Hilary Goodier – who won the Innovator of the Year category at the 2019 Partner of the Year Awards – has been named as a partner and global chief operating officer of Ashurst’s NewLaw division, Ashurst Advance.
She joins from global law firm Herbert Smith Freehills, where she has served for the past two-and-a-half years as the director of the firm’s alternative legal services (ALT) business as well as ALT’s global legal technology practice.
The new global role, Ashurst said, is a sign of the firm’s intention to “position at the forefront of NewLaw transformation by using innovative technology-enabled legal solutions to deliver significant efficiencies and cost savings for clients”.
The firm’s NewLaw priorities moving forward, it noted in a statement, include: “developing world-class digital solutions for clients; increasing the firm’s use of alternative resourcing and technology to provide efficient and flexible delivery of legal services; and helping clients with their own legal transformation”.
For Ms Goodier, the development of integrated client solutions will be a “key” focus. She will be based in Ashurst’s Melbourne office.
