Jon Grainger, Credit: Freshfields videoFreshfields Chief Information Officer Leaves After Less Than Two Years
The Magic Circle firm has appointed an interim replacement, as Jon Grainger departs for a newly-created CIO position at the UK arm of an international firm.
November 13, 2019 at 05:49 AM
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Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer's chief information officer has left the firm after less than two years in the role to join Slater and Gordon, according to people with knowledge of the move.
Jon Grainger – who became CIO at the Magic Circle firm having first served as interim CIO and then global head of service transformation – is to take up a newly created CIO position at Slater and Gordon U.K.
In his new role, he is set to control an investment of about £30 million in IT and other new technology, two of the people said.
Freshfields is in the process of finding a successor, but has appointed Jason Black to the role in the interim. Black, who currently works in the digital space for the firm, will report to Freshfields' chief digital and technology officer, Charlotte Baldwin, according to a spokesperson at the firm.
Grainger has a history in management consulting, having started his career at Accenture and then Deloitte, according to his LinkedIn profile. He made his legal sector debut two years ago as Freshfields' interim CIO, taking over from long-termer Richard Harris, and becoming CIO proper just a month later.
Based in Manchester, he played a part in the early growth of Freshfields' legal services centre.
Slater and Gordon last year embarked on a new three-year strategy to digitalise its offering at a cost of £30 million. At the heart of the strategy is the first ever law firm rollout of Microsoft Managed Desktop, according to a person at the firm – a system the firm introduced in June this year, which provides workplace, management and security technologies in one package.
"It is a huge advance in the legal industry," the person said.
Of the departure, a Freshfields spokesperson said in a statement to Law.com's U.K. arm Legal Week: "Jon joined Freshfields in 2017 and held a number of global technology roles across the business. We wish him all the best in his new role.
"We will be appointing a successor to Jon, who will be supporting continued digital transformation as global head of service and operations across the firm."
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