Freshfields Hires Gil Perez as Global Chief Innovation Officer
- Significance
- Medium
- Confidence
- Confirmed
Why this matters
Freshfields is buying the talent to run AI at scale. A meaningful marker of where the firm's capability is heading.
Freshfields hired Gil Perez, former Deutsche Bank Chief Innovation Officer responsible there for GenAI, ML and cloud transformation, as its first Global Chief Innovation Officer, based in Silicon Valley, to lead the firm's AI and innovation strategy.
- Significance
- Medium
- Source type
- Firm Press Release
Freshfields on Panorama
Full timeline of tracked moves, capability areas, vendors in use and their Legal AI Capability Index standing.
More from Freshfields
- PartnershipAug 25, 2026
Freshfields joins Google Cloud's Gemini Enterprise for Legal as design partner
- Key HireJun 1, 2026
OpenAI hires Ironclad CEO Jason Boehmig to lead dedicated legal AI vertical
- PartnershipApr 23, 2026
Freshfields and Anthropic Form Multi-Year AI Co-Innovation Partnership
- PartnershipApr 23, 2026
Freshfields signs multi-year co-development deal with Anthropic — deploys Claude to 5,700 employees
- Training & TalentApr 15, 2026
Freshfields Launches Internal 'AI Academy' Training Program
- Key HireNov 5, 2025
Freshfields Hires Anna Gressel as Global Co-Head of AI Practice