what I do
Strategy to reality.
With experience directly delivering strategic projects I can go beyond just the recommendation and support throughout the build, rollout and adoption of solutions. This execution gap is the biggest challenge at the moment and is where true value lies.
AI strategy
Practical strategy grounded in what the technology can do today.
- Strategy day presentations and facilitated leadership sessions.
- Use case identification, prioritisation and 3/6/12 month roadmaps.
- Board-level briefings that set realistic expectations without the hype.
- Business case development for AI investment.
- Early identification of challenges and recommendations to address them.
Tool selection
From a noisy market to a confident decision. Tech-agnostic with no vendor commissions - get the best tool for your situation.
- Requirements gathering workshops with the people who will use the tools.
- Market assessment, long-list and short-list with honest pros and cons.
- Demo coordination, evaluation frameworks and RFP support.
- Structured pilots that validate the decision before you commit.
Implementation & adoption
Most rollouts fail on planning and people, not the technology. I can help fix the rollout.
- Process mapping - current state and future state.
- Genuine feedback collection from the people doing the work.
- Workflow design, configuration, prompts and playbooks.
- Training design and delivery, change management and adoption measurement.
- Post-go-live support and optimisation.
Training & AI literacy
Hands-on sessions that get lawyers using AI on real work, from first steps to advanced agents and workflows.
- Foundations and prompting workshops built around real legal tasks.
- Leadership briefings on what to invest in and what to ignore.
- Use case sprints to find the highest-value applications for your team.
- Bespoke multi-session programmes where one workshop is not enough.
- Tech-agnostic and focused on key skills and AI literacy.
Governance
Policies, approval frameworks and safe self-service - learned from experience in practical delivery of AI in law.
- AI governance frameworks, acceptable use policies and decision logs.
- Approval barriers that protect the business without strangling adoption.
- Data handling guidance for AI tooling, mapped to your risk profile.
- Training for legal and business users on safe, confident use.
- Verification training across legal AI solutions and best practice for lawyers.
Build & prototyping
Working prompts, workflows or prototypes that prove value and can be used to drive imagination.
- Working prototypes and bespoke tools for legal workflows.
- Agent-based processes, document review pipelines and drafting workflows.
- Eval harnesses so you can measure quality instead of guessing at it.
- Benchmarking to test what models and tools actually deliver on your work.
who it is for
Law firms
Strategy days, innovation function audits, use case roadmaps, vendor selection and structured pilots. I have sat on the firm side of every one of these conversations, so the advice starts from how firms actually make decisions - partnership dynamics, pricing pressure, risk appetite and all.
In-house legal teams
Legal operations health checks, technology selection, implementation support, playbooks and training. Sized for teams from a solo GC to a large department, and honest about what you need versus what the market wants to sell you.
ALSPs & AI-native firms
Alternative providers and new-model firms move faster than traditional firms, and the advice needs to keep up. Service design, delivery workflows, agent-based processes, eval and quality frameworks, and the build work to make it real. I can support genuinely making AI-native lawyers while still allowing them to deliver on the day to day.
Consultancies & delivery partners
Project-based delivery under your brand or mine: workflow builds, prompt and playbook engineering, implementation sprints and client workshops. A senior practitioner who can run a workstream end to end, with no onboarding overhead.
Legal tech vendors
I spent years on the other side of your pitch: heading R&D and running the tool assessment and procurement function inside an award-winning innovation team, seeing hundreds of vendor pitches and pilots. I help vendors understand how firms actually buy - who really makes the decision, what evaluations test, why pilots stall, and how infosec and pricing land - plus product roadmap support grounded in what legal buyers and users actually need next. Supporting you to turn an innovation team into your internal champion.
how engagements work
01Initial conversation
We talk through your situation and whether I can help. If I am the wrong person for it, I will say so and point you somewhere better.
02Scoping
A short working session or readiness review to pin down what matters, what good looks like and what a sensible programme costs.
03Delivery
Fixed-fee projects where scope is clear, day rates where flexibility matters. The person you scope with is the person who does the work.
04Ongoing support
Advisory retainers for teams that want regular access without a full-time hire: market intelligence, vendor conversations, a sounding board that knows your context.