From a Miami deli to 51 locations, Greenberg Traurig built a global law firm around local authority. Its growth offers a useful lesson in delegation - and a costly reminder that trust needs checking.
The San Diego law firm has spent decades advising businesses. Its in-house incubator puts it beside founders before the first big financing - while a wider practice handles everything from waterfront deals to a robotic dog petter.
Goodmans has no globe-spanning office map to sell. Its bet is more interesting: put 200-plus lawyers in one Toronto tower, give partners the hard files, and make concentration feel like reach.
Orbital (formerly Orbital Witness) is a London- and New York-based legal AI company building software that automates the paperwork-heavy work of real estate law. Its flagship product, Orbital Copilot, is a domain-specific AI agent that reads title reports, leases, surveys and contracts the way a real estate lawyer would - extracting key terms, flagging risk and drafting reports in a fraction of the usual time. Founded in 2018 by Will Pearce and Edmond Boulle, Orbital supports around 200,000 property transactions a year for more than 5,000 professionals at firms including Clifford Chance, Slaughter & May, Mishcon de Reya and BCLP, and raised a $60M Series B in January 2026 to expand in the United States.