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Heikki Ilvessalo
Managing Director
Heikki Ilvessalo
Managing Director
About
Heikki has over 25 years of experience in the legal field with a particular interest in developments that contribute to evolving the digitalization of the legal field. His experience and expertise relate to the key areas of legal service providers’ and in-house teams’ digital transformation agenda.
Heikki focuses on understanding the current pain points of the legal sector and creating legal tech solutions that move the sector forward. He helps legal professionals and organizations have better workday experience and gain better results as a team.
He is also on a mission to accelerate the evolution of the whole legal field ecosystem. During his career at Ilves, he has been running the “Legal Tech Glögit’ network of legal tech pioneers in Finland. The network has grown over the years and has become a forum of over 260 members, including professionals from in-house teams, legal service providers, legal tech vendors, legal design consultancies and universities. Regular network meetings hosted by Heikki, in collaboration with the member companies’ experts, have become a forum for open innovation and shared learning. Contact Heikki to join the network.
Heikki is also the Ambassador Finland of the European Legal Tech Association.
Prior to his appointment in 2018, he was the development director for Castrén & Snellman (2005-2018). He received his LL.M in 2001 and started his career as a lawyer.
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Expertise
- Innovation & Strategy
- Legal design
- Future of legal work
- AI & legal tech tools
- Knowledge management
- Culture development
Articles by Heikki
AI Time Tracking: Explore MyActivities Pro AI Capabilities
Generative AI capabilities now also enable significant enhancements in time tracking.
Legal Tech & Legal Design in Finland Map, 2024
The fourth edition of the Legal Tech in Finland map showcases the legal tech and legal design firms in Finland.
Legal Tech Glögit hosted by EY Law
EY Law hosted a Legal Tech Glögit network event on June 5, 2024. This time we discussed how legal tech tech can support business operations.
Fondia Oyj selected Ilves Search
Fondia Oyj selected Ilves Search. The business case for Ilves Search became clear from the first meeting with Ilves, says Janne Ala-Sippola, Fondia.
Questions and Answers about Ilves Search
Learn more about Ilves Search by reading frequently asked questions and answers.
Public speaking
Heikki is a regular speaker and chair of legal tech events and webinars.
Future events
| May 29, 2025 | FutureLaw 2025 | Advisory board and a speaker |
Past events
| March 19, 2025 | Legal Tech Glögit hosted by Linnunmaa Lex | Opening remarks |
| January 16, 2025 | Legal Tech Glögit Five-Year anniversary, read more | Opening remarks |
| December 19, 2024 | Legal Transformation Network meeting hosted by the Swedish Bar Association | Opening remarks |
| December 12, 2024 | Legal Tech Glögit hosted by Fondia | Opening remarks |
| November 26, 2024 | Legal Transformation Network meeting hosted by Roschier | Key note presentation and facilitation of a network strategy dialogue |
| October 10, 2024 | Nordic Legal Tech Day, Stockholm, Horizon scanning session | Release of Ilves AI capabilities |
| October 4, 2024 | Listed company’s global legal team’s strategy day, a key note presentation on digital transformation and AI | Key note presentation |
| September 30, 2024 | Legal Tech Glögit hosted by Roschier, Helsinki | Opening remarks, moderator |
| August 14, 2024 | Legal Tech Glögit, Legal Tech in Finland Map 2024, read more | Co-chair |
| June 5, 2024 | Legal Tech Glögit hosted by EY Law, Business comes first, how legal tech can help? | Opening remarks |
| May 29, 2024 | The Swedish Bar Association, Stockholm, Legal Tech Ecosystem Developments in Finland – Opportunities for Collaboration? | Presentation |
| May 16-17, 2024 | Future Law 2024, Tallinn, Panel discussion with Nikki Shaver, Uwais Iqbal chaired by Tom Martin: AI – One year later, read more | Panelist |
| April 17, 2024 | Legal Tech in Leeds Annual Conference, Opportunities for UK-Finland Collaboration & Ilves Product Showcase, read more | Presentation |
| February 1, 2024 | Future Law 2024 webinar, Challenges of digital transformation in legal teams, (in Collaboration with Henrik Wehrs, Allen & Overy) | Webinar presentation |
| January 18, 2024 | Legal Tech Glögit hosted by Fondia, The development of legal departments through legal design and technology | Opening remarks |
| November 15, 2023 | Nordic Legal Tech Day, Helsinki, read more | Co-organizer, moderator |
| October, 2023 | Legal Tech Glögit hosted by Castrén & Snellman, The core skills of future lawyers | Chair, key note presentation |
| June 15, 2023 | Legal Tech Glögit, Legal Tech and LegL Design in Finland Map 2023, read more | Co-Chair of the webinar |
| May 26-27, 2023 | Future Law 2023, Tallinn, panel discussion and digital transformation workshop, read more | Panelist and Workshop |
| May 4, 2023 | Legal Tech Glögit hosted by Hannes Snellman, Generative AI | Chair |
| January, 2023 | Legal Tech Glögit hosted by KPMG, digital transformation | Chair |
| November 22, 2022 | The Finnish Bar Association, Tekoäly ja digitalisaatio asianajajan työssä ja asiakkaan näkökulmasta, read more | Presentation |
| November 17, 2022 | Nordic Legal Tech Day, Helsinki Digitalization & Development of the Legal Industry |
Co-organizer and co-moderator |
| October 4, 2022 | Legal Tech Glögit hosted by Dittmar & Indrenius | Chair, presentation |
| September 22, 2022 | The European Circuit Annual Conference in Lisbon, The most innovative ways law firms are using data, read more | Presentation |
| June 16, 2022 | Legal Tech Glögit hosted by Ilves & _ment, Finnish legal tech solutions |
Co-chair |
| May 5, 2022 | GBL Alliance Conference, Helsinki, Legal tech challenges |
Presentation |
| April 11, 2022 | Legal Tech Glögit hosted by Roschier, Cybersecurity, Finnish Legal Tech Map |
Chair |
| November 4, 2021 | Nordic Legal Tech Day, Helsinki, Digitalization & Development of the Legal Industry |
Co-organizer and co-moderator |
| October 14, 2021 | Legal Tech Glögit, hosted by Hannes Snellman, Digital Transformation of the Legal Field – A Bubble in Trouble |
Chair |
| September 2, 2021 | Legal tech glögit, hosted by EY-Law, Modern management tools for General Counsels |
Chair |
| June 8, 2021 | Legal Tech Glögit hosted by Roschier, Legal tech as an investment |
Chair |
| March 25, 2021 | Legal tech glögit hosted by Dottir, Wellbeing and productive culture |
Chair |
| January 27, 2021 | Legal tech glögit hosted by Citrus, New ways to offer legal services |
Chair |
| December 2, 2020 | Legal Tech Glögit hosted by Wiidare, Digitalization of in-house teams |
Co-Chair |
| October 29, 2020 | Legal Tech Glögit hosted by DLA Piper Helsinki (with Stockholm and New York offices), Digital transformation and legal tech solutions |
Chair |
| September 8, 2020 | Legal Tech Glögit hosted by Merilampi, Modern work |
Chair |
| August 11, 2020 | Legal Tech Glögit hosted by Ilves, Finnish legal tech solutions |
Chair |
| February 14, 2020 | Legal Tech Glögit hosted by Krogerus, The status of AI capabilities |
Chair |
| December 4, 2019 | Legal Tech Glögit hosted by Hannes Snellman, Legal tech-friendly culture |
Chair and workshop |
| October 22, 2019 | Legal Tech Glögit hosted by Borenius, Knowledge Management 3.0 |
Chair and workshop |
| August 22, 2019 | Legal Tech Glögit hosted by Castrén & Snellman, Legal design |
Chair and workshop |
| May 14, 2019 | Legal Tech Glögit hosted by Roschier, Legal tech, People |
Chair |
| April 3, 2019 | Legal Tech Glögit hosted by Dittmar & Indrenius, People, legal tech |
Chair |
| 2018 | WT Gym, Wolf Theiss Vienna Innovating better client experience |
Keynote speaker |
| 2017 | The British Legal Tech Forum London Gamification |
Panel Discussion with Richard Susskind and Yu-Kai Chou |
| 2016 | Law Firm Marketing Summit London Gamification |
Speaker |
