Source: Legal IT Insider
By Caroline Hill
International law firm Simmons & Simmons has announced today that Pinsent Masons partner Lucy Shurwood will join the firm’s innovation practice as a partner in Wavelength, formally starting on 11 September 2023. Shurwood, who headed the Advanced Delivery Team at Pinsents, specialises in the development and delivery of legal technology solutions for clients in the financial services sector.
The heavyweight hire will support the expansion of Wavelength, Simmons’ legal engineering arm acquired in 2019, which sits within is Solutions business. Since its acquisition, Wavelength has been focusing largely on integrating the business. Other than a small presence in San Francisco is it is UK-based, but will focusing on building the business internationally going forward.
Shurwood will join Solutions partners Ben McGuire, Sarah James, Drew Winlaw and Peter Lee and a 75-strong Solutions team to drive the growth of the international practice group. Speaking to Legal IT Insider, she said: “I knew Drew and Pete pre-Simmons, when they set…
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