Innovation in Law: How Taylor Wessing utilise legal technology

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Apr 01, 2025

Written By Billy Sexton

Innovation in law and legal technology is more important than ever. In a fiercely competitive market, law firms are expected to, at the very least, develop innovative solutions for their client’s business needs and challenges.

For a future trainee solicitor, this prospect of combining the latest technology toolkits with complex legal knowledge should be hugely attractive. AllAboutLaw caught up with Taylor Wessing, to get a broad overview of how a law firm engages with innovation and technology to deliver bespoke solutions to their clients.

It’s a fascinating insight and with “the scope to experiment, design and iterate, and be at the forefront of a changing and growing industry”, Taylor Wessing are clearly one of the leading innovators in the field.

Innovation is really at the heart of everything that Taylor Wessing does, but what methods and tools does the firm utilise to provide innovative legal solutions to their clients?

In terms of methodology at Taylor Wessing we employ a consultative and collaborative approach to developing innovative solutions for our clients. We do have some "off-the-shelf" technology products available, but we have found that the best way to deliver value is to work with our clients to design bespoke solutions to meet their needs. To do this we utilise our legal technology TechSet which acts as a toolkit and contains products from document automation through to collaboration portals.

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How does innovation filter through the firm through to trainee solicitors? Are there initiatives and specialised training available, for example?

All of our trainees are offered training in innovation and legal technology as part of their core induction training. This is updated and deepened as their career progresses.

What is your one top tip to aspiring solicitors as they look to expand their knowledge of innovation and technology?

Be proactive in developing your knowledge. There is a thriving community of legal technology and innovation events, networks, conferences, and even more publicly available research and articles. Immerse yourself in these resources, seek them out and build a broad network of innovators across industries and organisations. This will help you develop well rounded knowledge of innovation strategy and technology, and you never know you could be building your future client base.

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