The legal sector is quietly but steadily evolving as AI tools mature and legal tech adoption grows. Since January, PE Hub has reported seven PE deals in the legal tech segment across North America and Europe. Traditionally slow to embrace new technology, partly due to concerns around compliance and data privacy, the legal sector is now changing, Gemma Roberts, Private Equity partner at law firm Goodwin, told PE Hub. “An increasing focus on time and cost efficiency, both within law firms and the legal functions of businesses, means the sector presents a huge market opportunity as a customer of legal tech.” That said, the legal sector isn’t without its challenges. The sector deals with highly sensitive data, making privacy, compliance and regulation a foremost concern, she said. “Any legal tech must be sensitive to and able to satisfy these concerns and requirements not only from the offset but on an ongoing basis.”