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How Mishcon de Reya helped launch a $500m legal tech company News
How Mishcon de Reya helped launch a $500m legal tech company
From its early days inside Mishcon, Laurel has grown from automating timesheets to helping law firms price their work. Zaarour studied law in California and worked at a software company while at law school, but never went on to practise. In 2016, he started Laurel with his friend Ryan Alshak, then a practising lawyer whose
28 September 2026
Mishcon de Reya advises Ayora on its sale to BigHand News
Mishcon de Reya advises Ayora on its sale to BigHand
Mishcon de Reya has advised legal technology company Ayora on its sale to BigHand. The transaction brings together two highly respected names in legal pricing and AI innovation, with the aim of helping law firms improve profitability and commercial performance. Ayora was incubated in MDR Lab, our programme for early-stage technology companies, and Mishcon de
6 August 2026
The GC Academy: preparing General Counsel for the AI Era News
The GC Academy: preparing General Counsel for the AI Era
Cohort 3 of the GC Academy returned to Mishcon offices for an immersive session on AI and legal technology. Run by Mishcon de Reya and Flex Legal, The GC Academy is a hands-on development programme designed to provide GCs and senior in-house lawyers with essential tools, practical skills, and connections to lead a legal department
19 March 2026
Mishcon de Reya rolls out Legora firmwide after successful pilot News
Mishcon de Reya rolls out Legora firmwide after successful pilot
Following a three-month pilot, Mishcon de Reya is now adopting Legora, a leading collaborative AI platform for lawyers, firmwide. Legora will be made available to all fee earners across all practice areas at the firm. The trial period revealed high usage among users, with a range of practice areas including Corporate, Real Estate, Private, and
31 July 2025
MDR Lab alumni company Thirdfort acquires Homeppl’s rental check system to enhance client due diligence capabilities News
MDR Lab alumni company Thirdfort acquires Homeppl’s rental check system to enhance client due diligence capabilities
Thirdfort, a client due diligence platform and an early member of Mishcon de Reya’s MDR Lab, has acquired Homeppl’s rental check system. This strategic acquisition aligns with Thirdfort’s mission to expand its client due diligence (CDD) capabilities for legal, property and accounting professionals. The acquisition enhances Thirdfort’s ability to offer a unified platform for comprehensive
11 February 2025
MDR Lab alumni company DraftWise secures $20 million in Series A funding News
MDR Lab alumni company DraftWise secures $20 million in Series A funding
DraftWise, a legal technology startup and alumni of Mishcon de Reya‘s MDR Lab, has completed a $20 million Series A funding round. The investment, led by Index Ventures with contributions from Y Combinator and Earlybird Digital East Ventures, marks a significant milestone in the company’s growth and the continued investor interest in AI-driven legal technology
14 March 2024
Mishcon de Reya agrees commercial relationship with LegalTech startup ayora News
Mishcon de Reya agrees commercial relationship with LegalTech startup ayora
Mishcon de Reya is delighted to announce that it has entered into a commercial relationship with ayora, a London-based startup that empowers lawyers as revenue managers. Earlier this year, ayora, co-founded by Stefan Ciesla, a former principal investor in professional services, and scientific technologist Dr. Gordon McKenzie, PhD, took part in the firm’s MDR Lab
13 December 2023
DraftWise tests its latest generative AI features with MDR Lab Alumni
DraftWise tests its latest generative AI features with MDR Lab
Last week, Draftwise, a leading AI legal platform, met with leadership from Mishcon de Reya’s LegalTech incubator and investment arm, MDR Lab, to field test its latest generative AI features and garner critical feedback from legal professionals. DraftWise CEO, James Ding, as well as leadership from the DraftWise product and AI research teams, joined Nick
24 October 2023
Spotlight on ayora Articles
Spotlight on ayora
Stefan Ciesla and Gordon McKenzie are the co-founders of legaltech start-up Ayora, the company behind the Smart Lockup Assistant, a system for improving revenue outcomes at law firms. Smart Lockup Assistant empowers fee earners to drastically improve realisation and working capital on their cases. It harnesses the power of data science to bring actionable insights
4 October 2023
Spotlight on Martello Articles
Spotlight on Martello
Henry Crosby is the CEO and co-founder of Martello, a digital platform that is building the first live property search database to help speed up the home buying process. Henry is a geospatial data scientist by training and started his career doing a Ph.D. at the University of Warwick funded by proptech start-up Nimbus Maps,
28 September 2023
Spotlight on ApprentAI Articles
Spotlight on ApprentAI
Or Bar and Matan-Yah Ben Zion are the founders of Israeli-based ApprentAI, a generative AI document review platform that uses an algorithmic approach to case and document analysis, helping litigators to find meaningful insights and evidence in cases to gain deeper understanding. Or started his professional journey in the Israeli Defense Forces’ Military Advocate General,
19 September 2023
MDR Lab Alumni company DraftWise raises $5 million funding Alumni
MDR Lab Alumni company DraftWise raises $5 million funding
US-based legaltech start-up and MDR Lab Alumni company DraftWise has raised $5 million in a seed funding round led by venture capitalist firm Earlybird. DraftWise, which was founded in 2020 by former Palantir and Google engineers James Ding, Emre Ozen, and former Clifford Chance senior associate Ozan Yalt, is a Gen AI contract drafting, knowledge
29 June 2023
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