What is the role of Managing Partners in legal tech / innovation?
Managing partners play a key role; hear from two Managing Partners on how to make a difference
Managing Partners and Innovation | LexMundi
Hear from two Managing partners on the role(s) a Managing Partner should play in innovation and new legal technology; and wh at makes it hard (and what makes it easy) to make significant changes at firms?
Tamar Tammes, Managing Partner at Burness Paull (Member Firm for Scotland)
A passionate and inclusive business leader, Tamar thrives on building and nurturing teams. For Tamar success is when every employee enthusiastically brings their whole self to work and is dedicated to impeccable execution in everything they do for clients. Following university in Edinburgh and Paris, Tamar joined the firm which is now Burness Paull as a trainee lawyer, going on to head up the property and infrastructure team and develop a fast-growing renewable energy practice. Listed as one of the ‘20 women to Watch in Scotland in 2018’ by Business Insider, she is now the first female managing partner at Burness Paull. As a member of The 30% Club she is committed to talent management and unlocking a recognition of women’s contribution to business.
Edward de Bock, Board of Directors, Managing Partner at Houthoff (Member Firm for Netherlands)
Edward was appointed to Houthoff’s Board of Directors on 1 January 2016, and since 1 April 2017 has been managing partner. Edward specializes in employment law and pensions law, in particular in the employment law and pensions law aspects of mergers, acquisitions and joint ventures. He advises on and litigates matters relating to employee participation law, the law on individual and collective pensions, and employment law, including the law on individual and collective employment termination. Edward is one of the Netherlands’ leading specialists on executive remuneration and the dismissal of board members and directors
Tamar is ranked in Chambers 2021, named as a leading individual in Legal 500 2020 and described by commentators as “incredibly practical to deal with.”