNOLOGY
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Plans unveiled for legal tech sandbox to fuel innovation in the UK
Lawtech Sandbox backed by regulators is inspired by scheme credited with kickstarting fintech boom
Technology/telecommunications
LEGAL TECH
Trio of Indian legal tech startups emerge from Cyril Amarchand's incubator programme
Project to nurture Indian legal tech talent reaches milestone as first cohort emerges from scheme
NEW LAW
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BCLP Cubed strikes partnership with Siemens' app development platform Mendix
Tie-up allows BCLP to build rapid tech solutions for in-house teams to support high-volume work
PRACTICE LAUNCH
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BakerHostetler sets up digital transformation team, hires Norton Rose Fulbright partner to co-lead
Data privacy expert Jeewon Kim Serrato will be based in firm's San Francisco office
OFFICE CLOSURE
Osborne Clarke to pull out of Hong Kong in face of 'disruption and uncertainty'
UK top 50 firm joins Orrick in closing its office in Asia's leading legal hub
NEW LAW
Crowell & Moring snaps up ex-Atrium partners to expand venture capital practice
Hirings come a month after San Francisco-based new law start up said it was shutting down
LEGAL TECH
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Advanced buys Tikit from BT to tap into 'sophisticated' legal tech market
Deal provides Advanced with greater UK and Am Law penetration and promise of taking Tikit to 'new level'
LEGAL TECH
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Less than a quarter of UK lawyers use AI-assisted tech, research finds
Major study finds lawyers lack faith in their firms' and legal departments' ability even to capture data
OFFICE CLOSURE
Orrick pulls out of Hong Kong after conceding defeat on tech growth strategy
Four-partner office is to be wound down; firm pledges continued investment in other Asia markets
TEAM HIRE
DLA Piper hires six lawyers from McMillan in Vancouver to expand its startups focus
Global firm targets city's burgeoning startup sector as it also makes key private equity hires in New York