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Part II – My Journey along the LegalTech Superhighway

Part II – Shifting gears – understanding the potential of LegalTech Where do we go from here? A fortuitous aspect of working at D2LT is everyday exposure to hyper-modern solutions ... Read More

Part I – My Journey along the LegalTech Superhighway

Humble Beginnings – A Law Graduate in LegalTech When I arrived at D2LT’s Canary Wharf office for an interview I was confronted with a Google-esque workspace. There were sofas, a ... Read More

Legal Opinions – it is time to break the cycle of remediation

With the wave of post-crisis regulatory changes, from EMIR to MiFID II, to Margin Requirements for Uncleared Derivatives and Liquidity Reporting now in place, regulators are placing increasing scrutiny on ... Read More

IBOR transition: the tipping point for enabling legal technology

Wherever you look, you can see experts opining on Interbank Offered Rate (“IBOR”) transition and with good cause, since this is arguably the most significant change in the markets for ... Read More

Groundhog Day: banks continue to fall into the traps of the past

A familiar pattern seems to be occurring in financial services: an issue arises, typically an aggressive regulatory deadline, the issue is analysed and a proposed solution devised, a team is ... Read More

Financial Stability – Sticky Tape or Strategic Change?

The recent announcement of another regulatory deadline extension – this time from BCBS and ISOCO relating to the next phase of Initial Margin – comes as little surprise to those ... Read More

Counting the Cost of Cyber Silence

Damaged reputation. Financial loss. Punitive capital adequacy provision. Silent cyber is one of the biggest issues facing the insurance industry. Yet despite the Prudential Regulatory Authority’s (PRA) demands for robust ... Read More

2021 Vision: Transforming the legal documentation landscape through Structured Data

The derivatives industry has been transformed by the proactive engagement of its members over the last 30+ years, an exemplar of bright, resourceful individuals coming together to achieve business outcomes ... Read More

Too Big to Fail

The January 1st 2020 deadline for the US Stay Rules has passed – so are Global Systemically Important Banks (GSIB) now fully compliant? Have all their covered entities, subsidiaries, affiliates, ... Read More

The Future of the Digital Economy – Changing Responsibility around Control and Protection of Data

The digital economy, the technology supporting it and the data fuelling it are growing at an exponential pace (some even talk of a Moore’s Law equivalent in respect of data). ... Read More

Blockchain and the GDPR – Irreconcilable Foes or A Partnership with Great Potential?

At first glance, blockchain and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) may seem like they would be wholly unrelated, complete strangers.But as applications of blockchain expand into the mainstream– payments, ... Read More