UnitedLex appoints UBS legal director Thomas Barothy to Strategy Board

UnitedLex, a technology and legal services company, has hired Thomas Barothy, formerly the Global Legal Chief Operating Officer at UBS. Barothy joined UnitedLex’s Board of Directors Strategy Council bringing his business and legal expertise to help accelerate the path from business case to corporate prioritization.

Founded in 2006, UnitedLex is committed to delivering full-scale Digital Legal Transformation. Its team includes 3,000 legal, engineering, and technology professionals with major operations in 18 countries.

Barothy served nearly 25 years at UBS in a range of roles on the finance, risk, and legal teams. In the finance and risk roles, Barothy experienced digital transformation and the realization of what’s possible. He then brought that vision to legal. In his most recent role as Global Legal Chief Operating Officer at UBS, he led strategy development and implementation, service management, business planning, outside counsel management, risk management and reporting, business change, legal technology implementation and innovation, and business management. Barothy is a graduate and has a PhD of the University of Zurich.