AI in Action: Use Cases for PE Legal and Compliance Teams

Christopher is responsible for the Investment & IR/Fundraising Consulting practice at Holland Mountain. He works with front office teams to establish industry-leading operational capabilities that gives businesses a competitive advantage.

Christopher is a Private Capital front office process, technology and data expert, and has led successful strategy, selection and technology implementation projects for some of Holland Mountain’s largest and most complex clients including Permira, Hg Capital, Pantheon, M&G and TA Associates. Across projects, he has worked with a wide range of software vendors and service providers for Private Capital firms.

Christopher joined the Holland Mountain team with previous Private Equity experience, from roles at Terra Firma Capital Partners and SEI Investments.

Christopher holds a Bachelor from the University of Nottingham and is currently based in London.

Derek Shanahan is Senior Director of Partnerships at Juniper Square, working with service providers and technology partners across the alternative investment industry. He spends most of his time figuring out where Juniper Square and its partners can actually move the needle for GPs and building the relationships to make that happen. Derek has spent the last dozen years at the intersection of finance and technology, in IR, business development, and strategy roles.

Gui leads the Legal Intelligence function at Ontra, overseeing a team of highly skilled legal experts who partner closely with Machine Learning Engineers, Software Engineers, UX/UI Designers, and Product Managers to build cutting-edge, AI-powered legal technology. His team plays a central role in shaping Ontra’s product innovation by ensuring that domain expertise and user’s expectations are top of mind throughout Ontra’s product development cycle.

Gui first joined Ontra in 2021 as a Sales Director based in London, where he focused on serving large alternative investment managers and pension funds in the UK and France. He went on to establish the Legal Intelligence function in 2023, to support Ontra’s expansion of capabilities at the intersection of law and artificial intelligence.

Prior to Ontra, Gui spent more than a decade practicing corporate law. He spent four years at Dechert LLP in New York and London, advising global private equity sponsors, asset managers, and multinational corporations on complex cross-border and domestic transactions. Before joining Dechert, Gui practiced at Vinci Partners (now Vinci Compass), one of Latin America’s largest alternative investment managers, supporting transactional, regulatory, and fund-related matters across the firm’s investment strategies.

Gui holds an LL.M. from Columbia University and an LL.B. from FGV Direito Rio. He is qualified to practice law in New York and Brazil and is fluent in Portuguese, French, and Spanish.