SPEAKER

Sophie

Taylor

Lead Knowledge & Innovation Counsel

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP

Sophie is the Lead Knowledge & Innovation Counsel for BCLP’s Finance practice, where she leads the Finance Knowledge team. She is responsible for driving the development and delivery of high-value knowledge, training and legal technology solutions, supporting both lawyers and clients across the practice. Sophie plays a central role in embedding knowledge, innovation and technology within the Finance practice, with a focus on enhancing efficiency, consistency and client service. She is actively involved in BCLP’s Legal Evolution in AI Programme (LEAP), supporting the integration of AI and other emerging technologies into the firm’s legal practice and plays a key role in accelerating firm-wide transformation initiatives.

Before moving into knowledge and innovation, Sophie was a senior associate in the firm’s Restructuring & Insolvency team advising lenders, corporates and insolvency practitioners on a broad range of corporate restructurings and formal insolvency processes across both contentious and non-contentious matters. 

Alongside her core role, Sophie is Co-Chair of the firm’s Global Wellbeing Network and a trained Menopause Advocate, championing initiatives that promote an inclusive and sustainable working environment.