Shieldcast
Shieldcast is a podcast hosted by the Shieldpay team, the payment partner for the legal services. We invite industry figures, partners, clients and employees to join us to share useful and actionable insights on how to overcome key business challenges today.
Episodes
22 episodes
Eugene Bourke in conversation with Pete Janes on innovation in B2B payments
Matercard's Eugene Bourke, Executive Vice-President of Global Partnerships and Segments and Shieldpay's Founder and Group CEO, Pete Janes, join Claire Van der Zant, Director of Strategic Partnerships at Shieldpay for a fire-side chat focusin...
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Season 5
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Episode 1
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36:28
Melina Efstathiou on leading an in-house litigation technology function
Head of Litigation Technology at Eversheds Sutherland Melina Efstathiou joins Shieldpay's Daniel Dunne to discuss the role of an in-house legaltech team, technology adoption in law firms and key uses and trends in emerging tools such as arti...
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Season 4
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Episode 6
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40:11
Matt Green on the developing blockchain litigation market
Matt Green, Blockchain Litigation Lead at Shoosmiths, joins Shieldpay's Daniel Dunne to explain the complex blockchain market, what is happening on the global stage and the role lawyers play in recovering digital assets.Matt Green
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Season 4
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Episode 5
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34:40
Lara Melrose on navigating the litigation funding market
Lara Melrose, Litigation Finance Portfolio Advisor at Orchard Global, joins Shieldpay's Daniel Dunne to clarify what the litigation funding engagement looks like for law firms, provide her advice for legal teams navigating the market, and ex...
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Season 4
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Episode 4
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36:48
Alicia Alinia and Rich Hill on how working for a purpose-led law firm impacts talent, client service and operations
Pogust Goodhead's Global Chief Operating Officer, Alicia Alinia, and Chief Technology and Marketing Officer, Rich Hill, join Claire Van Der Zant, Revenue Director of Shieldpay for a conversation focusing on how cutting-edge law firms such as...
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Season 4
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Episode 3
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36:51
James Varga on the future of claimant account verification
Founder and CEO of DirectID James Varga discusses the power of open banking to streamline the class action claimant bank verification process and how Shieldpay and DirectID have partnered to support the first use case for group litigation se...
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Season 4
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Episode 2
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36:50
Clare Ducksbury on the role technology plays in class action claims
Founder and CEO of Case Pilots Clare Ducksbury joins Shieldpay's Daniel Dunne to discuss the role technology plays in the class action claims process, touching on the importance of collaboration with law firms and how putting the claimant fi...
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Season 4
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Episode 1
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32:34
Eliot Benzecrit on why contracts are enablers, not blockers
Co-founder of Avvoka, Eliot Benzecrit, discusses the importance of data in contracts, whether automation tools should aim to co-exist with Microsoft Word and how to achieve interoperability of legaltech platforms.Eliot Benzecrit ...
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Season 3
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Episode 6
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32:50
Jack Shepherd on the transition from legal practitioner to legal technologist
Legal Practice Lead at iManage, Jack Shepherd, discusses his experiences making the jump from practicing lawyer to building legaltech products and offers his key pieces of advice and learnings on product development, collecting data and how ...
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Season 3
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Episode 5
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37:15
Richard Mabey on how legaltech is enabling lawyers to do higher value impactful work
Co-founder and CEO of Juro Richard Mabey discusses the importance of developing and iterating product features as well as the driving factors for behavioural change in the legal sector. Richard Mabey is co-founder, CEO at Juro - ...
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Season 3
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Episode 4
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32:24
Daniel Grant Smith on the barriers to legaltech adoption
Head of Engagement at Legatics Daniel Grant Smith discusses recently conducted research by Legatics into the barriers to legaltech adoption and the findings published in their behaviour change and AI microservices whitepapers.Dan...
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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25:23
Anthony Rose on standardising documents and deal terms
Co-founder and CEO of SeedLegals, Anthony Rose, discusses the standardisation of documents and deal terms in funding rounds, the macro effects of tech disruptors and what to consider when expanding product offering. Anthony Rose<...
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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32:51
Owen Oliver on visualisation tools and data
Head of Product at StructureFlow, Owen Oliver, discusses the growing interest in using visualisation tools for deal structuring, creating coordinated tech ecosystems and the role of data to enhance transaction management processes for both l...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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21:38
Nick Kirby on how law firms are changing attitudes to technology and driving adoption
Nick Kirby, Legal Director of Mishcon de Reya discusses building specialist technology teams, starting incubators, and how tech has transformed the legal industry. Firmly establishing himself as one of Mishcon de Reya's...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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28:28
Daniel Porus on building user-centred products and scaling a legal tech company globally
Daniel Porus, Chief Commercial Officer at Legatics discusses legal tech ecosystems and scaling up a successful legal tech business during a global pandemic. Prior to Legatics, Daniel worked as a corporate solicitor at leading...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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26:40
Amy Bell on compliance as law firms change business models and adopt technology at pace
Amy Bell, co-founder of Teal Compliance and Teal Legal, discusses how lawyers can stay ahead of the curve in compliance and navigate the deep waters of regulation through technology, with host Geoff Dunnett. An early pioneer ...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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31:43
Crispin Passmore on regulation, regulators and their role in fostering innovation
Crispin Passmore, Founder and principle of Passmore Consulting discusses regulation, regulators and their role in fostering innovation. In this new series dedicated to Modern Law, Shieldcast host Geoff Dunnett discusses the contenti...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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25:05
Christian Gabriel on capital raising
Concluding our special Fundraising series, in this episode of Shieldcast Geoff Dunnett discusses capital raising, generating investor demand and creating private company equity liquidity with Capdesk's Christian Gabriel.In this e...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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18:06
Willem Wellinghoff on knowing your investor
As companies begin fundraising activities in a post-lockdown world, the fight against fraudulent investment activity and exploit will be more integral than ever when closing day comes. Shieldpay's Chief Legal and Compliance Officer Willem Welli...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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18:53
James Farha on closing the deal
With a wealth of experience in supporting start-ups and high-growth businesses in their fundraising rounds, corporate finance lawyer James Farha discusses his greatest learnings, the work he and his team do, and how preparation is vital in the ...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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26:23
