Wordsmith appoints Lucy Tyrrell as general counsel
Edinburgh-based legal AI startup Wordsmith has appointed Lucy Tyrrell as its general counsel.
Ms Tyrrell will be based in London and joins the company from her role as head of legal (corporate) at FARFETCH, a global marketplace for the luxury fashion industry. She was previously a senior associate in the corporate M&A team at DAC Beachcroft’s London office.
Wordsmith, founded in 2023 by Ross McNairn, Volodymyr Giginiak and Robbie Falkenthal, is an AI-powered workspace for in-house legal teams.
Mr McNairn, CEO of Wordsmith, said: “Lucy is a critical hire and will help us expand the precision and quality of in-house legal intelligence that we can offer out of the box through Wordsmith.
“She will be building a team of experienced in-house lawyers to develop a next-level toolkit of productivity tools available to every legal team. Her leadership will be instrumental as we scale our operations and continue to innovate.”