Ep 057: Jeroen Plink, CEO, Clifford Chance Applied Solutions

<p><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeroenplink/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Jeroen Plink</span></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">was named in 2018 as CEO of</span> <a href= "https://www.cliffordchance.com/hubs/innovation-and-best-delivery-hub/applied-solutions.html"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Clifford Chance Applied Solutions</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, a subsidiary of the international law firm Clifford Chance that designs and develops software to address clients’ business challenges. He is responsible for product development and go-to-market strategy for all its products, including CC Dr@ft, a legal document automation platform. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Plink is a legal technology veteran who, in 2007, moved to the United States to set up Practical Law Company US. Within five years, he successfully grew the business from two employees to 250, and had 80% of the AmLaw 200 and thousands of in-house departments as customers. In 2013, Practical Law Company was acquired by Thomson Reuters.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">After leaving Practical Law, Plink focused on providing strategic guidance as a board member and senior advisor to legal tech startups. He is currently on the board of the legal research startup Casetext and he has also served on the boards of Compliance.ai, a regulatory data and predictive analytics company, and Kira Inc., which uses AI to analyze and review complex documents. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Plink started his career at Clifford Chance's Amsterdam office in 1996 as a private equity associate. He left the firm in 2000 to cofound a company that developed software for due diligence in the M&A transactions. In 2002, he sold that company to Practical Law Company, where he led application development in London before launching its U.S. operation. </span></p> <p><strong>NEW:</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We are now on Patreon! Subscribe to</span> <a href="https://www.patreon.com/LawNex