Held live 27th January 2021 at 15:00 (GMT)
This session explored how law degrees and various experiences in the practice of law, can be a significant differentiator and valuable asset when developing and building a legal tech platform.
During this live conversation Frances Anderson, MD, Netlaw Media, welcomes Shilpa Bhandarkar, CEO, Nakhoda (former Head of Innovation, Linklaters), to explore her journey from Law to Tech.
This session discusses new opportunities to use technology, the creation of new products to challenge, improving and shaping client service delivery – through innovation, law and tech.
Speakers
Shilpa Bhandarkar
Global Head of Innovation
Linklaters
Shilpa Bhandarkar is the Global Head of Innovation for Linklaters, responsible for fostering a culture of innovation and entrepreneurship within the firm, leading the firm’s strategy on emerging areas such as artificial intelligence and data analytics, exploring opportunities for process improvement and automation, and engaging with legal tech start-ups and academia to stay at the forefront of legal sector developments and thought leadership. Through design thinking, developing and testing emerging legaltech, process mapping and automation, the innovation team she leads looks to develop new tools and processes to improve the way we work with and for our clients as well as give our lawyers a differentiated experience of working at the firm.
Shilpa started her career as a project finance lawyer but her interest in technology and entrepreneurship led her to found, build and sell a mobile app company as well as grow a legaltech start-up before re-joining Linklaters in her current role. Previous roles at Linklaters include being a founding member of the Linklaters India Group, COO for the India Practice and COO for the Africa practice.
Shilpa holds an MBA from the Harvard Business School and is a mentor on the LegalGeek Women in LawTech programme. She is listed as a leading ‘Disruptor’ in The Lawyer Hot 100, 2019 and an ‘Individual winner’ of the ‘TechWomen100 Awards, 2018’.
Frances Anderson
Chief Executive Officer
Netlaw Media
Leading a world class Events organisation Netlaw Media, Frances Anderson is an experienced Managing Director and Entrepreneur with a demonstrated history of working in the legal services industry for the past 14 years.
Having started her own business at the age of 25, Frances is a strong business development professional with a BSc (Hons) focused in Business Management from Greenwich Management School. She is skilled in Negotiation, Business Planning, Operations Management, Event Management, and Executive Management.
With a passion for bringing the legal community together, educating the industry on new ways of thinking and driving change through the delivery of world class education. Frances is driven in encouraging the next generation into the opportunities available within legal technology for the betterment of the legal profession