ALM's Legal Innovation & Technology Awards took place in London yesterday (23rd May) with Addleshaw Goddard and DLA Piper emerging as the big winners of the day, taking home three awards.
Hosted by British comedian Stephen Bailey, who did a fantastic job entertaining the lunchtime audience and presenting the awards, the ceremony recognised the achievements of lawyers working alongside business services departments including marketing, business development, finance, IT, project management, operations, public relations and recruitment.
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This year's Disruptive Technology award winner was Gavel, a no-code, AI-enabled document automation provider; the Excellence in Litigation and Data Science award went to litigation analytics platform Solomonic; Product of the Year was won by contract review and drafting provider Henchman; and Product of the Year – AI award went to contract lifecycle management vendor ContractPodAi.
The three awards DLA received are Outstanding Training Innovation in the Private Sector, Excellence in Litigation Technology, and Future of Legal Services Innovation in a Large Private Sector Firm.
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Addleshaw Goddard's awards were for Outstanding Marketing, PR and Communications Innovation in the Private Sector and Diversity Innovation in the Private Sector, which he shared with Michael Kennedy.
You can see all the other winners below.
Legal IT Insider is a media partner and Editor Caroline Hill was on hand at the ceremony to present the awards “The Future of Legal Services Innovation for Small Private Law Firms”, won by Walker Morris, and “The Future of Legal Services Innovation – In-House Legal Practices”, won by Hewlett Packard.
Congratulations to all the nominees and winners.
Individual practice
Innovation in customer management
Baker McKenzie
CSR Innovation
Ashhurst
Disruptive Technology of the Year
PwC Legal
Excellence in Talent Innovation
Dentons
The Future of Legal Services Innovation – Alternative Legal Service Providers
Shining Law
The Future of Legal Services Innovation – Large Private Law Firms
DLA Piper
The Future of Legal Services Innovation – Mid-Sized Private Law Firm
A&L Good Body
The Future of Legal Services Innovation – Small Private Law Firms
Walker Morris
Innovation in Diversity
Addleshaw Goddard
Innovation in international law firms
Ashhurst
Knowledge Management Innovation
Squire Patton Boggs
Innovation in Marketing, PR and Communications Excellence
Addleshaw Goddard
Great Training Innovation
DLA Piper
Pioneering Business Development Innovation
Slaughter and May
Company Awards
Best internal team transformation project
Vodafone
The Future of Legal Services Innovation – In-house Legal Work
Hewlett-Packard
Anyone can participate in the awards
AI Innovation
ELTEMATE – Hogan Lovells' legal tech brand
Excellence in Litigation Technology
DLA Piper
Innovation in ESG
Hogan Lovells
Innovation Trailblazer Award
Michael Kennedy, Addleshaw Goddard
A Lifetime Contributor to Innovation
Semen Kanin, Amber Law Firm
Great collaboration
iManage