Michael Will
Litigation Support Guide 2024
Band 2 : eDiscovery
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About
Provided by Michael Will
Practice Areas
Michael Will is the Co-CEO and founder of ESILAB and has overall responsibility for defining and executing the company’s strategy. With a background in both law and technology, Michael has practiced as a litigator (Clifford Chance, Lloyd's of London and Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan) and transactional lawyer (Allen & Overy).
Prior to establishing ESILAB, Michael was the founding partner of two successful LegalTech start-up ventures (aoSphere (est. 2002) and docGenix (est. 2008)) each of which was funded by leading international law firm Allen & Overy. Both aoSphere and docGenix were classified as "stand-out" innovations at the FT Innovative Lawyers Awards in 2002 and 2008 respectively.
Michael is a former member of the CFTC’s Data Standardization sub-committee and has advised the SEC, CFTC, and U.S. Treasury on matters pertaining to the machine readability of legal agreements. He is also a former co-chair and member of the FpML Standard CSA Working Group.
For consecutive years Michael has been ranked by Chambers as one of the leading Litigation Support E-Discovery professionals in the United States. Michael's current Chambers ranking is in Band 2.
Chambers Review
Litigation Support
Michael Will is co-CEO and founder of ESILAB. He is an experienced financial services lawyer and combines this expertise with extensive technological acumen to service clients in litigation. Will is integral in crafting relevant data sets and ultimately helping clients to avert risk in proceedings.
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Provided by Chambers
"Michael has a superior ability to see our pain points and craft custom solutions to solve problems. He is easy to work with and extremely responsive."
"Michael Will brings a fusion of legal expertise, technology skills, creativity, and vision to the most complex problem sets. He delivers solutions that lead to positive outcomes."
"Mike is innovative, responsive and professional. He has always been able to think outside the box for us and deliver a product specifically suited for our use."
"Michael has a superior ability to see our pain points and craft custom solutions to solve problems. He is easy to work with and extremely responsive."
"Michael Will brings a fusion of legal expertise, technology skills, creativity, and vision to the most complex problem sets. He delivers solutions that lead to positive outcomes."
"Mike is innovative, responsive and professional. He has always been able to think outside the box for us and deliver a product specifically suited for our use."