2nd September 2024: D2 Legal Technology (D2LT), the award-winning legal data consulting firm, is honoured to announce that Professor Sarah Green has joined the organisation as head of its digital assets and electronic trade documentation practice, following an illustrious term as Law Commissioner for Common and Commercial Law at the Law Commission of England and Wales.
Commenting on her role with D2LT, Professor Green says: “I am incredibly proud of the recommendations and reforms the Law Commission has made in commercial and common law, particularly in relation to electronic trade documents legislation, digital assets and arbitration. I am extremely excited to continue this work with D2 Legal, where I see a genuine opportunity to combine my expertise in legal reform and digitalisation with that of D2LT at the intersection of LegalTech and FinTech, in order to expedite significant change in the creation of legal agreement and opinion data frameworks, taxonomies and processes to harness the opportunities digital assets, electronic trade documents and AI bring.”
D2LT’s CEO and Founder, Akber Datoo, adds: “I am thrilled and honoured at Sarah’s decision to join D2LT. She brings a calibre of experience, knowledge and a precedent for spearheading positive change in digital transformation that is simply unparalleled and evidenced by the stellar work in keeping English law at the forefront as a Law Commissioner. I am immensely excited at the progress we will be able to unlock in this regard in the cutting edge of the digital assets, smart contracts and electronic trade documentation space for the benefit of commerce and financial services.”
Prior to joining D2LT, Professor Green served as Law Commissioner for Commercial and Common Law from January 2020. In 2023, she won both the International Chamber of Commerce’s Award for the “Individual Who Has Made the Greatest Contribution to the Digitalisation of Trade” and the “Outstanding Achievement Award” at the British Legal Technology Awards. In 2022, she was placed on the “Women in Fintech Power List” and on Bloomberg’s Crypto List “Who to Watch”. She is Professor of Private Law at the University of Bristol and was previously Professor of the Law of Obligations at the University of Oxford and a software consultant at Accenture. She is a published author on a variety of issues including virtual currencies, blockchain issues surrounding intermediated securities, smart contracts, and sale of goods law as applicable to digitised assets.