Legal and judicial systems are facing disruptions brought about by rapid technological changes around the world. Standing as Singapore’s oldest law firm, with nearly 160 years of history, Dentons Rodyk credits its culture of innovation and change – which consists of a focus on ROI, collaboration and openness — as crucial to its successes. In 2017, Dentons Rodyk established a specialised unit to empower practice groups and businesses units to work on client-driven innovations – while ensuring efforts are scalable, measurable and successful. In just two years, the firm is on track to complete over 51 client-driven innovation projects across nearly all its practice and business groups, and is set to become an innovation hub within Dentons, the world’s largest law firm.  

To provide insights into the focus and activities surrounding legal innovation in various markets, the Singapore Academy of Law’s Future Law Innovation Programme (“FLIP”) commissioned a study together with the Singapore Management University Law School, and in partnership with Legal Hackers, mapped the “State of Legal Innovation in Asia Pacific” report.

As a firm with a client-centered strategy of innovation and vision of transformation, Global Director - Client Solutions Innovation and Engagement Rocio Perez, Chief Operating Officer and the firm’s “Innovation Champion” Loh Kia Meng, along with Senior Partner Gilbert Leong contributed a chapter to the report and shared case studies of Dentons Rodyk’s innovation journey.

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About Dentons Rodyk

Dentons Rodyk is one of Singapore's biggest law firms and part of the world’s largest, with a team of around 200 lawyers offering clients a full suite of legal services necessary to do business locally and globally. With over 160 years of establishment, consistently ranked highly in leading publications, we pride ourselves on providing the highest quality advice to our clients while maintaining strong working relationships with key public sector agencies and leading organisations in the private sector. Our combination with global law firm Dentons, makes us part of the world’s largest law firm with more than 12,500 professionals in over 160 locations in more than 80 countries.

Designed to be different, Dentons Rodyk can help you grow, protect, operate and finance your business. Our polycentric and purpose-driven approach, together with our commitment to inclusion, diversity, equity and ESG, ensures we challenge the status quo to stay focused on what matters most to you.

The first global pan-ASEAN law firm, Dentons ASEAN has an established history in Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Vietnam and Singapore and will continue to grow our presence through combinations with exceptional local firms across the ASEAN region and help clients navigate change wherever they are located.

In the new dynamic decade, clients continue to be confronted with complex scenarios and want to work with a purpose-driven law firm that has the experience and confidence to help them thrive at wherever they are located. Through our combinations with firms that are leaders in their respective communities and local markets, along with the partner firms in Dentons’ Nextlaw Referral Network, Dentons is ideally positioned to support our clients everywhere in ASEAN and around the globe.