David Kinnear
Founder & CEO of HPC MEDIA GROUP, which publishes HIGH PERFORMANCE COUNSEL (HPC). HPC is focused on the next decade of leadership and innovation in legal services. HPC regularly features the top individuals, organizations and solutions creating the technical and leadership framework of the new legal industry that is now starting to emerge.
Prior to the launch of HPC, David was a co-founder and CEO of a legaltech company focused on legal process automation, which was successfully acquired by a leading legal services provider. He has advised others in the space also. Having been both a corporate buyer of legal services and a services provider, he identifies the greater efficiency and value that can be achieved in legal operations for corporate buyers especially. He speaks unequivocally to the potential of Blockchain in transforming contract management and to the digital productization of legal knowledge, services delivery and the associated impact on future revenue models for law firms.
An English Barrister by call (’89), he spent several years in private litigation practice – largely focused on substantial construction, engineering and commercial real estate disputes. David worked for leading law firms Pinsent Masons and Linklaters in London before moving to New York to join CS First Boston (now, Credit Suisse).
As Counsel and Chief Administrative Officer, he helped negotiate & execute the relocation of Credit Suisse into its (now) NYC global HQ – the iconic Eleven Madison Avenue. Subsequently, David directed major global outsourcing, shared sourcing, HR operations & process efficiency initiatives including the digitization of records, the global roll-out of PeopleSoft HRMS & Y2K Compliance.
David has worked extensively in the UK, US, Philippines, India and China markets in the areas of data management, HR and BPO.
David graduated from the University of Manchester with Honors in Law and Bar School (College of Legal Education) in London and has been a member of Middle Temple since 1989. He is the founder and former Chairman of The Global Sourcing Council.
David lives in New York with his wife and daughter.
