Ahmore Burger-Smidt

Position: Director: Werksmans Advisory Services
Organization: Werksmans Attorneys
Ahmore Burger-Smidt is a leading legal expert renowned for her deep and longstanding experience in data privacy, regulatory compliance, and competition law. With a career spanning over decades, she has advised clients on data protection matters since 2006 and is widely recognised as a pioneering voice in the South African privacy landscape. Ahmore is passionate about making law work for businesses and not being a hurdle to doing business. Ahmore lives in three cities and two continents.

Session Overview

Cracking the Code: How Data Analytics is Revolutionising Law
In a rapidly evolving legal landscape, data is no longer a passive byproduct of operations—it’s a powerful strategic asset. Legal Data Analytics refers to the process of collecting, analysing, and interpreting legal and operational data to drive more intelligent decision-making. From court rulings and billing trends to client feedback and compliance risks, law firms now have access to more data than ever before. But turning this data into actionable insights is where the true value lies.
Exploring the transformation of legal practice through data analytics, understanding how law firms can enhance efficiency, optimise resource allocation, improve client outcomes, and mitigate risk, is crucial. This understanding requires an evolution from intuition-based to data-driven decision-making. Also, it involves understanding the key performance metrics that modern firms are using to track success, and addressing the challenges legal teams face in managing multiple data sources and growing workloads.
Integrating legal tech and analysing tools that empower lawyers to deliver more strategic advice, streamline workflows, and create sustainable growth, is a light in the darkness.
Ultimately, embracing data-driven strategies is no longer optional—it’s essential.
Legal analytics is reshaping the way law firms operate, communicate, and succeed in a digital-first world
Three Tangible Learnings
1 What data is required to do what
2. Actions and tools
3. The value added to practice

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Ahmore Burger-Smidt is a leading legal expert renowned for her deep and longstanding experience in data privacy, regulatory compliance, and competition law. With a career spanning over decades, she has advised clients on data protection matters since 2006 and is widely recognised as a pioneering voice in the South African privacy landscape. Ahmore is passionate about making law work for businesses and not being a hurdle to doing business. Ahmore lives in three cities and two continents.