Schedule and agenda

The widespread consumer adoption of AI, as well as its infiltration in legal settings, has profound implications for today’s partners and their clients. While AI still has significant limitations, we cannot compete with the speed and scale of artificial information retrieval – and client expectations have forever been altered. By automating routine tasks, AI is shifting the balance of value towards personalised expertise and human judgment, while reasserting the importance of accountability, creativity, and empathy. How do these technological undercurrents and evolving client expectations impact revenue generation? This session is dedicated to unpacking the complexities of this question. Our panellists will weigh the revolutionary impact of AI against longstanding perceptions of legal value to understand how service delivery can evolve in line with technology. Together, we will:

• Explore how client-centric relationships are evolving in an age of artificial augmentation.
• Consider how AI-empowered firms are challenging the norm and driving client expectations.
• Debate the efficacy of time-based versus fixed pricing methods in the context of AI augmented work, raise questions of transparency on how and when AI is being used, and ask if traditional models shackle innovation and adoption.

The legal profession has a growing appetite for AI's time saving potential. To make the most of it, leaders need to be informed to help their firms move forward with confidence. Security, privacy and accuracy are critical aspects and we’ll explore the how humans and AI can successfully interact to provide firms with a competitive edge, both for retention and client outcomes.

Join us to:

• Learn about innovation objectives from local and global peers and how to prioritise AI powered technology for your firm
• Anticipate shifts in technology – we’ll share our insights from working with legal and technology businesses globally on the shape of things to come.
• Find out how partners can access the latest intelligence and remain abreast of developments in AI and cyber security that could affect their firms.

In a world of technological renewal, social unrest, and political upheaval, the certainty afforded by long-term client relationships is highly prized. But nothing, or no-one, lasts forever. Succession planning can be fraught with conflict, resulting in internal tension and external trepidation. But done correctly, you can secure not only lasting value for your firm, but also your legacy as a partner. In this session, we embrace the apprehensive world of succession planning. Our panellists will discuss the right ways to have the hard conversations and share strategies for embedding planning in your firm to remove uncertainty and boost engagement. Together, we will:

• How to introduce stability and seamlessly transition client relationships.
• Observe what works and what doesn’t in structured succession plans.
• Unpack how transparency around succession planning can improve engagement and retention from prospective partners, as well as exploring the pitfalls of these pathways.
• Assess how to navigate culture and generational differences in leadership handovers to create continuity.

The leadership of legal teams has become increasingly complex. From the equipment used to the rules that govern the game, technology is revolutionising the legal playing field, and partners, as well as their teams, need to respond. This session addresses the most pertinent team management issues facing partners today. Our panellists will explore the dissolution of learning pathways for emerging lawyers, explore culture and compliance challenges in hybrid environments, and address ongoing efforts to protect wellbeing. Together, we will:

• Consider how AI is impacting the learning and development opportunities for emerging lawyers, including shifts in patterns of work allocation and changing firm priorities.
• Set benchmarks for attracting, retaining, and developing talent
• Explore how technology accommodations made during the pandemic are now being affected by the integration of AI, and the surrounding issues around trust, oversight, and maintaining compliance standards in hybrid environments
• Address ongoing efforts to protect the mental wellbeing of both emerging lawyers and established partners by building an understanding of the unique pressures facing each of these cohorts.
• Ask how partners can take their technological knowledge beyond competence to demonstrate leadership.