Internal BuildJune 30, 2026· Confirmed
Fenwick launches Forward Deployed Operations AI/automation team
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Fenwick & West built out a Forward Deployed Operations team, with new hire Aivan Durfee tasked with applying AI and automation to the firm's own internal legal-operations workflows, turning the firm's decades of advising tech clients inward on its own operations.
"A firm that has spent over half a century helping technology companies change the world is now turning that same instinct inward. — Aivan Durfee"
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Proprietary BuildAgentic AI
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