Catherine Bamford

Catherine is the CEO and Founder of BamLegal, a legal technology consultancy. She was named by the Financial Times as a Top Ten Legal Technologist, has won a European Women in Law Tech award and was listed as a Women of Legal Tech Honoree by the American Bar Association.

Catherine’s company, BamLegal, helps law firms and in-house legal departments improve the delivery of their legal services through the smart application of technology. BamLegal's clients include most of the world's largest law firms, such as Dentons, DLA Piper, Hogan Lovells, Linklaters and Latham & Watkins, as well as inhouse teams, new law businesses and technology companies.

As the world’s leading document automation expert, Catherine has helped many law firms successfully roll out and scale their use of document automation.

Amongst many roles, Catherine was previously a Real Estate lawyer at Pinsent Masons, an investor in and non-exec board member of Wavelength Law before it was sold successfully to Simmons and Simmons, and a Director in Legal Engineering at Deloitte Legal. Catherine is an investor in several Legal Tech companies. She also teaches and mentors law students about the future of law.