Davis Polk names Legaltech Hub co-founder Nikki Shaver its first chief AI and knowledge officer, starting December 1
- Significance
- High
- Confidence
- Confirmed
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Davis Polk is creating a chief AI and knowledge officer role for the first time and filling it with Nikki Shaver, who is stepping down as Legaltech Hub CEO (she remains a co-founder) and earlier held a technology leadership role at Paul Hastings. She starts December 1. The combined AI and knowledge remit puts both under one executive seat, and Law.com frames the hire as part of a run of Big Law firms adding AI talent to leadership teams.
""I have always believed that transformation can only occur when both external and internal forces are moving in the same direction." Nicola Shaver, Legaltech Hub announcement, 9 Nov 2026"
- Significance
- High
- Source type
- Trade Press
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