Greg Baker

Greg Baker

Global Head of Practice Innovation, London

"As a lawyer with a dedicated focus on innovation and efficiency within our global corporate practice, I ensure innovation runs through everything we do – our legal advice, the way we deliver our services to our clients and the way Linklaters operates."

Overview

Education and qualifications

Overview

Greg is our global head of practice innovation. Greg leads a multi-disciplinary innovation team and a group of practice-embedded innovation lawyers. Greg also chairs the firm’s Innovation Steering Group, a group of partners and senior business leaders who provide strategic direction on innovation priorities and investments for the firm.

In his role, Greg works closely with partners and lawyers in the practice, knowledge experts, technology teams and our clients. He ensures we are working in the most efficient manner possible and using the right technology and processes to deliver excellent client service.

Greg was previously lead innovation lawyer for our global corporate practice, collaborating with partners and lawyers to deploy new technologies and design improved ways of working to deliver best-in-class service for clients.

Prior to joining Linklaters, he was a lawyer at a US firm in London for 10 years and has previously been seconded to a number of financial institutions in London and Geneva.

Education and qualifications

Greg studied Economics & Politics at University of Durham and holds a Bachelor of Laws (Hons) from the University of Law, London.