The L Suite, a community for general counsels and chief legal officers, has acquired Legal Innovators Network (LINK), a network of senior legal operations professionals.
As reported in Business Wire, the acquisition enables both groups to expand on their events lineups and content. It will also facilitate collaboration between legal executives and their teams. Moreover, LINK can leverage The L Suite’s digital platform to provide content to members.
“As GenAI and other transformative forces reshape the legal profession, forward-thinking collaboration is no longer optional — it’s essential,” said LINK co-founder Stephanie Corey in a statement. “This integration of LINK into The L Suite will allow general counsels and their legal ops teams to learn from each other in a way that hasn’t been possible before. We’re creating a truly interconnected community for legal professionals to lead through change together.”
The combination comes as the advent of AI, economic uncertainty, and changing expectations from legal teams drive GCs to work more closely with legal operations teams.
“‘How are we leveraging AI?’ is a question every general counsel is getting from their board and executive team. It’s now more important than ever for GCs to be on the cutting edge of technology and to work closely with their legal operations colleagues,” The L Suite co-founder Kiran Lingam said in a statement. “This partnership brings a tremendous amount of AI, legal tech and legal operations expertise to our community and creates a platform where we can exchange ideas, share expertise, and shape the future of the profession together.”
LINK founding partners SpotDraft and Lawtrades praised the network’s integration into The L Suite.
The LINK Advisory Council will continue to lead LINK under The L Suite’s umbrella. Moreover, a new General Counsel Advisory Board has formed with the following members:
- David Morris, Snyk, General Counsel
- Bill Berry, Verkada, General Counsel
- Joseph Litman, Lumivero, General Counsel
- Suk Kim, Zapier, General Counsel
- Jesse Ma, Apartment Therapy, General Counsel
- Eugene Karlik, Charlie Health, General Counsel
- Stephanie Adamson King, Playco, Chief Legal Officer
- Derek Russell-Kraft, Wellthy, General Counsel
LINK comprises more than 800 members and was founded by Corey and Andrew Dick. The L Suite was previously known as TechGC and has over 4,000 members.