Wafik Guirgis

Wafik Guirgis is a longtime expert in legal department management and a pioneer in the establishment of the legal operations discipline. Mr. Guirgis has spent more than two decades helping corporate clients improve legal operations by developing long-term strategic plans, evaluating technology and leading large-scale and complex solution implementations. He works with general counsel and legal operations leaders to best capitalize on the transformative aspects of legal operations technology implementations by helping set the stage for change and effective governance before and after implementation.

Mr. Guirgis has helped clients optimize and automate business processes, structure effective program governance and plan for and execute on change management approaches to drive technology adoption. His expertise in leveraging and analyzing data supports clients in gaining a holistic view of their challenges and opportunities to make informed, data-driven decisions.

Prior to joining FTI Technology, Mr. Guirgis was a practice group leader at HBR Consulting, where he led both legal operations technology and contract lifecycle management (“CLM”) service lines. He partnered with clients to develop legal technology strategy, as well as to solve technical, legal and business process issues. Mr. Guirgis has also held legal operations and leadership roles at PwC, Huron Consulting, Deloitte and Merrill Lynch.

Relevant Experience:

• Improved global legal spend transparency and cost control through process and technology transformation for a financial services group, preparing for, selecting and implementing an enterprise legal management solution
• Advised a multinational organization in the life sciences industry, helping identify gaps in the legal department’s software systems and processes, as well as recommending a CLM solution to improve visibility of contracts and obligations across the organization