CEO and Founder
Akber Datoo is the Founder and CEO of D2 Legal Technology (D2LT), a specialist consultancy advising financial institutions, regulators and trade associations on legal data, digital transformation, regulatory change and financial market infrastructure. With a background spanning both technology and law, Akber began his career at UBS within front office fixed income derivatives technology before qualifying as a lawyer at Allen & Overy LLP in its Derivatives and Structured Finance Group.
He founded D2LT in 2011 and has since led the firm’s international growth across the UK, US and Asia, advising organisations, including securities regulators and central banks, on legal digitisation, data standards, digital assets and AI-enabled transformation. Akber co-chairs the Technology and Law Committee at the Law Society of England and Wales, is a PRIME Finance Expert and also serves as a Professor at the University of Surrey.