David Wakeling
Partner, Head of MIG
London
David Wakeling
Partner, Head of MIG
London
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David heads A&O's Markets Innovation Group (MIG), a group of lawyers and developers who are focused on the creation of innovative solutions for clients to meet large-scale legal and regulatory challenges.
David advises some of the largest companies in the world on the safe deployment of AI in their businesses and is regarded as one of the leading AI lawyers in the world.
He is also leading A&O in the development of its AI strategy and chairs the firm’s AI SteerCo, playing a pivotal role in the firm's deployment of generative AI.
Under David’s leadership:
- ContractMatrix was developed by A&O, a system that uses AI to enhance contract drafting, review and analysis. This involved the first ever collaboration to develop a software product between a law firm and Microsoft. This system is used extensively within A&O and also by clients.
- A&O became the first law firm in the world to deploy generative AI via Harvey.
These innovations received widescale coverage in press, including the Financial Times and other leading international publications.
David co-chairs A&O’s Race and Ethnicity Committee.
Qualifications
Professional
Academic
Related articles
News: 21 December 2023
A&O launches SaaS partnership with Microsoft and Harvey
A&O has announced the launch of its own contract drafting tool, created in partnership with Microsoft and Harvey.
News: 15 February 2023
Publications: 05 October 2021
LIBOR transition and loan hedging: basis risk and how to deal with it
Publications: 29 April 2021
Experience highlights
Devised BrexitMatrix, a system designed to implement a large financial institution’s Brexit strategy, covering core areas of a business, including lending, derivatives, stock lending, clearing and repos.
Advising various leading global financial institutions on the regulation of derivatives.
Advising various leading global institutions on the transition to new rates.
Devised Margin Xchange, a collaboration between A&O, IHS Markit™ and SmartDX™. Margin Xchange™ delivers an online platform to the derivatives market to aid with compliance with Initial Margin regulations. The platform drives greater cost and time efficiency in the process for agreeing documents and treats derivative documents as data, by using a document format that is human and machine readable.
Qualifications
Professional
Academic
Recognition
Highly regarded
IFLR UK 2019
Leading Individual
Legal 500 UK 2018-19
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Pro-bono experience
- David is a founder and trustee of Alice’s Arc, a children’s cancer charity and has advised on its incorporation, its governance and on certain areas of EU law relating to drug trials.