Documents
Reimagined
H4 is a digital platform transforming the documentation that underpins global financial markets and legal contracts
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The Problem
Documentation today is a major source of inefficiency.
It is the bedrock of the global capital markets and legal contracts but has not been fundamentally improved for decades.
It is still far too difficult to create, read, navigate, search, analyze, compare, collaborate on, negotiate, distribute and store documentation.
Consider how many documents your own organization has executed and how much time, effort, knowledge and expense goes into creating, analyzing and monitoring them.
But little has been done for a long time to change the status quo.
The digitization of documentation has yet to really begin.
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The Solution
H4 is vastly improving documentation, delivering:
- Practical solutions for the real problems with documentation today.
- Re-engineered documentation and associated workflows using the latest technology.
- Consistency with best work practices.
H4 is utilizing the extensive experience of its management team and its close partnerships with leading investment banking, financial investor and legal firms to deliver this.
The H4 platform is launching initially in the U.S. capital markets and will roll-out in other markets and industries thereafter.
A Utility Platform
H4 is a utility for the marketplace to benefit investment banks, law firms, financial investors, issuers and other market participants.
H4 is working closely with many of these institutions and was the first company to join the J.P. Morgan In-Residence Program.
Within the legal profession, H4 is working closely with a number of the leading global law firms including Shearman & Sterling, Linklaters, Allen & Overy, Clifford Chance, Cravath, Swaine & Moore, Davis Polk & Wardwell, Freshfields and Slaughter and May
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H4 Marine Chronometer
JOHN HARRISON, H4 inventor
The Name
H4 is named after the breakthrough technological invention by British engineer John Harrison in the 18th century. H4 was the chronometer developed by Harrison that provided the solution for measuring longitude at sea – a longstanding problem for sailors in determining where they were located while on voyage.
Harrison’s H4, which became renowned for its technical innovation and devotion to quality craftsmanship, changed the way the world navigated the oceans, in turn transforming global commerce. The H4 of the 21st century takes this pioneering work as its inspiration.
Team
The H4 team is a mix of investment bankers, tech nerds, corporate lawyers and product designers working side by side. We come from disparate places - like Manhattan and Skopje, Switzerland and Stoke - and have contrasting backgrounds, with Oxbridge grads and university drop-outs, DotA players and a polo player too.
Our mix of backgrounds and experiences is essential to H4, blending the know-how of experienced corporate finance professionals with the creativity and effectiveness of technologist outsiders. We have differing backgrounds but are united by a common mission to create a transformative piece of technology that changes the game for our industry.
Board of Directors
Joe Seifert | H4
CEO and Co-Founder
Joe worked at J.P. Morgan for 11 years, across debt capital markets, equity capital markets and investment banking coverage, latterly as client executive to a number of large global companies. Thereafter he spent 3 years as Chief Investment Officer for a private equity fund with a portfolio valued at c.$17 billion.
Leadership Team
Joe Seifert
CEO and Co-Founder
Joe worked at J.P. Morgan for 11 years, across debt capital markets, equity capital markets and investment banking coverage, latterly as client executive to a number of large global companies. Thereafter he spent 3 years as Chief Investment Officer for a private equity fund with a portfolio valued at c.$17 billion.
Rob Fagg
MD Corporate and Commercial
Rob has over 11 years capital markets, corporate finance and business development experience in Europe and Asia. He previously worked at J.P. Morgan in investment banking and capital markets in London and Hong Kong and thereafter as VP Corporate Development & Finance at London-listed Heritage Oil plc.
Alex Linhart
Head of Accounts
Alex has over 10 years of capital markets, software, and fixed income experience in a variety of roles. He previously worked at J.P. Morgan in debt capital markets, Cantor Fitzgerald on the fixed income sales and trading desk, and most recently on the enterprise team at Yext.
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