When Tony Williams returned to London from Clifford Chance1s Moscow office in 1997 to take over as the firm1s managing partner, he was introduced to an IT evangelist by the name of Richard Susskind. The pair struck up a strong working

relationship, which still survives today. “There was never a road to Damascus moment,” Williams says. “IT has always been in the background, but the tendency for most lawyers is to carry on working as normal. I think the start of my interest in IT was when I met Richard.”