In this What’s Next with Aki Anastasiou interview, Elani van der Laan discusses the emerging financial trends in the legal industry.

Van der Laan is the Head of Legal and Accounting Sectors, Business and Commercial Banking at Standard Bank and boasts nearly 15 years of experience working in the legal sector.

This began with her working as a Candidate Attorney, then as an Attorney, for Strydom and Bredenkamp Inc. in 2010.

Following this, she worked at Leahy and van Niekerk Attorneys Inc. as an Attorney, and then became a Director at Leahy Attorneys Inc.

Van der Laan took on her current position at Standard Bank Group in 2021.

In this What’s Next interview, van der Laan discusses how new technologies are changing the legal sector in South Africa.

She expands upon the biggest challenges facing legal professionals in South Africa, and how Standard Bank is solving these challenges through unique financial solutions for its small to medium-sized law firm clients

Van der Laan then unpacks Standard Bank’s future plans to expand its legal financial solutions, and concludes the interview by giving advice to legal professionals on how to grow their businesses.