Head of Global Affairs, Appian Capital Advisory. Special Envoy, World Gold Council. Distinguished Fellow, RUSI. Former UK Deputy PM & Foreign Secretary.
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My column in @thetimes today on the rise in illicit flows from the plunder of artisanal gold miners - and what it will take to stem the tide.👇
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Dominic Raab retweeted
“When I qualified as a lawyer we used to bill in 5-minute units”
When our Senior Founding Advisor @DominicRaab qualified as a lawyer, firms billed in five-minute units. Every five minutes had to be accounted for.
“It shows what a producer-oriented sector it was."
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Former UK Deputy PM @DominicRaab on why Index Law wants the human as the last mile, not a five-minute billing unit:
"When I qualified as a lawyer we used to bill in five-minute units. If you couldn't account for your five minutes..."
"It shows what a producer-oriented sector it was. We want to turn that around."
"It's designed to make the human the last mile in every case."
"There'll be things that are very routine that the AI can have a really high confidence level in and it just needs a human to say yes or no to it."
I am excited to have joined Index Law, an AI-native legal services business, as a Founding Senior Advisor. Details below👇
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Great to join @SebJohnsonUK @ScalingEurope with Index Law Founder & CEO Quddus Pativada @qatindex to discuss his vision for a native AI legal services firm - and my role in supporting the team. 👇
FULL INTERVIEW: Former UK Deputy Prime Minister @DominicRaab has joined Index Law as a Founding Advisor!
Index Law is an AI-native legal services platform designed to put the consumer directly in control of their own legal strategy.
The company was founded by Quddus Pativada, and now Dominic Raab Is joining as a Founding Advisor to help shape their strategy and build key industry partnerships.
Timestamps:
0:00 - Introduction
0:21 - What IndexLaw is building
1:06 - Dominic Raab's new role at IndexLaw
3:18 - The personal story behind IndexLaw's founding
6:00 - How IndexLaw differs from Harvey and Legora
9:14 - Why the legal industry is ripe for disruption
11:54 - The UK's unusually open rules for legal AI
14:17 - Dominic's day-to-day role as advisor
15:18 - How Quddus and Dominic's partnership began
17:56 - IndexLaw's goals for the next 18 months
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Former UK Deputy PM @DominicRaab joins Index Law Co-Founder @qatindex to reset the legal model around the consumer:
"I've been in law all my life. I qualified as a solicitor, and then in government I was justice secretary."
"Someone comes along with a vision to really reset the paradigm and put the consumer in the driving seat and use AI to allow them to devise a legal strategy."
"What I found so attractive in Quddus' vision is not just make lawyers 20, 30% more efficient, but redesign the model so the consumer can get faster, more accurate, higher impact legal advice."
"I think it's a real game changer."
The Rt Hon. Dominic Raab ( @dominicraab ), fmr. UK Deputy Prime Minister is joining us to build an AI-native legal company!
A few months ago, Dominic and I met to talk about the future of law. We kept meeting, kept pulling apart the model, and kept coming back to the same conclusion: AI won’t just make lawyers faster. It will change what a legal company is.
So we decided to build one together.
Dominic has been the UK's Deputy Prime Minister, Lord Chancellor, Justice Secretary and Foreign Secretary, and before politics practiced as an international lawyer. He’s joining Index as a Founding Senior Advisor, working hands-on & closely with me on strategy, international expansion and the trust required to build an AI-native legal company at serious scale.
The idea behind Index is simple: don’t just sell software to the law firm. Rebuild the law firm around software.
Very excited to have Dominic advising and helping form the company at founding!
If you’re a founder, GC, lawyer or investor thinking about where legal services go next, reach out.
Full blog post in the comments.
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I am excited to have joined Index Law, an AI-native legal services business, as a Founding Senior Advisor. Details below👇
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Dominic Raab retweeted
Today the World Gold Council and the Government of the Republic of Ghana have announced the signing of a strategic Memorandum of Understanding to strengthen cooperation on the formalisation of artisanal and small-scale gold mining, enhance supply chain integrity, and combat illicit finance and gold flows. Learn more: spr.ly/6015BEYUM9
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Gold executives warn of smuggling ‘crisis’ via @FT
There is a plan to tackle it. My report, Silence is Golden, for @chathamhouse @goldcouncil, sets out 4 pillars: law enforcement, action on illicit finance, formalising ASGM & international coordination.
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Today, @lbmaexecutive @goldcouncil Sustainability & Responsible Sourcing Summit, I addressed the plunder of artisanal gold miners by mercenaries, terrorists and organised crime - and progress in turning the tide.
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I am excited to join @KreabLondon, supporting an excellent team in navigating the geopolitical challenges and opportunities for their wide range of clients. kreab.com/london/insight/kre…
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Dominic Raab retweeted
INVESTMENT: Appian acquires Omico Copper, an attractive, undeveloped copper deposit with a clearly defined development pathway, attractive cost position and potential to produce ~30k tonnes of copper per year over a ~15‑yr mine life. appiancapitaladvisory.com/ap…
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My column for @telegraph on how agile mid-sized nations are effectively navigating today’s geopolitical storms.👇 telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/05…
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I appreciated the opportunity to join Louis Marechal and the @OECD team at their critical minerals forum in Istanbul. Valuable opportunity to discuss the Public Private Partnerships needed to build resilient supply chains.
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This is a rare, smart and sober analysis of the deeper geopolitical differences at stake - beneath the froth - dividing Western views over the conflict with Iran.
The real transatlantic divide is about more than Trump via @FT
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Dominic Raab retweeted
NEW HIRE: Appian announces the appointment of #mining industry veteran Zetti Gavelan as Deputy Chief Operating Officer (Technical). appiancapitaladvisory.com/ap…
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VIDEO: Continuing our mini series under the "Capital Conversations” banner. This episode we're discussing Australia. appiancapitaladvisory.com/me…
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My three ‘takeaways’ last night from the business-investor dialogue with the US government on critical minerals supply chain security, hosted by CSIS in Washington DC, in advance of the US Summit today. 👇
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Excited and honoured to take up this role with @RUSI_org - working with an outstanding team on the geopolitical challenges of our time.
RUSI is pleased to welcome The Rt Hon. @DominicRaab as a Distinguished Fellow.
A former Deputy Prime Minister, Foreign Secretary and Lord Chancellor, Mr Raab brings extensive experience in UK foreign policy, legislation and international affairs to RUSI’s Fellowship. rusi.org/news-and-comment/ru…
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Great to discuss geopolitics & critical minerals with @EleniGiokos on @cnni in the margins of #FutureMineralsForum in Riyadh - covering Iran, Venezuela and critical mineral supply chains. @AppianCapital👇
Former UK Deputy PM @DominicRaab tells me #Trump using “strategic ambiguity because it doesn’t want to be drawn into forever wars” when it comes to #Iran. We also talk about #Venezuela, #Greenland and #criticalminerals. #FutureMineralsForum #Riyadh @CNNConnect
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