Sandfield Capital – a LendTech company that provides loans to individuals pursuing legal claims – has secured a £20 million credit facility via Ampla Finance to enable it to significantly expand its operations.
Artificial intelligence (AI) has been the big legal industry story of 2023, and there are a legion of reasons why. Generative AI’s rapidly expanding capability to perform many legal tasks will impact delivery structures, economics, talent, education, training, career diversification, regulation and compliance, commercial transactions, and dispute resolution.
Freshfields is advising AstraZeneca on its $1.1bn acquisition of Icosavax (Nasdaq: ICVX), a US-based, clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing differentiated, high-potential vaccines using an innovative, virus-like particle (VLP) platform.
Noetica AI, a startup software platform headed by a former Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz associate, announced Tuesday a $6 million seed investment round led by venture capital firm Lightspeed Venture Partners.
DealPulse, a Maker5 Venture Studio company, announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Matterhorn Transactions
86% of Americans surveyed say biggest GenAI in healthcare concern is lack of transparency on origin and vetting of information used.
Linklaters rolls out Laila, an upgraded version of the GenAI chatbot it first launched in March 2023. The upgrade follows impressive take up and engagement across the firm – 2,500 active users are now generating 2,600+ queries a day.
Lawmatics announced today that its game-changing AI tool – LM[AI] – has won the LegalTech Breakthrough Award for LegalTech AI Innovation of the Year. The LegalTech Breakthrough Awards recognize the top technology companies, solutions, and products in the legal technology industry today.
European startup Mistral AI has completed a €385 million funding round “to bolster its team and infrastructure” and “develop the best open technology and provide developers with the highest levels of customization.” Orrick advised Mistral AI in the Series A round, led by Andreessen-Horowitz.
Volvo Cars announces today that Helen Hu has been appointed General Counsel and Chief Legal Officer, and Member of the Executive Management Team, from 1 February 2024.
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