Law and new technology. Most people would not connect the two. There are not many lawyers in The Matrix or Star Wars. But major international law firms would now find it quite impossible to function without computers.
The rise of the computer has changed our whole working environment. At Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, we still have a massive deeds vault, with some documents going back as far as the 18th century. But it is increasingly acceptable for much of the documentation that supports a transaction to be stored electronically.
