Deloitte picks 14 lawtech startups for 'meaningful relationships'

A specialist technology app store and artificial intelligence for contract drafting are among the technologies likely to be adopted by the legal arm of Big Four firm Deloitte in an attempt to bridge the gap between startup companies and clients. Deloitte Legal said today that it had'hand-selected' 14 startups after evaluating 400 businesses for its Deloitte Legal Ventures programme. In a significant departure from previous lawtech incubator schemes, Deloitte Legal has said it will become a user of products and services offered by the chosen startups. These include execution technology, artificial intelligence, data analytics and predictive analytics, the firm said. Among the 12 companies named today are Genie AI, a UK pioneer in artificial intelligence and Reynen Court, an online platform designed to simplify the process of buying legal technology.