Rachel Williams

Private Equity-Backed Barristers Group Launches Tech-Driven Clerking Platform

Featured, LawPreneur, UK Law / March 11, 2026

Private equity-backed legal chambers network The Barrister Group (TBG) has officially entered the outsourced services market, announcing the rollout of its new VENTRiQ platform—an outsourced clerking service built on TBG’s in-house operations infrastructure. The London-based group, which supports hundreds of remotely working barristers across the UK, says the service reflects growing demand from chambers and lawyers for scalable operational

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When the System Looks Broken, Young Clients Stop Playing By Its Rules

Featured, Law Job News, Lawyers, Press Releases / March 11, 2026

A new term has entered the financial lexicon — and lawyers advising younger clients would do well to understand it. “Financial nihilism” describes a growing sentiment among Gen Z that the traditional markers of financial success be they homeownership, retirement savings, steady investment in conventional assets which are effectively out of reach. The phrase, coined

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Ex-Goodwin Lawyers Raise $3M to Kill Side-Letter Spreadsheet Hell

Briefings, Legal AI, UK Law / March 10, 2026

Need-to-Know: Ex-Goodwin Lawyers Raise $3M Seed to Automate Side Letters & MFN Workflows – ILS’s ProVision Platform Already Powers $150B+ in Global Fundraises In a clear signal that private funds legal tech is heating up, London-based Intelligent Legal Solutions (ILS) has closed a $3M seed round led by Chicago Ventures, bringing total funding to more

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Meet “Good News Gary” — The Man Handed Britain’s Hottest Legal Brief

LawStars, UK Law / February 21, 2026

There’s an old joke that the best criminal defence lawyer is the one who can make you feel good about a terrible situation. Gary Bloxsome has an actual nickname for doing exactly that: “Good News Gary.”

Right now, he could probably use some of that optimism himself.

Bloxsome, a partner at Blackfords near the Old Bailey, is now leading the defence of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor alongside colleague Jennifer Richardson and Clare Montgomery KC (pictured) of Matrix Chambers, a barrister LawFuel has previously identified as one of the top criminal barristers (and earners) in Britain.

It’s the kind of instruction that makes your peers both envious and relieved it isn’t them.
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Why This Big Law Firm Is Paying Junior Lawyers to Experiment With AI

Featured, Law Firm Management, Law Firms, Legal AI / January 10, 2026

US Firm Compensates Junior Lawyers for 20% Time Investment in AI Exploration Rachel Williams, contributing writer As legal technology reshapes practice economics, Ropes & Gray’s billable-hours approach signals strategic pivot in associate training and firm competitiveness In a move that challenges traditional law firm billing models while addressing mounting concerns about AI’s displacement of junior

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Law Firm Marketing – How Legal Marketers Became the New Architects of the Modern Law Firm

Featured, Law Firms, Law Marketing / December 29, 2025

Rachel Shields Williams, Product Management Director of Client Intelligence at Sidley Austin LLP* If you’ve attended any legal‑industry conference in 2025—whether the agenda focused on client intelligence, KM, pricing, or AI—you’ve undoubtedly felt it: the ground is shifting. The pace is faster, the conversations sharper, and the audience broader. And at the center of this

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