I have been obsessed with technology for as long as I can remember. I grew up building my own computer and using Google to learn web development and (web) design. After gaining a degree in law at Ghent University and Columbia Law School, I had a moment where I realised that law and technology were two domains that are increasingly converging. It was a revelation.
When I started my career in 2016 as a corporate and M&A lawyer at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, I was therefore quickly involved with Freshfields' digital transformation and innovation journey. In 2019, I was seconded to the London innovation team as a product owner to develop client-facing products. Throughout this process, I picked up invaluable experience on technology, change management and the delivery of legal services. If I wasn’t working on legal innovation, I was advising both Belgian and international clients on all aspects relating to corporate law.
During my time working as a lawyer, I experienced first-hand the inefficiencies encountered by Belgian companies relating to the management of paper share registers. As a result, I co-founded Clarico, offering an online platform to manage securities registers and everything related thereto.
In 2021, I joined the management team of the new legal venture Ask Q, backed by the boutique law firm Quinz. At Ask Q, I pursued my passion for finding innovative ways to deliver legal services and offering alternatives to the traditional law firm model. I focused on implementing technology and efficient business processes to achieve Ask Q’s core mission: helping in-house teams with high-volume workstreams and volatilities in resource needs.
I was also closely involved with the Belgian and international legal tech community and co-founded the Columbia Legal Technology Association.
Today, I am co-founder and Chief Legal Officer of Falcon, an AI law firm for fast-growing companies. Everything I learned as a lawyer, founder and legal technologist comes together here. Founders send us their commercial contracts and get them back within 24 hours, for one flat fee. Our AI prepares the first review, and a qualified lawyer signs off on every contract. No billable hours, and no deal waiting on legal.