Sam Kidd, CEO

Sam Kidd is the CEO of LawVu, a Tauranga-based in-house legal software company that he co-founded 10 years ago. An advocate of the SaaS business model, Sam is passionate about helping organizations improve how they communicate and collaborate using technology. His can-do attitude coupled with his entrepreneurial nous make him the driving force behind LawVu, which is transforming and empowering in-house legal teams on a global scale.

Shai Mahani

Shai has been practicing law since 2010 and has been in-house since 2014. In his previous role as Data Privacy and Marketing Counsel at Altice USA, Shai provided strategic legal advice to senior-level stakeholders with respect to data privacy, cybersecurity, and marketing related issues. Shai also negotiated commercial contracts and drafted customer facing policies and terms.
In 2015, Shai joined the leadership team of the New York In-House Counsel Meetup, which is now known as In-House Connect. Shai enjoys the thrill of meeting new people and fostering personal relationships. As co-founder of In-House Connect, Shai works with leading law firms to present high quality and topical CLE programs to the IHC members, and he takes the lead role in organizing IHC’s winter and summer networking events.

Patrick Kelley

Client obsessed technology consultant focused on pre and post-sales activities related to the customer experience, with a specialty in Legal Operations.

Patrick Owns the partnership channel function on behalf of LawVu. This includes building out their channel function ecosystem with a dynamic group of service providers that both add value to LawVu in terms of complimenting thei nternal operations as well enhance clients’ pursuit of advancing their corporate legal function via optimal processes and technology use.