Independent technology and compliance advice for law firms

Most law firms have built their technology by accident. Tools overlap, contracts get signed on the vendor’s terms, and AI arrives faster than the rules allow. I help firms across Europe bring order to it. The right tools, working as one system, and actually used by the people who do the work.

I also check your technology against GDPR, the EU AI Act, and local rules. Together, we uncover where you stand and what to fix first. Then I give you a clear plan to close the gaps.

20 Years
In enterprise technology
Independent
No referral fees. No vendor ties.
Fixed fees
Clear scope, predictable cost

Services

Technology Stack Advisory
Independent assessment of your full technology environment. I identify gaps, overlaps, and define ROI benchmarks before any purchase.
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Vendor Procurement and Negotiation
I help you draft RFI/RFP and SLAs, review contracts, and negotiate on your behalf — identifying inflated pricing and risk before you sign.
No vendor tiesNo referral fees
Transformation and Adoption
New systems only pay off when people use them. I plan and run the rollout — aligning partners, setting realistic timelines, and sitting between your teams and the vendor. Automation where it earns its place.
RolloutPartner alignmentTimelinesKPIsAdoption
EU
Regulatory Compliance Review
Systematic review against GDPR, EU AI Act, NIS2 and local regulations — covering data processing agreements, AI risk classification, and a prioritised remediation roadmap.
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Igor Nikitin

Founder and Principal Adviser, Surediligence

I spent 20 years on the vendor side of enterprise software across EMEA, at major technology companies. I led sales cycles, technology rollouts, and market strategy. I know how enterprise software is built, priced, and sold. I also know how it tends to land — sometimes a capable platform nobody had the capacity to configure, sometimes a tool that looked right on paper but never matched how the firm actually worked.

In one of my roles I ran a global sales transformation inside a billion-euro publishing group. I unified the tools, pricing, and process across teams that had never worked the same way. Rolling out software was the easy part. Getting people to change how they work was the hard part. That is where the value sits.

In legal technology, the pattern is the same. I have seen a firm pay for three overlapping practice management systems and use none of them, with contracts signed on the vendor’s terms. What surprised me was how little independent help existed. Most advice comes from vendors, resellers, or consultants who take referral fees. That gap is why I built Surediligence — independent advice, no vendor ties, fixed fees.

Contact

Tell me where your firm stands and what you are trying to decide. The first conversation is free, with no pitch and no pressure.