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To close out the year, here's our Xmas Newsletter with insights and holiday reading recommendations from six of our outstanding GCs! For our GC community, we have created this mini diagnostic so you can see how you compare to your peers on generative AI. You get immediate feedback post doing the three minute quiz. http://bit.ly/IGCCquiz Happy Holidays from the RSGI team. Reena SenGupta, Yasmin Lambert, Tom Saunders, Mary Ormerod, Chris Sharp, Sarah Davis, Mina Jenkins, Toby Weston

📢 The FTIL North America 2024 report is now live 📢   To read the full report, in front of the FT paywall, follow this link: https://lnkd.in/dzgaTxz   This year, a total of 116 law firms and in-house legal teams submitted to the Financial Times Innovative Lawyers North America 2024 awards. The RSGI research team assessed over 315 submissions, conducting over 450 interviews in total, from C-Suite officers and general counsel to managing partners and associates.   Congratulations to all the firms and in-house teams recognised in this year's report and for their invaluable contributions.   Law Firm awards: Most Innovative Law Firm in North America: McDermott Will & Emery Innovative Practitioner: Teresa Hill, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP  Innovative Legal Intrapreneur: Suzanne Turner, Dechert LLP Pro Bono: Arnold & Porter Energy Transition: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP Deals & Financing: Linklaters Dispute Resolution: Sullivan & Cromwell LLP Healthcare & Life Sciences: Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP Technology Sector: Hogan Lovells Digitising Legal Practice: Davis Wright Tremaine LLP Digital Legal Products: King & Spalding Generative AI Strategy: White & Case LLP New Services to Manage Risk: DLA Piper Using Data: Latham & Watkins People & Skills: Goodwin   In-house legal team awards: Most Innovative In-house Legal Team in North America: Salesforce Outside Counsel Management: Salesforce Commercial & Strategic Advice: Bridgewater Associates Digital Solutions: Flex Operational Transformation: Honeywell People & Skills: Accenture   Many thanks to this years' sponsors for supporting the awards. Our lead partner iManage, pillar partners Integreon, and ContractPodAi, regional partners Thomson Reuters, and Columbia Law School and inhouse research partner White & Case LLP. #FTInnovativeLawyers #FTILNA #InnovativeLawyers #RSGI

The 2024 FT Innovative Lawyers are about to start... 🥁 🥁 🥁 Congratulations to all the law firms and in-house legal teams shortlisted this year. Best of luck to Reena SenGupta, Yasmin Lambert and Chris Sharp, our colleagues out in New York representing RSGI. Many thanks to the Financial Times team out in New York, too: Alex Roszkowski Robert Grange Lewis Finch Cherrie Chan. Best of luck to all the shortlisted firms, in-house legal teams and individuals this year! 🏆 Keep an eye out for the FTIL North America 2024 report tomorrow online and in print. #FTInnovativeLawyers #RSGI #FTILNorthAmerica2024

Meet the trailblazers harnessing AI and cutting-edge tech to transform in-house legal operations. 🌟 Discover how Rosario Baquero Alonso- Antonello Gargano- Léo Murgel-Barbara Rogers- Petra Stirling are speeding up responses and broadening the influence of legal teams in the latest Financial Times Accelerating Business series.    To read the full article, follow the link: https://lnkd.in/etmynPKZ   This is the latest and final article in the Financial Times Accelerating Business 2024 series, to find the full series click this link: https://lnkd.in/ejnEMNFn. The five standout professionals were selected by the RSGI research team. RSGI Harriet Arnold Nick Huber #FTAcceleratingBusiness #LegalInnovation Honeywell, Iberdrola, ASML, Salesforce, Westpac

I did this really fun podcast with Mary O'Carroll, where we talked about gen ai, what law firms and in-house teams need to do & our visions of the future legal profession. Did we take our gloves off? Or drape the profession in pearls? I couldn’t have these insights without the fab RSGI team ❤️.

📢 Call for submissions to the FT Innovative Lawyers Asia Pacific awards 2025 We are looking for case studies of innovations in legal practice and the business of law in the region from law firms and in-house legal teams. The awards will be held in Hong Kong on May 15, and the report published in the FT on May 16. #ftinnovativelawyers Find out how to get involved here: https://lnkd.in/e4uDYuYK

🚀 Accelerating Legal Processes with AI 🚀   In today’s fast-paced business world, technology is a game-changer, especially in the legal sector. Companies are harnessing the power of AI to streamline processes, from navigating complex EU legislation to speeding up legal research. Tasks that once took days now take minutes!   Where AI is making a difference: Commercial Contracts: reducing time and complexity. Procurement & Billing: enhancing efficiency. Standardising Legal Data: moving towards common standards.   While the benefits are clear, implementing these technologies can be costly, often requiring expert consultancy services. But the payoff? Significant time and cost savings. 💼💡   Want to know more? Read the full article here: https://lnkd.in/ddi3WTRE   The article was written by Tom Saunders, director of clients and communities at RSGI, as part of the Financial Times Accelerating Business series.   This article highlights 20 initiatives that save time and money in everyday processes — including contracts and procurement, based on RSGI’s research. ContractPodAi D2 Legal Technology Factor Harvey LexisNexis LeyaThomson Reuters vLex Deloitte Integreon KPMG Law Luminance Open Contracting Partnership PwC Brightflag PERSUIT®Priori Law Insider @Noslegal (https://www.noslegal.org/) @SOLI (https://lnkd.in/eDyqjF6c) #LegalTech #AI #BusinessInnovation #RSGI #AcceleratingBusiness #FinancialTimes

Pick up a copy of today's FT to see the 2024 Innovative Lawyers Europe report! Also available in front of the paywall here: https://lnkd.in/dq7c5Q4 Congratulations to all the award winners ... Most Innovative Practitioner Marion Palmer, Hogan Lovells Most Innovative Legal Intrapreneur Idoya Fernández Elorza, Cuatrecasas Innovative Lawyers in Pro Bono        Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Innovative Lawyers in Sustainability & ESG  Linklaters Innovative Lawyers in Deals and Financing  Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Innovative Lawyers in Dispute Resolution   Mishcon de Reya LLP Innovative Lawyers in Private Capital            Ropes & Gray LLP Innovative Lawyers in Restructuring Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP and White & Case LLP Innovative Lawyers in the Technology Sector           Bird & Bird Innovative Lawyers in Unlocking Finance     White & Case Innovation in Generative AI Tools    A&O Shearman Innovation in Generative AI Strategy             DLA Piper Innovation in New Legal Products    CMS Innovation in Regulatory Solutions  Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Innovation in Improving Client Experience  Ashurst Innovation in Data-enhanced Knowledge    Herbert Smith Freehills Innovation in law firm strategy          Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP Innovation in talent management    Cuatrecasas Innovation in skills development      Garrigues In-house Legal Team: Innovation in Commercial & Strategic Advice             Vodafone In-house Legal Team: Innovation in Sustainability & Impact             Greenpeace International In-house Legal Team: Innovation in Using Generative AI    Unilever In-house Legal Team: Innovation in New Products and Services             CARIAD In-house Legal Team: Innovation in Operational Transformation             Iberdrola In-house legal team: Innovation in outside counsel management             HSBC In-house legal team: Innovation in people & skills Zurich Insurance Most innovative in-house legal team in Europe       Unilever Most Innovative Law Firm in Europe (outside UK)  KPMG Abogados Most Innovative Law Firm in Europe              A&O Shearman #ftinnovativelawyers Kudos to the RSGI research team Mary Ormerod Tom Saunders Chris Sharp Alex Volkers Mina Jenkins Toby Weston Issy Thorley Stephen Jagoe Laura White Patrick Shortall Reena SenGupta Yasmin Lambert and the FT team Harriet Arnold Amy Bell Michael Kavanagh Alex Roszkowski Robert Grange

My main job is not to organise events, but somehow at RSGI, our content and networks have put us in this role. I think of panels as performance art, you have a story to tell, and your speakers tell it in their own words, guided by the moderator (aka the director). This year, I wanted to make a call to arms to the profession that as a sector we can together help the world solve some of the intractable problems it faces. That lawyers' unique role and skillset are needed more than ever. As they stepped up in the financial crisis of 2008, so they need to do so now. I think - with the help of an amazing case - we succeeded in doing that on Wednesday. The film below gives you a taster. Now NEXT YEAR, 2025, marks the 20th anniversary of the #ftinnovativelawyers programme. We are going to do something entirely different on the 25 June 2025, in the Peninsula Hotel in London. Hold the date, make space, and be prepared to celebrate! We will celebrate the top twenties.....innovators from the past to help us inspire the innovators of the future. https://lnkd.in/g8Z7F3G3

As the Innovative Lawyers Global Summit comes to a close, we’ve heard incredible insights from industry leaders on AI, corporate citizenship, and the evolving practice of law. A big thank you to all our speakers, sponsors and participants for driving the conversation forward. Stay connected for more innovation and leadership in the legal world! #FTInnovativeLawyers