UK-based Khoja Founder and CEO Akber Datoo has been listed with an individual Band 1 ranking in this year’s Chambers and Partners inaugural NewLaw Guide in the Legal Transformation Consulting category.
Who is Akber Datoo?
Akber Datoo, founder and CEO of D2 Legal Technology (D2LT) graduated from the University of Cambridge with first-class honours in Computer Science. After graduation, Akber began his career as a technologist at the investment bank UBS, where he identified opportunities for digital transformation within the legal profession. This led him to retrain and qualify as a lawyer, subsequently working at the prestigious law firm Allen & Overy.
Akber sits on the Law Society’s Technology Law Committee, where he chairs the digital assets and smart contracts sub-committee and is a PRIME Finance Expert. He serves as a Professor at the University of Surrey, where he teaches Law & Technology, Artificial Intelligence, and Ethics and is the author of the Wiley textbook Legal Data – Banking & Finance, published in May 2019. He has also written chapters on Smart Contracts and Contract Optimisation in the best-selling Wiley InsurTech and FinTech books, as well as being the co-editor of the LegalTech book in this series (published in June 2020).
What is D2LT?
D2 Legal Technology (D2LT) is a globally recognised legal consulting firm that specialises in leveraging technology and data to drive business value through legal innovation. Founded by Akber in 2011, D2LT has grown significantly over the last 13 years, boasting over a hundred consultants across offices in the UK, Germany, US, Hong Kong, and Sydney.
D2LT has received numerous awards and accolades for its impactful work:
- 2015: D2LT won the Best Risk Management Initiative at The Lawyer Business Leadership Awards for its work with leading financial institutions.
- 2016: The firm was ranked ‘Standout’ in the ‘Innovation in New Models’ category, and founder Akber Datoo was named one of EMEA’s 10 most innovative individuals in legal practice.
- 2017: D2LT secured the top spot in the ‘Data, Knowledge and Intelligence’ category at the Financial Times Innovative Lawyers Awards and was also ranked ‘Standout’ in the ‘Collaboration’ category.
- 2019: The company won the Data Strategy Award with ISDA at the Financial Times Intelligent Business Awards and was listed in second place among the Top 10 Market Shapers for its pioneering approach to harnessing data to create business value for clients.
Individual Band 1 Ranking by Chambers and Partners
Chambers and Partners is the leading independent professional legal research company operating across 200 jurisdictions. It delivers detailed rankings and insight into the world’s leading lawyers and law firms.
Recently, Chambers and Partners have listed Akber Datoo as an Individual Band 1 ranking. Chambers rankings are the definitive mark of excellence across the legal industry.
A ranking from Chambers shows that your firm has stood out in the most rigorous, independent and in-depth research process of any legal directory on the market and has emerged as one of the best in your field. Law firms and individual lawyers are ranked in bands from 1 (highest) to 6 (lowest). Being ranked in any band is a significant achievement.
The Khoja News Team congratulates Akbar Datoo for this accomplishment, and we pray to Allah (swt) to grant him success in all his endeavours, Ameen.
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