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Neil Smith

Neil Smith

Arbor Law, London

Position

Neil is a legal operations expert working with GCs, corporates and in-house legal teams to transform their legal teams and functions to maximise and enhance productivity, reduce costs and streamline processes, with the aim of doing more with less to create value. Neil works across legal and commercial teams, regulatory, business development and sales, knowledge management/learning & development and tech teams to develop strategies to improve efficiency and operations. Neil works with his clients to help them assess the current ‘As Is’ state of their legal function, identifying gaps and areas for development, before workshopping, finalising and implementing the plan to deliver. Common headline themes under which specific initiatives are developed include: Improved governance | Better service delivery | People initiatives | Technology solutions and continuous improvement.

Career

Before Arbor Law Neil also specialised in optimising in-house legal teams. His broad background is a positive in this – qualifying as a litigator at Linklaters before heading up different business functions.

Personal

Outside of his professional life, Neil enjoys spending time with his family - his daughters and dog keeping him particularly busy. Neil used to love running but his knees have dictated that the phrase now becomes 'I love long hikes'!