Henchman’s Post

How do you maximize the benefits of legal technology within your organization? What's the secret sauce of securing successful implementation and adoption? Henchman gathered an international panel of legal tech experts to shine a light on these questions. 🔦 Conan Hines (Fried Frank), Aalia Manie (Webber Wentzel), and Joshua Fireman (Fireman & Company, an Epiq Company) took a deep dive into the topic, sharing their knowledge, best practices, and prime examples of how to achieve actual outcomes. 👉🏼 Dive into the topic yourself and read our brand-new article here: https://lnkd.in/dYjiHG3Z 👉🏼 Interested in rewatching the panel discussion? Discover the conversation: https://lnkd.in/dN8uWfz9

Henchman and Halsten, two peas in a pod. 👊🏽 Halsten has an eye for legal tech, all having one objective in mind: offer the most qualitative service to their clients. Roel Hakvoort, Director Legal Operations Consultancy at Halsten, specifies how they optimized the contract drafting experience for their lawyers: “Henchman has significantly improved our contract creation and negotiation processes by analyzing our legal database. We can instantly locate relevant definitions and clauses, matched by sector and jurisdiction, among others, without manually searching documents.” The team, and Ine Herman especially as their Customer Success Manager, are happy to be by Halsten’s side in this journey. We are enjoying the smooth collaboration and very eager to continue this promising partnership. 💙

We've blocked our calendars, #ILTACON we're ready for you! 🇺🇸 ILTACON is just around the corner and we're looking forward to spending quality time with you. The team can’t wait to welcome you at booth #735, have chats about legal tech, enjoy delicious Belgian chocolates, and share Steve Lit’s holiday plans. Also, you won’t regret marking the following sessions in your personal calendar:  1. August 12: Belgian beer night hosted by Henchman at our booth 🍻 2. August 13: "Cutting-Edge Collaboration: When Generative AI Meets DMS" panel with Jorn Vanysacker and LexisNexis  3. August 13: "Customer showcase: How Goodwin uses Henchman" with Florence Dobbenie and Meghann Barloewen (Director, KM Technology Solutions at Goodwin) 4. August 14: "Real use of GenAI: Legal text analysis and summarization" panel with Julien Steel and colleagues from NetDocuments, Redgrave Data, and Filevine. See you at ILTACON, August 11-15th, Nashville! 💙 International Legal Technology Association (ILTA) #ILTA #ILTACON24 #Legaltech 

If Cinderella secretly really exists, then it would be Cindy: named after Cinderella because of how close she's born to midnight, and the adventurous side of the character she clearly carries with her. Our new Head of Product Integration has been all over the world. She grew up in the Philippines, lived in the US, followed by Singapore, and now lives in Belgium since 2020. Cindy is obsessed with tulips and some might say this is the reason why she moved to Europe. However, we believe it’s because her favorite beer is easily (and dangerously?) within reach. #lachouffe Welcome to the Hench-gang, Cinderella! 💙 The team is excited about the next steps having your Saas passion and experience on board. PS - Please pick up your glass slipper at the reception.

Have you ever compared data with Lego bricks? 🧱 Don't worry if you haven't, Tricia Stephens-Adams (Director of Enterprise Applications & Development at Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP) does the analogy for you. “Imagine having a big bucket of Legos and throwing them on the floor. A brick on its own has no purpose. It's when you put those bricks together that you start to give them context, you start to give them meaning.” Ilona Logvinova (Director of Practice Innovation at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP), David Wang (Chief Innovation Officer at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati), and Tricia are the living examples you’re never too old to play with Legos. In our “Data strategies for legal teams” webinar, our international panel is surfacing its important role in legal organizations, sharing their personal construction kit on how to successfully map out a data-strategy.  Want to start building too? 👷🏽 👉🏼 Dive into our newest blog here: https://lnkd.in/dGYtDene 👉🏼 Rewatch the webinar recording here: https://lnkd.in/dCetYsvB

Ain’t no mountain high enough for Stijn, our brand new AI Engineer at Henchman! 🏔️ Stijn is carrying 7 years of Computer Vision Engineering in his backpack, an experience to be proud of. It also seems his outdoor adventure in the Scottish Highlands (picture) is not stopping him from reaching other heights, considering his weak spot for paragliding, climbing, and catching the highest waves. Since we can’t go back now… Ain't no valley low enough for his deeply grounded roots from Ghent. Stijn is born, raised, and still represented in Belgium's most beautiful medieval city. Ain't no river wide enough to express his enthusiasm for board games and spending time with his friends, family, and awesome (!) colleagues. Welcome to the team, Stijn! There’s nothing crazy enough to keep you from getting to Henchman, babe. 💙

In November 2022, OpenAI took a shot heard ‘round the world: LLMs overtook the legal zeitgeist. Accompanying that arrival, millions of lawyers screamed out in unison: “What does this mean for us?” The good news: This means good things for our industry. If we do it right... We are rolling out our red carpet for Damien Riehl's (VP at vLex) strong piece covering the golden potential of Large Language Models in the legal world. Read the article and find out how your legal AI strategy can be shaped by understanding pitfalls, oilfields, and best practices of LLMs. 📝 Link to the article here: https://lnkd.in/e8RsnXWT 📘 Link to our Legal AI Strategy report here: https://lnkd.in/eq9t5BkD Enjoy!

Say hello to Niels, our brand new Senior Backend Engineer! Niels is coding with his eyes closed carrying an experience to be proud of. Niels has been working remotely for the past 2,5 years and is currently facing challenging times when it comes to meal planning considering office days. 😮💨 What’s more convenient to him is watching soccer and American football, identifying himself as thé cheerleader of Standard Liège and Los Angeles Chargers. Also, Niels’s addiction for coconut water didn’t take him for a trip to the Bahamas, but he went to Hong Kong instead where his fiancee introduced him to her culture. Taking a look at the picture, we’re sure she did an impressive job! So… Niels’s next adventure? Henchman, no doubt! Welcome to the team, Niels 💙