Orrick Honored With Legalweek Leaders in Tech Law Awards

1 minute read | January.31.2024

Law.com and Legaltech News have honored Orrick with two Legalweek Leaders in Tech Law Awards:

Orrick was named Tech-Enabled Transactional Practice of the Year for reengineering the M&A process. Orrick’s MAPE 2.0 approach includes connected tech tools, new legal roles, workflows and process changes to help teams execute efficiently, prioritize strategic issues and set up successful post-acquisition integrations.
Winnow, a wholly owned subsidiary of Orrick, won for Regulatory, Governance and Compliance Technology. Winnow enables in-house financial services professionals to track fast-moving state and federal compliance obligations in an efficient and effective way.

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