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Legora: Making Law More Accessible and Creative
Max Junestrand, CEO and Co-Founder, Legora
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Danielle Benecke
Founder and Global Head, Applied AI Practice @ Baker McKenzie
Danielle Benecke is the founder and global head of Baker McKenzie's Applied AI practice, an award-winning team of lawyers and technologists delivering AI-native services for complex, high-stakes legal and regulatory work. She founded the practice in 2021, before most of today's legal AI companies existed; it now operates across 45 markets, pricing by outcome rather than hours. A technology lawyer by background, Danielle has spent her career advising global tech leaders on AI development, commercialization, and responsible use; her focus is unlocking legal capabilities that were not previously achievable. She is recognized in Chambers Global, Lawdragon Global 100, and Forbes Top Lawyers, has received honors including Law.com Innovator of the Year and Financial Times Changemaker of the Year, holds a Master's from Stanford, and serves as a venture coach with Stanford Law School's CodeX.
Max Junestrand
CEO and Co-Founder @ Legora
Max Junestrand is the co-founder and CEO of Legora, the AI-native legal workspace he started in Stockholm in 2023 and which is now used by law firms and in-house legal teams worldwide. Legora's stated mission is to empower exceptional lawyers by building the world's first truly collaborative AI for lawyers, reducing friction and automating repetition so legal teams can focus on the highest-impact work. Before founding the company, Max worked at McKinsey and in venture capital while completing a double degree. He holds a Master of Science in Computer Science with a specialization in Machine Learning from KTH Royal Institute of Technology, a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the Stockholm School of Economics, and a Master of Engineering in Computer Science from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Legora is a Y Combinator alum.
