Patrick G. Dundas
Partner
Areas of Focus
- Investment Management & Private Equity
- Global Investment Adviser Regulatory
- Private Capital
- Leads the market intelligence and legal practice infrastructure initiative.
- Specializes in legal knowledge management (KM), with a focus on KM for private funds practices (including fund formation and regulatory compliance).
- Extensive experience implementing practice solutions that enhance client value.
Patrick Dundas is a partner in Akin's Investment Management practice, based in the firm’s New York office. He specializes in knowledge management (KM), with a focus on enhancing client value through the implementation of processes and systems that allow lawyers to deliver superior services faster and more efficiently.
Leading the Investment Management practice’s market intelligence and legal practice infrastructure initiative, Patrick collaborates with various lawyers and firm business departments to harness the collective knowledge of the firm's attorneys for the benefit of its clients.
Patrick began his career advising private funds and investment advisers on structuring, formation, and ongoing operational needs. He has also provided guidance on general securities laws matters, as well as regulatory and compliance issues.
EducationJ.D., Fordham University School of Law, cum laude, 2005
B.F.A., New York University, with honors, 1996
J.D., Fordham University School of Law, cum laude, 2005
B.F.A., New York University, with honors, 1996
Bar AdmissionsNew York
New York
- International Legal Technology Association 2019 Distinguished Peer Award Finalist - Leadership Award
- Member of the New York City Large Law Firm Knowledge Management Group
- Member of the New York City Knowledge Management & Innovation Group
- AI X KM The Next Frontier in Legal Knowledge Management: “The Art of the Possible” (Knowledge Engineering and the Next Frontier of Legal AI in Knowledge Management), Inside Practice, April 2024
- Knowledge Management & Innovation: A Manual for Law Firms and Other Legal Services Organizations, PLI, Editor, November 2023
- Knowledge Management & Innovation Attorney Summit 2023: How to Collect Better Data for Knowledge Management and Generative AI Initiatives, PLI, November 2023
- The Power of Document Automation: A Fireside Chat with HotDocs and Friends, HotDocs Webinar, March 2023
- Knowledge Management & Innovation Attorney Summit 2022: Best Practices for Knowledge Curation & Attorney Engagement, PLI, December 2022
- KM Landscape Review, KM Legal 2022, Chicago, October 2022
- New Intranet; New Features, SKILLS 2022, January 2022
- “Do you know anyone who…?’ Leveraging Contact Information for KM, Ark Group KM Legal 2021, October 2021
- Processes for Evaluating Tools/Platforms and Getting Feedback from End-Users, Ark Group 16th Annual Knowledge Management in the Legal Profession, October 2020
- KM 101 – How to Build a KM Function with Limited Resources, Ark Group 2nd Annual Mid-Size Law Firm Conference, June 2020
- Learning Management Systems as Knowledge Distribution Platforms, SKILLS 2020, New York, February 2020
- How to Successfully Pilot AI Technologies (for Lawyers), Ark Group 15th Annual Knowledge Management in the Legal Profession, New York, October 2019
- Driving to Value: Assessing the Benefit of AI and Other Technology Solutions to the Firm, Ark Group 14th Annual Knowledge Management in the Legal Profession, New York, October 2018
- The $10 Million Question: A Special Report on the Future of Legal Knowledge Management, Casetext, February 2018
- Knowledge Management During the Lifecycle of a Matter, LegalTech 2018, New York, January 2018
- The Future of Legal Knowledge Management, Casetext Webinar, January 2018
- Faster, Better, Cheaper, Smarter and Happier? Document Assembly in the Real World, Ark Group 13th Annual Knowledge Management in the Legal Profession Conference, New York, October 2017
- KM Tools Lawyers Love, International Legal Technology Association ILTACON 2017, Las Vegas, August 2017
- Developing a Document Assembly Platform That Works, ILTA Knowledge Management White Paper, August 2017
- Client & Matter Classification: Developing a Taxonomy That Works, Ark Group 12th Annual Knowledge Management in the Legal Profession Conference, New York, October 2016
- Law Firm KM: Driving Practice Innovation and Redefining Service Delivery - Chapter 5: Legal document drafting – Tools and practices that enhance a firm’s competitive edge, ARK Group, March 2016
- Connecting and Collecting: How Law Firms of Various Shapes and Sizes Make It Easier for Attorneys to Use and Contribute Knowledge, Ark Group 11th Annual Knowledge Management in the Legal Profession Conference, New York, October 2015
