International E-Discovery
A Global Handbook of Law and Technology, Second Edition
Published: 2021
Pages: 293
eBook: 9781787424524
This new second edition brings the reader fully up to date with what works and what has failed and where future investment is likely to be needed, as well as containing expanded geographic coverage with more professional tips on getting ahead with best practice on a country by country basis.
•Learn new e-discovery techniques and stay competitive.
•Offer clients and customers real service in tackling difficult problems.
•Cut-through the overwhelming amount of data.
•Give regulators and judicial decision-makers exactly what they want.
The second edition of International E-Discovery provides an analysis from across the globe of the different approaches to and cutting-edge techniques in the use of digital evidence in legal and regulatory contexts.
Technology specialists and legal practitioners in different jurisdictions come together to explain the latest developments in how digital evidence is collected, interrogated and deployed in response to legal proceedings, regulatory investigations, and in order to comply with organisational requirements. The perennial problem created by the vast volumes of corporate data continues to present a significant challenge around the world whilst at the same time new software is developed and the legal and regulatory systems are more accepting of the involvement of technology in litigation, arbitration and regulatory investigations.
Computer science grounded in statistics invades traditional legal knowledge giving rise to new approaches in legal procedure and outcomes. Effectively bringing together the skills and approaches of two very different disciplines is vital to maintaining a system of proportionate justice.
Leading practitioners who work at the coal face on a daily basis look at professional competency and conduct, privacy laws, judicial awareness, the skilful deployment of powerful search tools and the shape of the future. In this second edition the reader is brought fully up to date with what works and what has failed and where future investment is likely to be needed. The new edition also contains expanded geographic coverage with more professional tips on getting ahead with best practice on a country by country basis.
A must-have addition to the seasoned practitioner’s library, a vital read for students and practitioners of the future, and essential background reading for judges and arbitrators, this is both a thought leadership and accessible, practical text that brings together multiple professional disciplines into a single volume.
Table of Contents
Cover | Cover | |
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Title Page | 1 | |
Copyright Page | 2 | |
Table of Contents | 3 | |
Preface | 5 | |
Introduction | 7 | |
Evolving technology and predicting the future | 9 | |
Outsourcing document review | 17 | |
Data transfer: storage, accessibility, retrieval | 35 | |
Professional conduct | 65 | |
Virtual hearings | 91 | |
Australia | 103 | |
Canada | 113 | |
France | 131 | |
Germany | 145 | |
India | 161 | |
Ireland | 171 | |
Italy | 191 | |
Japan | 203 | |
Kenya | 209 | |
Singapore | 215 | |
United Kingdom | 223 | |
United States | 255 | |
Uruguay | 273 | |
About the authors | 281 | |
About Globe Law and Business | 293 |
Philip Algieri
Managing director, forensic, KPMG LLP
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https://www.linkedin.com/in/philip-algieri-76a06a11/
Phil Algieri is a managing director in KPMG’s forensic technology practice. He has extensive experience working closely with clients across industries on large-scale, complex legal matters to streamline and improve their legal operations, ediscovery and document review processes. In particular, he has in-depth experience merging the application of technology and analytics with enhanced project and process management methods to drive better outcomes for clients, especially in traditionally inefficient or costly areas such as document review. Phil received his JD from Columbia University School of Law and BA from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Markus Bauer
Partner, Rittershaus
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https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-markus-bauer-6049571aa/
Dr Markus Bauer studied law at Johann-Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main and Georgetown University, Washington DC. Markus started his career with the international law firms Coudert Brothers and Jones Day before joining Rittershaus in 2007. He is former co-chair of the Rittershaus Corporate Practice Group and responsible for the firm’s international network.
In his practice Markus focuses on domestic and cross-border M&A and private equity transactions as well as corporate (re)structurings. He also represents German and international clients in complex corporate, commercial and capital markets-related litigation, arbitration and enforcement proceedings.
Markus is the author of several articles on issues of corporate and equity capital market law and litigation. He also frequently speaks at conferences on these topics.
Martin Bonney
Head of e-discovery and managed services, Panoram
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https://www.linkedin.com/in/martin-bonney/
Martin Bonney is head of e-discovery and managed services at Panoram, an independent digital transformation company for legal and compliance offering strategy consulting, technology implementation and hosting services. He has over 25 years’ experience in ediscovery – ranging from Magic Circle law firms, to e-discovery service providers and global consulting organisations.
He has particular expertise in supporting complex investigations (OFAC, FCPA, LIBOR, GDPR, Cyber Breach), as well as big-ticket litigation and he advised on such projects in locations throughout the EU, Russia and the UK. Martin is an expert in working closely with clients to develop bespoke solutions to advanced e-discovery challenges, including the data governance steps needed to facilitate effective early case assessment, managing complex crossborder investigations and helping clients strategise litigation readiness and joined-up case management.
Martin’s current role at Panoram has a particular focus on developing client collaboration solutions for e-discovery using MS Teams and SharePoint Online.
Parker Burns
Associate, Bell Nunnally & Martin LLP
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Parker Burns is an associate in the litigation section of Bell Nunnally & Martin LLP whose practice focuses primarily on litigating and arbitrating commercial disputes in federal and state courts and arbitration forums in the United States. Before joining Bell Nunnally, Parker clerked for the Honourable David Counts of the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas and the Honourable Amos L Mazzant, III of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. Parker is a proud graduate of Baylor Law School in Waco, Texas and the University of St Andrews in St Andrews, Scotland.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/parkerburns/
Candice Chan-Glasgow
Director, review services and counsel, Heuristica Discovery Counsel
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https://www.linkedin.com/in/candice-chan-glasgow-88161311/
Candice Chan-Glasgow is the director of review services and counsel at Heuristica Discovery Counsel. She regularly provides strategic ediscovery advice to clients from identification through production, with an emphasis on leveraging technology in the review process. Candice oversees Heuristica’s legal review projects which span regulatory proceedings, internal investigations and a wide array of commercial litigation.
Candice is called to the bar in both Ontario and Alberta. She received her BA with distinction from Cornell University and her JD from Western University. She is the past secretary (2018) and vice chair (2019) of the Ontario Digital Evidence and eDiscovery Working Group and the coinstructor of the 2017, 2018 and 2020 e-Discovery Advanced Theory & Practices for Litigation Support fellowship courses for The Institute of Law Clerks of Ontario.
Gideon Christian
Assistant professor (AI and law), Faculty of Law, University of Calgary
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https://www.linkedin.com/in/gideon-christian-phd-477a889a/
Dr Gideon Christian is an assistant professor of AI and law at the Faculty of Law, University of Calgary, Canada where he teaches ethics, civil procedure and e-litigation. Prior to joining the University of Calgary in Summer 2019, he was ediscovery counsel at the federal Department of Justice, Canada where he conducted e-discovery in high-profile litigation involving the Government of Canada. His research on the use of AI in civil litigation has been published in the Canadian Bar Review, while his research on social media discovery was published in the Canadian Journal of Law and Technology. Gideon is called to the Ontario bar.
Claudio Cocuzza
Senior partner, Cocuzza & Associati
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https://www.linkedin.com/in/claudio-cocuzza-67161658/
Claudio Cocuzza is senior partner of the Milan-based Cocuzza & Associati. He earned his JD cum laude in 1985 with the University of Siena and his LLM in 1988 with the University of Pennsylvania Law School, thanks to a Fulbright scholarship. He heads the real estate team of the firm and specialises in commercial law and real estate transactions, with particular focus on complex retail-driven investments and related complex litigation.
A member of the Legal Group of ICSC Europe and the Faculty of the ICSC European Retail School, Claudio lectures extensively and publishes on leases and real estate laws and co-authored and edited the book Shopping Center Lease Contracts: A Pan-European Overview.
Claudio is a member of the Working Committee on Anti-Money Laundering of the Italian Consiglio Nazionale Forense and a past president of AIJA, the International Association of Young Lawyers. He is former chair of the IBA Real Estate Section (2012–2014).
Robert Coppola
Vice president, legal solutions and strategic growth, QuisLex, Inc
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https://www.quislex.com/profile/24
At the intersection of law, business and technology, Bobby Coppola, vice president, legal solutions and strategic growth at QuisLex, is focused on adding value and delivering high-quality legal services to his clients across the globe. He leverages his unique skills and background to solve complex problems by designing tech-enabled and process-based solutions for companies and law firms, helping them achieve significant cost savings while meeting their goals. In particular, he has experience leveraging technology, statistics and analytics with tested processes to create better outcomes for clients. His responsibilities at QuisLex include operational oversight and execution, management of key client relationships and driving strategic growth across QuisLex’s various service lines. Prior to joining QuisLex, Bobby practised law for over seven years at Quinn Emanuel and Gibson Dunn. He received his JD from Georgetown University Law Center and a BA in Political Science, with a concentration in International Relations, from Williams College.
Kelly Douglas
Manager of legal and contracts and deputy company secretary, Lifeline Australia
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https://www.linkedin.com/in/kellyruthdouglas/
Kelly Douglas is the manager of legal and contracts and the deputy company secretary for Lifeline Australia and its related entities. Kelly has practised as a litigator for 15 years and until her recent move in-house she held the position of litigation practice leader at LegalVision, a national Australian firm recently awarded the Financial Times’ APAC 500’s Fastest Growing Law Firm of 2020.
Kelly holds an LLM and BAs in law, journalism and public relations. She has acted for clients in the High Court of Australia, the Federal Court of Australia, various state courts and in arbitrations. Kelly is also a not-for-profit sector board member and secretary.
Stephen Dowling
Barrister, senior counsel and non-executive director, TrialView
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https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephen-dowling-62535a43/
Stephen Dowling is a senior counsel who has been practising in commercial litigation for almost 20 years. He has extensive experience with complex disputes in the fields of banking, regulation, corporate litigation and construction. A law graduate of Trinity College, Dublin with a masters in law from Cambridge University, he is also author of The Commercial Court, Thomson, Round Hall – the leading text on practice and procedure in Ireland’s Commercial Court (currently in its second edition). In addition to his practice at the bar, he was appointed by the Irish minister for enterprise to the Company Law Reform Group between 2012 and 2016 and has been legal adviser to various parliamentary committees dealing with Irish constitutional legal issues. He has extensive experience in the fields of e-discovery and litigation technology and is a non-executive director of TrialView Limited, a company specialising in trial-based technologies for evidence presentation and virtual hearings.
Anne Freeman
Partner, Piper Alderman
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https://www.linkedin.com/in/anne-freeman-30041663/
Anne Freeman is a partner in dispute resolution and litigation in Piper Alderman’s Sydney office and is co-head of the firm’s dispute resolution and litigation practice team. She holds a degree in arts (jurisprudence) and a first class honours degree in law and has specialised in commercial litigation and dispute resolution for over 25 years, working in Adelaide, Sydney and London.
Anne has represented clients in a wide range of commercial disputes in courts and tribunals throughout Australia and in the United Kingdom, as well as in alternative dispute resolution forums including arbitrations, expert determinations and mediations. She is regularly involved in large-scale disputes, including prosecuting and defending class actions.
She acts for clients in a broad array of sectors and industries, including energy and resources, transport, healthcare and food and beverage, advising on contractual disputes and actions under legislation such as the Competition and Consumer Act, Corporations Act and ASIC Act. Anne is on the editorial panel of LexisNexis’ Competition and Consumer Law News publication.
Giacomo Gori
Of counsel, Cocuzza & Associati
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https://www.linkedin.com/in/gorigiacomo/
Giacomo Gori leads the intellectual property department at Cocuzza & Associati. Giacomo is an experienced litigator and he assists both Italian and international companies in protecting or disposing intangible assets, with particular focus on trademarks, patents and designs.
His expertise includes internet-based intellectual property rights, websites, multi-media products, online services, software and copyright. He also provides assistance on data protection issues, including compliance, privacy impact assessments, data breaches, data theft and crossborder data flows.
He is a speaker at IP- and data protectionrelated roundtables and training seminars, and a member of AIPPI and INTA.
Karyn Harty
Partner, McCann FitzGerald
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https://www.linkedin.com/in/karyn-harty-24484413/
Karyn Harty is a partner at McCann FitzGerald solicitors in Dublin, Ireland where she specialises in complex commercial litigation and investigations. Karyn is a member of the Sedona Conference International Working Group 6 EU Developments Committee and authors the ‘Discovery’ chapter in the Law Society of Ireland Civil Litigation Manual (Oxford University Press). A regular speaker on e-discovery and innovation in legal services, Karyn is the partner responsible for McCann FitzGerald’s Legal Technology Solutions division.
Yoshihisa Hayakawa
Professor of law, Rikkyo University; Partner, Uryu & Itoga
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https://www.linkedin.com/in/yoshihisa-hayakawa-302b224b/
Yoshihisa Hayakawa is a professor of law at Rikkyo University, Tokyo. He also teaches and researches in a number of foreign universities including Columbia University, Cornell University, QM College of University of London and Australian National University. He is a partner at Uryu & Itoga, Tokyo, and a counsel in many cases of transnational litigation and international commercial arbitration as well as an arbitrator in many arbitration cases. He also serves as a representative from Japan for a number of intergovernmental organisations including UNCITRAL, APEC, ISO and the Hague Conference on PIL. He serves as vice president of the Japan National Committee of UIA, member for Commission on Arbitration and ADR of ICC, Japanese member of the Users Council of SIAC, arbitrator for the Court of Arbitration for Sport and executive director and secretary general of the Japan International Dispute Resolution Center.
Megan Hooper
Partner, McCann FitzGerald
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https://www.linkedin.com/in/meganannehooper/
Megan Hooper is a partner at McCann FitzGerald solicitors in Dublin, Ireland. She is an experienced commercial litigation solicitor, advising companies and financial institutions on corporate disputes, internal investigations, regulatory and other statutory investigations and inquiries. She has extensive experience of large-scale discovery and e-discovery in commercial litigation, electronic document management systems and privilege and has lectured extensively in each of these areas.
Edmund Kronenburg
Managing partner, Braddell Brothers LLP
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https://www.linkedin.com/in/ejkronenburg/
Edmund Kronenburg is the managing partner of Braddell Brothers LLP, Singapore’s second-oldest independent law practice, founded in 1883. He is admitted as an Advocate and Solicitor (Singapore) and Solicitor (England and Wales). With over 23 years’ experience, Edmund appears as counsel in trials and appeals before the Singapore courts, as well as in international arbitrations. He also sits as an Arbitrator in Singapore, Vietnam, Indonesia, Hong Kong and Malaysia.
Edmund’s practice includes commercial and corporate disputes, breach of confidence, defamation, medical negligence, employment, energy, natural resources, media and telecommunications and injunctions (including worldwide freezing injunctions).
He has received wide recognition from Chambers & Partners, Best Lawyers, Benchmark Litigation, Who’s Who Legal, Asialaw and the Legal 500 (Asia-Pacific) which has variously described him as “aggressive”, “articulate”, a “good strategist and communicator”, “best in class” and providing “great, practical, no-nonsense advice in international arbitrations”.
Victoria M Mbithi
Senior advocate, KTK Advocates
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https://www.linkedin.com/in/victoria-m-mbithi-4b201a25/
Victoria Mbithi has over 10 years’ experience in the practice of law as an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya. As the lead commercial law counsel at KTK Advocates, she leads and directs the commercial law team in handling diverse matters relating to an array of commercial and corporate legal affairs across various industries and jurisdictions.
Victoria’s main area of specialisation is commercial law where her wealth of experience in handling commercial transactional legal matters is of note. She has extensive knowledge in the principles and practice of commercial and corporate legal advisory, management and procedure, with expertise in analysing, structuring, negotiating and closing legal transactional briefs across various industries and in several jurisdictions, notably in Sub-Saharan Africa. Victoria is the holder of a master of laws degree in computer and communications law from Queen Mary University of London, a bachelor of laws degree from the University of Nairobi and a post-graduate diploma in law from the Kenya School of Law.
Jorge A Mestre
Partner, Rivero Mestre LLP
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https://www.linkedin.com/in/jorgemestre/
Jorge A Mestre engages exclusively in a commercial litigation practice and is board certified in international litigation and arbitration by the Florida Bar. In Chambers USA, he has been praised for his “strategic sense and creative thinking in critical litigation matters” and characterised as a “brilliant litigator with the creative edge; he sees a tactical advantage in what seems like an intractable problem”. Among his many high-stakes matters, Jorge successfully represented a Chevron attorney in a case that was part of the $100 billion litigation over Chevron’s alleged environmental damage in the Amazon. The Wall Street Journal called the case the “legal fraud of the century”.
Jorge currently represents Dr Craig Wright in a lawsuit that alleges he is the inventor of the cryptocurrency Bitcoin – and the blockchain itself. Jorge was also recently appointed interim co-lead counsel on behalf of the putative class in the consolidated class action styled In re Metformin Marketing and Sales Practices Litigation, pending in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey.
Rahul Narayanan
Advocate on record, Supreme Court of India, Dua Associates
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https://www.linkedin.com/in/rahul-narayanan-601ba712/
Rahul Narayanan is an advocate on record at the Supreme Court of India and an alumnus of NALSAR University. He holds a specialised master’s degree in corporate and commercial law from University College, London, with a focus on international commercial arbitration and litigation, as well as a graduate diploma in English law from BPP Law School, London.
Rahul has been counsel in widely reported cases before the Supreme Court, most notably: acting in BALCO v Kaiser Aluminium, which reconsidered and restated the law of arbitration in India; acting for Novartis AG on the patentability of the cancer drug Glivec and acting for the state of Maharashtra, on the constitutionality of the ban on dance bars.
Rahul regularly acts for Fortune 500 companies, as well as the Indian government in arbitrations and related litigation at all tiers of the court system, with a special focus on crossexamination in arbitration.
Lisa Nguyen
Lawyer, Piper Alderman
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https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisa-nguyen-13646016b/
Lisa Nguyen is a lawyer in the Dispute Resolution and Litigation team of Piper Alderman in Sydney, Australia. Lisa holds degrees in law and medical science from the University of Technology, Sydney. Joining Piper Alderman in mid-2019 as a law clerk, she has since been involved in various matters, including class actions.
She has an interest in competition and consumer law and often contributes publications in relation to recent cases and developments in this particular area of law.
Emmanuel Schulte
Partner, Ginestié Magellan Paley-Vincent (Paris)
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https://www.linkedin.com/in/emmanuel-schulte-9923599/
Emmanuel Schulte is a partner at Ginestié Magellan Paley-Vincent, a law firm in Paris, in charge of the EU and Competition and TMT teams. Emmanuel has more than 20 years’ experience both in counselling and litigation in French and European competition law as well as in IT law, e-commerce and commercial law. He is a graduate of the University of Paris II (business law and economic law) and the College of Europe of Bruges (postgraduate in European legal studies).
A member of the Paris bar, he is distinguished by Who’s Who Legal as one of the world’s leading TMT lawyers. He is also a recognised expert in EU and competition law.
Mayank Sharma
Project manager, ProSearch; E-discovery evangelist, enthusiast, expert
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https://www.linkedin.com/in/therealmayanksharma/
Mayank Sharma is an e-discovery specialist, as well as a project and program management expert, with over 14 years’ experience in leading and managing teams on projects related to risk management, legal or regulatory intervention readiness, information governance and compliance, data subject access requests (DSARs) and principally, e-discovery.
Mayank has led teams on successful projects primarily across the pharmaceutical and financial services industries, in all phases of litigation and regulatory matters, requiring the preservation, identification, collection, processing and production of data.
Mayank gained his grounding in forensic technology and e-discovery at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) and then continued working in the industry at Alix Partners LLP, Consilio LLC, Deloitte UK, Epiq Global and, most recently, ProSearch, where he serves in the capacity of project manager, focusing on largescale e-discovery, data subject access request (DSAR), and information governance projects.
Johnny Shearman
Head of knowledge and legal services, Signature Litigation LLP
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https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnnyshearman/
Johnny Shearman is head of knowledge and legal services at Signature Litigation LLP, a Londonbased specialist law firm handling major and complex litigation, arbitration and regulatory investigations.
Johnny has significant experience in handling a broad spectrum of domestic and international disputes, including some of the most high-profile cases featured in The Lawyer’s “Top 20 Cases of the Year”. His knowledge encompasses complex contractual and tortious disputes, civil fraud, professional negligence litigation and contentious insolvency matters. He has led disputes at all levels from County Court to Supreme Court proceedings, as well as international arbitration.
He is a leading commentator on civil procedure and legal developments and his work is routinely published in the legal press. In particular, he has written extensively on the Disclosure Pilot Scheme operating in the Business and Property Courts and is an advocate for innovation in the legal sector.
Agustina Silva Guarini
Senior associate lawyer and member of the dispute resolution department, Hughes & Hughes
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https://www.linkedin.com/in/agustina-silva-guarini-44402a137/
Agustina Silva’s professional qualifications are: doctor in law and social sciences – Universidad de la Republica, School of Law (2016); Academy for American and International Law – The Center for American and International Law, Plano, Texas, USA (2019); postgraduate course in applied procedural law, Universidad de Montevideo, Uruguay (2020); and postgraduate course for the exercise of the function of trustee and controller in bankruptcy proceedings – Universidad Católica del Uruguay, Montevideo, Uruguay, (2020).
Her main areas of expertise are dispute resolution and asset recovery proceedings. She also has a strong specialisation in commercial and banking law, having been involved in most of the firm’s biggest challenges since her incorporation in 2014.
She is a member of the Uruguayan Bar Association; the International Association of Restructuring; Insolvency and Bankruptcy Professionals (INSOL) and the Uruguayan Association of Advisers on Insolvency and Companies’ Restructuring (AUAIRE).
Mark A Simpson
Director, Deloitte
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https://www.linkedin.com/in/marksimpson2/
Mark A Simpson is a director in Deloitte’s forensic technology practice, specialising in e-discovery, information governance and data management. Mark has built and led teams in the UK, Germany, Switzerland and Poland working across all stages of the EDRM, supporting international litigation, regulatory investigations and public inquiries. He has expertise in data privacy and cross-border data transfers and has advised on complex multijurisdictional e-discovery matters involving European and US parties and regulators. Mark is CIPP/E and CIPM certified.
Mark practised as a barrister and solicitor in Perth, Western Australia before relocating to London in 1997. He has held senior positions at companies including LexisNexis, Thomson Reuters and Epiq and has now spent over 20 years leading the development of market-leading information, technology and consulting solutions for the legal, life sciences and government sectors. His teams have won numerous accolades and awards including the Queen’s Award for Excellence (Innovation Category) and Legal Technology Awards Online Product of the Year.
Jeanne Somma
Chief legal officer, Lineal Services
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https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeanne-somma-90127316/
Jeanne Somma is the chief legal officer and head of managed review at Lineal Services. She has over a decade of experience in the legal industry, with strong expertise in e-discovery, analytics application and consultation regarding defensible uses of technology in document review and production.
Jeanne is a licensed attorney and has studied law both in the US (receiving her LLM in International Business and Trade from Fordham University School of Law and her JD from Hofstra University School of Law) as well as abroad at both the University of Sydney Law School and the University of Nairobi School of Law. She is admitted to practice in New York and New Jersey. Jeanne writes and speaks frequently on topics such as best practices for incorporating analytics into discovery workflows, developments in the laws around data privacy and cross-border discovery, and strategies for reducing cost and improving efficiency in discovery.
Tracey Stretton
Managing director, FTI Consulting
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https://www.linkedin.com/in/tracey-stretton-%F0%9F%A6%8F-3428218/
Tracey Stretton is a managing director at FTI Consulting with extensive experience advising lawyers and companies on e-discovery and the use of innovative technology in dispute resolution and investigations. She consults on the management of evidence in complex cases including emerging class actions in Europe. Her experience in legal technologies is based on exposure to its use as a lawyer and consultant on complex cases in a variety of international jurisdictions.
Tracey is an attorney admitted in South Africa and has practised as a litigation attorney in South Africa, Australia and the United Kingdom working primarily on complex commercial litigation cases in banking, fraud and insolvency. She has also worked as an electronic evidence and litigation consultant for over 20 years advising lawyers and their clients on e-discovery, legal technology and data privacy.
Tracey is a recognised thought leader on ediscovery, the use of technology in litigation and the future of litigation. She frequently speaks at conferences and has contributed to numerous books and articles on e-discovery and the impact of technology on law and business.
Mark Surguy
Partner, Weightmans LLP
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https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-surguy-670b354/
Mark Surguy is a partner in UK national law firm Weightmans LLP. He has over 30 years’ experience in private legal practice advising on all aspects of commercial law. With considerable experience across many sectors and in unusual contexts, Mark has advised private corporate organisations and public institutions how to use their rights and manage their liabilities, often in time-pressured circumstances. He understands the interface of the criminal and the civil law and is long-standing specialist practitioner in the field of commercial fraud.
In the information law context Mark obtains, resists and manages the disclosure of large volumes of electronically-stored data, including data subject access requests, fraud investigations and breaches of confidentiality. He is particularly involved in the interrelationship of European data privacy law with other facets of commercial law and practice.
Mark often finds himself working across disciplines and learning from professionals with complimentary skill sets. He has a keen interest in digital forensics and is a well-known speaker on commercial litigation, fraud and e-discovery.
Tang Kai Qing
Associate, Braddell Brothers LLP
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https://www.linkedin.com/in/tang-kai-qing/
Tang Kai Qing is admitted as an Advocate and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Singapore. She obtained her Bachelor of Laws from the Singapore Management University (SMU) in 2019 and joined Braddell Brothers LLP in 2020.
Kai Qing represents clients at all levels of the Singapore courts, as well as in international commercial arbitrations. Her practice includes commercial and corporate disputes, medical negligence and misconduct, and employment disputes.
While a student at SMU, Kai Qing competed in the Asian Law Students’ Association International Moot Court Competition and the Wong Partnership International Commercial Arbitration Moot, amongst others. She also served as Vice-President of the SMU Women’s Football Team and as President of the SMU Law Faculty Women’s Football Team.
Kai Qing is a member of the Law Society of Singapore and the Singapore Academy of Law.
Alfredo Taullard
Partner, co-responsible for the dispute resolution department, Hughes & Hughes
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https://www.linkedin.com/in/alfredotaullard/
Alfredo Taullard’s professional qualifications are: LLM degree in corporate and commercial law, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia; doctor in law and social sciences – School of Law, (Universidad de la República); Academy for American and International Law (Plano, Texas, USA); and Latin American Delegate, Australia Latin America Leadership Program, Australian government. He specialises in dispute resolution, asset recovery and insolvency, arbitration and commercial law.
He has held executive positions at: International Bar Association (Officer 2012–2015); Uruguayan Bar Association, Judicial Affairs Commission – President (2011–2012); Uruguayan Bar Association – board member (2018–2023); LIDECO (Uruguayan Chamber of Commerce) – board member (2019–2022); Centro Mediación y Arbitraje, Uruguay – board member and Uruguayan Association of Advisers on Insolvency and Companies’ Restructuring – director. He has also been an arbitrator for Ibero- American Arbitration Centre; Arbitration Centre of the Chamber of Industry, Commerce, Services and Tourism, Bolivia; Mediation and Arbitration Centre, Uruguay.
Christopher Trowbridge
Managing partner, Bell Nunnally & Martin LLP
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https://www.linkedin.com/in/christophertrowbridge/
Christopher Trowbridge is the managing partner at Bell Nunnally in Dallas, Texas and an active member of the Legalink international legal network. He is well known for vigorously protecting his clients’ interests in high-stakes legal matters with extensive experience helping clients with complex business disputes. His arbitration and litigation docket includes contract, fraud and business torts matters, injunctive relief including covenants not to compete, intellectual property matters including patent infringement and trade secret disputes, securities litigation and brokerdealer disputes including cryptocurrency issues, FINRA, AAA, international arbitrations and appeals. Chris’s clients are global and based across the United States and range from high net-worth individuals to Fortune 500 companies.
Not limiting his advocacy to the courtroom, Chris routinely provides his clients with prelitigation counselling and assistance with complex contract negotiations. Chris also works closely with his firm’s commercial finance, real estate, tax, bankruptcy and corporate attorneys to strategise with his clients regarding investments and partnerships, mergers and acquisitions, financing arrangements, tax issues, foreclosures, work-outs and development projects.
Ilan Tsekhman
Counsel, ivari Insurance
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https://www.linkedin.com/in/ilantsekhman/
Ilan Tsekhman has a unique blend of experience in e-discovery and document review, having provided services to leading legal process outsourcers, litigation boutiques and large national Bay Street law firms on a wide variety of litigation, regulatory and transactional matters since 2012.
Ilan is currently counsel at ivari Insurance and deals with digital evidence and privacy law issues as a part of his practice.
Ilan is consistently involved in e-discovery professional development, sits on the Ontario Digital Evidence and E-Discovery (DEED) Working Group, formerly known as the Ontario EDiscovery Implementation Committee (EIC), is a Relativity certified user and has the FTI Ringtail Level 2 certification.
Though Ilan is based in the Greater Toronto Area, he has been retained to assist on e-discovery matters all across Canada. He has been called to the bar in both Alberta and Ontario.