A&O Shearman's David Wakeling Leads Global Head of AI Group Role
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- Confirmed
Why this matters
A&O Shearman is buying the talent to run AI at scale. A directional signal rather than a step change.
David Wakeling, an elected Board member, serves as Global Head of the AI Group at A&O Shearman, chairing the firm's AI Steering Committee and leading global AI strategy including ContractMatrix, agentic AI agents, and governance; named among the FT's top 20 legal innovators of the past two decades.
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