LegalTechTalk 26 - Rick van Esch

At LegalTechTalk 2026, Redmond Lee sat down with Rick van Esch, CEO & Co-Founder of Emma Legal, to discuss how legal due diligence is evolving and why today's legal tech buyers are becoming far more discerning. EMMA helps legal teams navigate complex data rooms during mergers and acquisitions by structuring documents, identifying risks, and enabling collaborative due diligence, allowing lawyers to spend less time searching and more time analysing. 💡 𝗞𝗲𝘆 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀: ↳ AI can accelerate legal due diligence by organising documents and surfacing risks ↳ International demand for specialised legal tech continues to grow ↳ Legal tech buyers are becoming more knowledgeable and purposeful ↳ Today, organisations want measurable ROI, not just impressive demonstrations. One insight stood out: "𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘙𝘖𝘐 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭." The legal tech conversation is changing. It's no longer about whether firms should adopt technology. It's about 𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗯𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝘃𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗲. #PeopleInLegal #LegalTechTalk #LegalTech #MergersAndAcquisitions #DueDiligence #LegalInnovation #AIinLaw #LegalOps #LegalAI