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LOD, SYKE expand to US
Global alternative legal services provider LOD and legal tech and operations consultancy SYKE are opening an office in New York, on the back of demand for lawyers, paralegals, legal technologists and operations professionals in the United States.
Jerome Doraisamy
LOD and SYKE – which, together, help in-house legal teams build their ideal legal function – have expanded into the US, with its New York-based office set to provide law departments with a full-service, flexible offering, including secondments, managed services, legal operations consultancy and legal technology implementation.
Demand is expected, LOD and SYKE proclaimed, “to grow rapidly”.
LOD and SYKE formed the LOD Group in March of last year, following which SYKE launched in Australia.
The providers’ New York office will be led by Lewis Bretts, in the role of United States managing director. He has been from his role of COO and chief legal engineer at SYKE and will maintain his existing management responsibilities, including overseeing client projects.
LOD Group chief executive Tom Hartley said: “We’ve been doing more and more work for our multinational clients across the United States, so it’s a natural step for us to accelerate our business here with a location on the ground.”
“Supporting the best in-house legal professionals to love what they do, giving them the autonomy and flexibility that they strive for, has always been a cornerstone of our success, so it’s very exciting to expand and grow this offering in the US,” he said.
SYKE chief executive and founder Alistair Maiden added: “Our international clients have reacted extremely positively to the combined technology and people offering that our partnership with LOD provides.”
“Our full-service US office marks an evolution of that partnership, which has been driven by client demand. It also provides us with a great opportunity to explore greater integration – both in terms of the solutions that we provide to our clients and our two businesses,” he noted.
LOD currently operates across 20 countries in five continents and has 4,500 lawyers, legal engineers, legal operations consultants, paralegals, and risk & compliance professionals in its ranks.
Jerome Doraisamy
Jerome Doraisamy is the editor of Lawyers Weekly. A former lawyer, he has worked at Momentum Media as a journalist on Lawyers Weekly since February 2018, and has served as editor since March 2022. He is also the host of all five shows under The Lawyers Weekly Podcast Network, and has overseen the brand's audio medium growth from 4,000 downloads per month to over 60,000 downloads per month, making The Lawyers Weekly Show the most popular industry-specific podcast in Australia. Jerome is also the author of The Wellness Doctrines book series, an admitted solicitor in NSW, and a board director of Minds Count.
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