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The PERSUIT PodcastDemystifying Legal Accruals with Chris Perry of ApperioIn this episode, Chris Perry, VP of Sales at Apperio, joins the PERSUIT Podcast to unpack why accruals are such a persistent challenge in legal ops—and how to fix them. From inaccurate estimates to strained client–firm communication, accruals impact far more than just finance. Key takeaways: Why hourly billing makes accruals inherently messy The pitfalls of relying on law firm estimates How Apperio uses actual unbilled data to improve accuracy The role of clear communication and expectation setting Wh...
2025-07-1515 min
AI Lawyer Talking TechMay 16, 2025 - The AI Reckoning in LawWelcome to AI Lawyer Talking Tech. The legal landscape is currently experiencing a period of rapid transformation driven by the evolution of artificial intelligence. While AI holds significant promise for increasing efficiency in legal practice, adjudication, and enforcement, its swift adoption also presents notable challenges. We are witnessing the deployment of AI-powered tools for a variety of tasks, ranging from drafting documents and answering legal questions to managing compliance and assisting with transactions. There is even discussion around the potential for AI-only legal firms. However, the speed of this technological shift has, in some areas, outpaced the establishment of...
2025-05-1618 min
LawNextEp 290: Turning Legal Spend Into Performance: PERSUIT Founder Jim Delkousis On His Acquisition of ApperioOn May 5, 2025, PERSUIT, a technology company that specializes in helping corporate legal departments select and manage outside counsel, announced that it had acquired Apperio, a spend-management platform for corporate legal, in a move designed to create an end-to-end workflow solution spanning everything from matter intake to invoice payment. "This acquisition accelerates our ability to connect every point in the outside counsel workflow with intelligence," Jim Delkousis, cofounder and CEO of PERSUIT, said at the time. "We're not just managing spend — we're turning it into performance." This week on LawNext, Delkousis joins host...
2025-05-1536 minAI Lawyer Talking TechMay 6, 2025 - The AI Legal Frontier: Trends and ChallengesWelcome to AI Lawyer Talking Tech. In today's episode, we explore the dynamic world where artificial intelligence meets the practice of law. We're witnessing rapid integration of AI tools across law firms and corporate legal departments, reshaping everything from daily workflows to strategic operations. As legal professionals embrace these technologies, the conversation around responsible use, regulation, and ethics is becoming increasingly critical. Join us as we delve into the practical applications transforming legal tasks, the new risks and liabilities emerging, and the broader market shifts redefining the legal services landscape in the age of AI.Exclusive: SRA...
2025-05-0618 min
Simply StartupsInnovative Startups Transforming Charity, Climate, and AIExplore how Bono is revolutionizing charitable giving with technology, the University of Colorado Boulder's new climate venture initiative, and Zette AI's back-to-back wins at the Startup Grind Global Conference. Discover the impact of these innovations on philanthropy, climate change, and the information economy.
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2025-05-0612 min
Simon Cockram Presents#32 Dominic Aelberry - A CEO's Self-Care Blueprint for Peak PerformanceDominic is the CEO of Apperio, a legal tech company dedicated to removing friction from the legal billing process. With over 20 years of leadership experience, Dominic began his career at Dell and IBM before transitioning to high-growth startups, where he held senior executive roles. Notably, he led Upland Software in EMEA, driving ARR from $5M to $55M, tripled Connexions' EMEA ARR, and doubled QStory’s ARR. With over a decade in legal tech, including roles at OpenText, Upland, and now Apperio, Dominic continues to lead with a focus on innovation and growth.
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2025-01-021h 07
Legally VocalSeason 3 - Episode 4 with Ben WhiteIn this episode of Legally Vocal, Nino speaks to Ben White, founder of Crafty Counsel.
Ben and Nino explore the similarities in their careers: both starting as corporate lawyers who moved into in-house roles before founding their own businesses within the legal industry. In doing so, they discuss the inevitable tension in trying to maintain work-life balance while building a successful ‘now or never’ business.
Ben also shares his insights into why a sense of community, and fun, is increasingly important to London’s GC community. He also tells us a bit more about the inaugural CraftyFest, which promises to delive...
2022-06-0728 min
Legally VocalSeason 3 - Episode 3 with Casey FlahertyIn this episode Nino speaks to an old friend Casey Flaherty, Co-Founder & Chief Strategy Officer at LexFusion.
Casey shares his thoughts on why in-house lawyers and outside counsel are more similar than they think. He also talks about his passion for solving the fundamental problem of delivering legal expertise at scale and pace.
Nino and Casey also discuss how a 'savings-centric' approach is counterproductive to the legal department adding value to the business. Instead legal teams should focus on how they can spend funds better.
2022-03-2437 min
Legally VocalCelebrating IWD: Alexis Alexander with guest host I. Stephanie BoyceIn this special International Women’s Day episode of Legally Vocal I. Stephanie Boyce (President of The Law Society of England and Wales) speaks to Alexis Alexander (General Counsel at Liberis).
Alexis runs Legal and Compliance at Liberis, is a mum to twins and a ten-month-old baby, and enjoys regularly running at least 12km distances. Alexis believes her high stamina and mental grit is helped by being authentic and not having to hide her true self, as well as taking time to recognise her own achievements and gain perspective.
Alexis and Stephanie also discuss unconscious and cultural biases, the value of...
2022-03-1119 min
Legally VocalCelebrating IWD: Amy Wang with guest host I. Stephanie BoyceIn this special International Women’s Day episode of Legally Vocal I. Stephanie Boyce (President of The Law Society of England and Wales) speaks to Amy Wang (Trainee Solicitor at RVU).
Having completed her first year of training Amy and Stephanie speak about whether the concept of gender neutrality is still relevant and whether changing from an industry that traditionally seeks individual success will ever be able to truly find equality.
They also speak about the concept of proteges and how the role of mentoring requires organisations to dedicate more time from women in senior leadership positions to help #breakthebias.
2022-03-1014 min
Legally VocalCelebrating IWD: Priscilla Osoba with guest host I. Stephanie BoyceIn this special International Women’s Day episode of Legally Vocal, I. Stephanie Boyce (President of The Law Society of England and Wales) speaks to Priscilla Osoba (Projects Solicitor at Burges Salmon LLP).
Priscilla was the winner of the Under-35 Lawyer of the Year Award at our Inspirational Women in Law Awards 2019 for her work with BCultured, the firm’s first BAME network and challenged the inequality that can be found in an input vs output, billable hours culture.
Priscilla and Stephanie also speak about having allies and how challenging stereotypes around projecting confidence can help #breakthebias.
2022-03-0913 min
Legally VocalCelebrating IWD: Stephanie Corey with guest host I. Stephanie BoyceIn this special International Women’s Day episode of Legally Vocal, I. Stephanie Boyce (President of The Law Society of England and Wales) speaks to Stephanie Corey (Co-Founder at UpLevel Ops and Founder of CLOC).
Stephanie shares her perspective of ‘falling into’ the female-dominant world of legal operations and how she has seen female leadership develop faster in this specialisation, compared with other areas of legal. They explore how soft skills are being leveraged by leaders in smaller, more nimble organisations.
They also speak about the positive impact of workplace flexibility, which was necessitated by the pandemic, and how this legacy...
2022-03-0818 min
Legally VocalCelebrating IWD: Dana Denis-Smith with guest host I. Stephanie BoyceIn this special episode of Legally Vocal, celebrating International Women’s Day, guest host I. Stephanie Boyce (President of The Law Society of England and Wales) speaks to Dana Denis-Smith (CEO at Obelisk Support).
Dana is a campaigner for equality in the legal profession and set up her company to create flexible opportunities for people in the legal profession. Dana also set up the First Hundred Years campaign celebrating the centenary of women in law, as well as looking to the future to achieve equality at a faster pace.
Stephanie and Dana also discuss the challenges and opportunities for career pr...
2022-03-0822 min
Legally VocalCelebrating IWD: Chidi Onyeche with guest host I. Stephanie BoyceIn this special International Women’s Day episode of Legally Vocal I. Stephanie Boyce (President of The Law Society of England and Wales) speaks to Chidi Onyeche (Associate at Latham & Watkins).
In 2021 Chidi won Under-35 Lawyer of the Year at the 2021 Inspirational Women in Law Awards and speaks about how law firms can take action on equality in three main areas: allyship, partnership and business development. She also gives direct advice to those considering going to university, especially as ‘first in family’ to do so.
Chidi and Stephanie also share their similar experiences in how sponsors and mentors have helped them f...
2022-03-0717 minLawNextIn Defense of the Billable Hour, with Apperio CEO Nicholas d'AdhemarDoes the billable hour get a bum rap? Nicholas d'Adhemar, founder and CEO of the London-based spend management company Apperio, believes so. The real culprit for out-of-control legal costs is something else altogether, he believes. By identifying it, d'Adhemar says, both clients and law firms will be better positioned to manage legal costs. In this episode of LawNext, d'Adhemar joins host Bob Ambrogi to discuss why he believes hourly rates, done right, are often a fairer measure of legal costs than fixed or capped fees. He also discusses his founding of the company in 2013, its development since...
2021-08-0241 min
Gainsight GameChanger PodcastCustomer Success and the New "Remote Reality"Welcome to The Gainsight Gamechanger Podcast, a space where we recognize and celebrate people who change the game of customer success and product experience for their companies, customers, teammates, and partners.Through uncertain times, the way you reach out to others will bring out who you truly are, both as a professional and as a person. In today’s episode, our guest Jonathan Corrie, Co-Founder and CEO of Precursive, will share his insights and expertise around the Customer Success evolution through the COVID-19 pandemic and how it has become the heart of business strategy. You’ll take with...
2020-09-1026 min
Precursive Perspective | For Professional ServicesSean Smith | ApperioIn this episode, Sean Smith, VP of CS at Apperio discusses the impact of today's remote reality and their human-first approach to internal and external communications to achieve Customer Success. Apperio is an automated legal spend management and analytics tool. It enables in-house lawyers to effortlessly track and analyze legal spend across all their law firms, in real-time, in one place. Follow Precursive on: Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/precursive Twitter: https://twitter.com/precursive Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/precursive/
2020-09-0844 min
Reinventing ProfessionalsStudying Legal Spend and Streamlining WorkflowsI spoke with Nicholas d’Adhemar and Stephen Wilcock, the CEO and CTO, respectively, of Apperio, a legal technology company that provides automated legal spend tracking, management, and analysis solutions. We discussed how Apperio reflects the goals of the ongoing corporate legal operations revolution which focuses on cost-effectiveness, efficiency, and streamlined workflow, and comparisons between the legal tech communities in the U.K., Europe, and the U.S.
2020-07-1015 minReinventing ProfessionalsStudying Legal Spend and Streamlining WorkflowsI spoke with Nicholas d’Adhemar and Stephen Wilcock, the CEO and CTO, respectively, of Apperio, a legal technology company that provides automated legal spend tracking, management, and analysis solutions. We discussed how Apperio reflects the goals of the ongoing corporate legal operations revolution which focuses on cost-effectiveness, efficiency, and streamlined workflow, and comparisons between the legal tech communities in the U.K., Europe, and the U.S.
2020-07-1015 min
THE TECH MARKETING PODCHATFiguring out your (new) value prop with Maria MonksMaria Monks is VP of Marketing at Apperio, a legal Tech company based in London. Apperio automates legal spend management and analytics.We talked about adapting to the new normal, ABM, catering to your community and figuring out where you fit and if your value proposition is still valid in this new world we live in.
2020-05-1520 min
Panache Software PanachecastPanachecast Episode 2Panachecast Episode 2 - March 25th 2019Welcome to the first episode of the Panachecast, Panache Software's weekly round-up and analysis of the latest LegalTech news and events.Support us at http://www.patreon.com/panachesoftwareContact us at panachecast@panachesoftware.comTime stamps:2:08 - 10 factors to consider before procuring legal AI (https://www.lawsociety.org.uk/news/blog/10-factors-to-consider-before-procuring-legal-ai/)(Rafie Faruq - https://www.genieai.co/ )10:56 - Random checks – price transparency rules (https://www.sra.org.uk/home/hot-topics/transparency.page)(https://www.apperio.com/)22:20 - Risk and tech: Lo...
2019-03-2553 min
This Much I Know - The Seedcamp PodcastThe Legal Tech Sector explored with Tom WilsonIn this episode, Carlos was joined by our very own Tom Wilson, a qualified UK Lawyer and member of the Seedcamp investment team. Together, they took a deep dive into the Legal Tech sector, an area that Tom is particularly passionate about given his past experience (and headaches) as a lawyer prior to joining Seedcamp.
We touched upon defining the Legal Tech sector and the various sub sectors that make up the legal eco-system. We went on to discuss some of the topics that are making the Legal Tech space so interesting right now including: a push for increased transparency...
2016-07-1215 min