Tanya Sadoughi | Lawyers

Country Of Admission

UK (England & Wales)

Services

Banking

Testimonial

"I'm a banking lawyer who bridges law and AI innovation, leading GenAI initiatives that transform legal practice for global clients and the industry."

Overview

Tanya is the AI & Innovation Lead Lawyer for Linklaters' Global Banking practice, combining senior legal expertise with a focus on technological innovation. She works alongside the Banking partners to shape the practice’s AI strategy and, as a member of Linklaters’ GenAI Executive Team, drives firmwide AI initiatives that have resulted in several legal industry firsts.

She developed Linklaters' proprietary GenAI prompting framework, the first of its kind at a major international law firm, now widely adopted by global clients and integrated into the firm's standard service offering. Tanya has also led the creation of three in-house generative AI tools for the practice, with one project shortlisted for the FT Innovative Lawyers Award 2025.

An alumna of the Oxford Artificial Intelligence Programme at Saïd Business School, she completed the course with distinction, achieving 95.3%. A recognised thought leader in legal technology, she has spoken at industry events including Google and LegalTech conferences. She also contributes actively to the GenAI community through hackathons, judging panels, and thought leadership, including an article on prompt engineering for lawyers in Briefing Magazine.

Her legal practice is grounded in complex structured financings and syndicated lending for major corporates and international banks. She has gained global experience through a secondment to Linklaters' Tokyo office (2019) and an in-house secondment at NatWest (2020-2021), providing her with a deep understanding of client needs from the inside.

Work highlights

Tanya's experience includes:

Acting for the arrangers on a bridge facility for an acquisition by a major Eastern European mobile operator
Acting for the lenders on a CLBILS revolving credit facility for a major restaurant chain
Acting for an international soft drinks company in connection with a £400m sustainability-linked revolving credit facility
Acting for the lenders on a £600m sustainability-linked revolving credit facility for an investment grade UK PLC
Acting for the lenders on a term loan facility for the acquisition of Avanti Polar Lipids, Inc. by the Croda Group

Experience

Tanya is passionate about driving innovation in the legal sector and is a recognised voice in the industry. She has spoken at major conferences, including Google (2023), the British Legal Technology Forum (2024), and Legal Geek (2025), sharing practical insights on implementing generative AI in legal practice.

As the architect of multiple high-profile innovation projects, she organised and led a transformative three-day GenAI hackathon for the Banking practice in collaboration with King’s College London. She has also designed and delivered comprehensive GenAI client training programmes, including a pioneering three-part webinar series that reached nearly 1,000 clients worldwide.

Her work has earned significant industry recognition. The GenAI-powered Contract Analysis tool she developed with the Tech and Data Team was shortlisted for the FT Innovative Lawyers Award 2025, and the firm’s GenAI e-training modules she helped develop were shortlisted for the Learning Technologies Awards 2024.

Beyond her work in legal innovation, Tanya served in 2025 as a Business Advisor through the Grow Movement x Linklaters partnership, mentoring Carisle Media’s AI-enabled marketing startup, Hireable.

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Beyond the Office

Tanya studied Law at Brunel University, graduating with First Class Honours, and holds a Master of Science in Law, Business and Management from the University of Law with Distinction.

Committed to staying at the forefront of legal technology, she completed the Oxford Artificial Intelligence Programme at Saïd Business School in 2024 with a score of 95.3%. She also holds certifications in Scrum (an agile, technology-driven project management methodology) and Product Management, and has completed several Python coding courses.

She was admitted to the roll of solicitors in England and Wales in 2019.

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Thought Leadership

Co-authored a recognised article on prompt engineering for lawyers in Briefing Magazine.