Before co-founding LawHawk, Allen worked at Buddle Findlay, and later at Barclays in London, where he managed a team responsible for negotiating derivatives documentation. He played a key role in automation and process improvement initiatives, particularly around complex legal documentation and stakeholder management. Allen also brings in-house legal operations experience, having worked as Associate General Counsel – Legal Operations at Kāinga Ora. He understands both the challenges and the opportunities when legal teams partner with business and IT. Allen’s tremendous eye for detail ensures that every process he works on is tight and compliant, and his focus on useability and understanding different perspectives ensures solutions are happily and broadly adopted.
Blog Post by Allen Li
Allen Li07/10/20259 min read
Empowered by Automation: A New Era for Legal Executives
We’re lawyers and legal technology consultants, so what do we really know about Legal ...
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Allen Li24/05/20184 min read
No. 8 Wire – undeniably useful, but is it still good enough?
ILANZ 2018 was another hugely energising and enjoyable event. Thank you to everyone ...
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Allen Li20/03/20185 min read
30-something years old, in a relationship – do you and I need a will?
In recent weeks, the rather morbid subject of wills has been getting decent airtime on ...
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Allen Li20/11/20174 min read
One year as a LawHawk!
It’s been a year since I joined LawHawk, and it still feels so fresh and exciting. It’s ...
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Allen Li25/10/20175 min read
Employees want to work in a growing firm – what’s your plan?
Hinge Marketing recently released the results of its Employer Brand Study. Given some of ...
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Allen Li26/07/20174 min read
How do law students and graduates choose where to work? (Part Three)
It was incredibly interesting, informative and inspirational to get the views of Geordie ...
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Allen Li19/07/20177 min read
How do law students and graduates choose where to work? (Part Two)
Last week, Geordie Johnson (students / young lawyers (NZLSA) representative on the New ...
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Allen Li13/07/20175 min read
How do law students and graduates choose where to work? (Part One)
Crap – I’ve just realised I’m no longer a young-buck. Gene has asked me to look at ...
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Allen Li01/06/20175 min read
What’s on the minds of New Zealand in-house lawyers?
In my last blog, I discussed how suppliers to in-house lawyers must understand the needs ...
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Allen Li21/05/20176 min read
Help! I’m in-house! Legal tech needs for in-house lawyers
At the conclusion of New Zealand legal technology conference LawFest, one attendee said ...
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Allen Li14/05/20175 min read
What does a great outcome with legaltech look like?
You may have seen me talk about using legaltech to achieve great outcomes. You may have ...
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Allen Li26/04/20176 min read
What can we learn from emerging legal best practices from London?
“Not surprisingly (in hindsight, at least), his first initiative was to implement ...
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