News | Gadens recognised as one of Australia’s most innovative law firms

Gadens is extremely proud and pleased to be recognised as one of Australia’s most innovative law firms by the Australasian Lawyer. This recognition follows the firm’s recent shortlisting as a finalist in the Australasian Law Awards in the ‘Law Firm of the Year’ and ‘Excellence in Employee Health and Wellbeing Award’ categories.

Over the years Gadens has been a leader in providing innovative legal technology offerings for clients, with a focus on driving efficiencies in client solutions.

“As a firm we continue to invest in and develop our proprietary, market-leading Gadens Portfolio Solutions (GPS) technology”, says Amanda Bennie, Head of Technology at Gadens.

“However, over the last few years we have also brought a number of new solutions online that continue to improve client collaboration. Centred around the needs of our clients and embedded in our Information Technology Strategy our technology solutions deliver, amongst other things, an ability to be nimble and dynamic in response to client needs, real-time visibility over legal workflows, and proactive responses to change that allows for increased risk management and minimisation”.

Updates to technology across our firm with a view to optimise processes, automate and improve efficiency, and enhance our performance have been achieved across all practice areas our firm and include:

• Development and implementation of artificial intelligence technology
• Electronic contracts and e-signing
• Increased integration with clients through APIs and data sharing, resulting in improved quality
• Partnering with 3^rd parties such as technology start-ups to develop a contract negotiations platform.