Gunderson Dettmer's GDHQ Wins Legal Breakthrough's “Team Collaboration Platform of the Year”

Gunderson Dettmer, the preeminent international law firm with an exclusive focus on the innovation economy, the leading venture capital law firm globally, today announced it is the winner of the “Team Collaboration Platform of the Year” award for its GDHQ in the 5th annual LegalTech Breakthrough Awards program conducted by LegalTech Breakthrough, a leading independent market intelligence organization that evaluates and recognizes standout legal technology companies, products and services around the globe. 

Gunderson’s modern legal service delivery and collaboration platform, GDHQ, serves as a virtual headquarters for clients. The company has built and populated thousands of client-specific sites to provide access to a company’s key corporate records, billing, and market data visualizations.  

The secure platform also offers streamlined access to Gunderson’s legal expertise through DIY Contract Generators, automated SMART Request intake forms, and Knowledge Hubs that provide educational materials, data, and other relevant content on market trends and legal developments. Gunderson company clients can log into GDHQ to access corporate records, kick off workflows, populate form documents, and explore educational materials, market data and other helpful content. 

GDHQ streamlines internal processes, empowering attorneys to give clients data-driven advice by placing insights from internal and external datasets at their fingertips right within the platform. Thousands of client sites on GDHQ allow attorneys to better collaborate with each other as well as with their clients by sharing current client-specific institutional knowledge. 

The GDHQ platform also includes ChatGD, Gunderson’s homegrown generative AI application that lets attorneys query documents and manipulate language using a secure, enterprise instance of OpenAI’s models through Microsoft Azure. Lawyers can securely chat with large language models or directly with client documents using retrieval augmented generation (RAG) to provide more efficient client service. 

“Despite the legal industry’s reputation for being slow to change, we’ve been pioneering the adoption of AI products for some time. Platforms like GDHQ elevate the legal profession while also providing our clients with the modern experiences they have come to expect,” said Gunderson Dettmer’s Chief Innovation Officer Joe Green. “We’re honored to receive this acknowledgment from LegalTech Breakthrough and it underscores the commitment of our entire team to continue to lead and deliver cutting-edge technology solutions to our clients who are, themselves, thought leaders and visionaries.” 

The mission of the annual LegalTech Breakthrough Awards program is to conduct the industry’s most comprehensive analysis and evaluation of the top technology companies, solutions and products in the legal technology industry today. This year’s program attracted thousands of nominations from over 12 different countries throughout the world. 

“GDHQ has significantly streamlined internal processes, allowing attorneys to focus on high-value services instead of routine tasks. Startup and VC clientele are used to a modern client experience that streamlines their access to legal services and addresses the ever-evolving landscape of legal and regulatory environments,” said Bryan Vaughn, Managing Director, LegalTech Breakthrough. “Congratulations to Gunderson Dettmer on winning the ‘Team Collaboration Platform of the Year’ award. Making sure they enjoy open communication with their clients through advanced collaboration tools allows their attorneys to accelerate and enhance work for all of their subject-matter experts.”  

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