{"id":129726,"date":"2025-08-06T12:43:47","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T20:43:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/08\/06\/harbor-global-ceo-matt-sunderman-on-driving-digital-transformation-in-legal\/"},"modified":"2025-08-06T12:43:47","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T20:43:47","slug":"harbor-global-ceo-matt-sunderman-on-driving-digital-transformation-in-legal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/08\/06\/harbor-global-ceo-matt-sunderman-on-driving-digital-transformation-in-legal\/","title":{"rendered":"Harbor Global CEO Matt Sunderman On Driving Digital Transformation in Legal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This year\u2019s ILTACON, which starts later this week, marks the second anniversary of Harbor, a global expert services company formed through the merger of three long-established legal consulting firms: HBR Consulting, LAC Group, and Wilson Allen, and that formally launched at ILTACON in 2023.\u00a0 The company, which counts among its clients some 80% of the [\u2026]<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s ILTACON, which starts later this week, marks the second anniversary of <a href=\"https:\/\/harborglobal.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Harbor<\/a>, a global expert services company formed through the merger of three long-established legal consulting firms: HBR Consulting, LAC Group, and Wilson Allen, and that formally launched at ILTACON in 2023.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The company, which counts among its clients some 80% of the 200 largest global law firms and 50% of the Fortune 500, has been making waves ever since, further expanding its services, making additional acquisitions, and scoring some notable hires to its executive team, all culminating in the news in June that it had received a majority investment from BayPine LP, a private investment firm devoted to driving digital transformation in market-leading businesses.<\/p>\n<p>Part of what makes Harbor particularly interesting is that it sits at the intersection of corporate law departments, law firms, and technology providers \u2013 helping all three get more value from their partnerships. A key focus of the company\u2019s consulting services has been artificial intelligence and on helping organizations prepare their data and infrastructures to support the use of AI.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Our guest today is the CEO of Harbor, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/mattsunderman\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Matt Sunderman<\/a>, who before the merger was CEO of HBR Consulting and, earlier, president of its advisory services. In their conversation, Matt and host Bob Ambrogi explore Harbor\u2019s mission to provide legal departments with end-to-end solutions that span strategy, legal technology, operations, and intelligence.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>They also discuss the current state of digital transformation in legal \u2013 from the opportunities and obstacles around generative AI adoption to the surprising reality that many firms are still only 10 to 40 percent cloud-enabled, and Sunderman offers his perspective on what law firms and corporate legal departments should be doing today to prepare for the next decade.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Listen here:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Watch here:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RzRBIsN1obE?si=vLCh4oh24EgmjfE6\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"> <\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Thank You To Our Sponsors<\/h3>\n<p>This episode of LawNext is generously made possible by our sponsors. 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