Our Mission
To redefine collaboration between legal professionals and businesses.
We are EQWAL – a team of ambitious, high-performing and collaborative colleagues. We meet at eye level and challenge the status quo. We deliver exceptional performance every day for our corporate clients and highly qualified in-house lawyers. Our mission: to redefine and improve collaboration between legal professionals and businesses.
THE MEANING OF EQWAL
Where LAW meets EQ
Digitization, legal technology, legal operations, diversity or new work – the legal industry is facing fundamental change. Rising legal challenges and increased demands on legal professionals go hand in hand with this change. An affinity for technology, project management, social skills, and self-determined and flexible work models are more important than ever in the legal market.
EQWAL addresses this change and connects businesses with in-house lawyers who bring both legal expertise (LAW) and emotional intelligence (EQ).
We are convinced that professionals who combine their legal skills with a high level of emotional intelligence are particularly well suited for work in corporate legal departments. They have the ability to understand their own emotions, and to manage and utilize them in a constructive way. They communicate effectively, can empathize with others and master legal challenges.
We call them EQWALs
THE MEANING OF EQWAL
Where LAW meets EQ
Digitization, legal technology, legal operations, diversity or new work – the legal industry is facing fundamental change. Rising legal challenges and increased demands on legal professionals go hand in hand with this change. An affinity for technology, project management, social skills, and self-determined and flexible work models are more important than ever in the legal market.
EQWAL addresses this change and connects businesses with in-house lawyers who bring both legal expertise (LAW) and emotional intelligence (EQ).
We are convinced that professionals who combine their legal skills with a high level of emotional intelligence are particularly well suited for work in corporate legal departments. They have the ability to understand their own emotions, and to manage and utilize them in a constructive way. They communicate effectively, can empathize with others and master legal challenges.
We call them EQWALs
Founding Team
EQWAL was founded by a team of legal innovation pioneers. The team includes the founders of the most forward-looking digital magazine for the legal industry in Germany, the former Managing Director Europe of the world’s largest alternative legal services provider and founder of two of the first legal tech platforms in Germany, as well as a computer scientist with a PhD in artificial intelligence and many years of experience at the intersection of law and technology.
Founding Team
EQWAL was founded by a team of legal innovation pioneers. The team includes the founders of the most forward-looking digital magazine for the legal industry in Germany, the former Managing Director Europe of the world’s largest alternative legal services provider and founder of two of the first legal tech platforms in Germany, as well as a computer scientist with a PhD in artificial intelligence and many years of experience at the intersection of law and technology.
“Unternehmen und deren Rechtsabteilungen stehen vor immer größeren Herausforderungen in einem komplexer werdenden Rechtsmarkt. Zugleich wächst der Drang vieler Jurist*innen nach mehr Freiheit, selbstbestimmtem Arbeiten und Flexibilität. Um diesen Entwicklungen zu begegnen, brauchen wir eine agilere und effizientere Zusammenarbeit zwischen Jurist*innen und Unternehmen."
Alexander Aran
“Jede Rechtsabteilung hat Schwankungen in ihrer Auslastung. Kann das nur entweder durch festangestellte Mitarbeiter oder den Einsatz externer Kanzleien aufgefangen werden, führt es zwangsläufig zu Unzufriedenheit, unnötig hohen Kosten, oder beidem. Unser Modell ermöglicht es allen Beteiligten, wirtschaftlich sinnvoll, qualitativ hochwertig und mit hohem Zufriedenheitsgrad zu arbeiten."
Daniel Biene
“Die Möglichkeit, selbst zu entscheiden, wo, wann und für wen man arbeitet, führt über eine ausgewogene Work-Life Balance zu mehr Zufriedenheit und schließlich zu höherer Effektivität. Nicht ohne Grund haben sich neue, flexiblere Arbeitsmodelle in den letzten Jahren mehr und mehr etabliert und sind auch im Rechtsmarkt auf dem Vormarsch. Eine win-win Situation für Jurist*innen und Unternehmen.”
Patrik Kusak
Contributors
Arndt Schwaiger
Frank Braun
Lisa Urbaneck
Marketing & Business Development Specialist
Nicolas Breimaier
Content & Marketing external
What we believe in
Quality
What we do, we do well. We strive to provide real added value for companies and legal departments. To this end, we are continuously expanding our pool of outstanding EQWALs.
Diversity
We know that it takes people with different ideas, strengths, interests and cultural as well as social backgrounds to establish a successful corporate culture. Diverse teams are more delivering better performance. At EQWAL we encourage a diverse team – for the benefit of our clients as well as for ours.
Transparency
For us, across all levels and aspects of the business, it is essential to say what we mean and do what we promise.
Constant improvement
We encourage the growth and satisfaction of our team members and EQWALs. Our success depends on the collective energy, intelligence and contributions of all. Together, we are constantly evolving.