How to Deal with Professional Disappointment?
This week, Patryk Zamorski, Leadership Consultant & Coach, confronted a universal reality of professional life: disappointment. From missed promotions and lost mandates to shifting market forces and restructuring, the session reframed setbacks as raw material for learning, growth, and connection, not verdicts on personal worth. From Shock to Strategy Zamorski proposed a simple mnemonic—REN—as a […]
Key Takeaways from ITech Conference UK
In this week’s session, Tomislav Pedišić, Managing Partner of VUKMIR, explored how ITech Law’s European meeting in London gathered more than 500 practitioners across 70+ jurisdictions, reflecting the profession’s appetite for face-to-face exchange and the resurgence of tech-focused mandates. Pedišić, an M&A and technology specialist, reported on two tracks ( namely Interactive Entertainment & Media […]
Sleepwalking into the Future
In our session live from the IBA in Toronto, Moray McLaren, co-founder of Lexington Consultants, and Mari Cruz Taboada, Partner at Lexington Consultants, examined whether law firms are “sleepwalking” into an AI-driven future. The conversation moved beyond tool talk to focus on pricing, profitability, leverage, governance, and culture, asking what changes if AI changes the […]
BD Highlights from the IBA Toronto
At the International Bar Association’s annual conference in Toronto, our live BD Forum yesterday explored how Business Development is redefining the legal industries success. Against the backdrop of an industry grappling with technology, competition, and cultural change, our live session gathered Moderators Rachel Kennedy, Barbara Koenen, Andrew Hutchinson and Charlotte Ford spoke about the role […]
Cultural Approaches in Arbitration: Is the Common/Civil Law Divide Real?
Mark McNeill, Barrister at Bricks Court Chambers and an international arbitration specialist with more than twenty-five years of experience in commercial and investment treaty disputes, joined our International Arbitration Forum today and examined how culture, legal tradition, and unconscious bias shape modern arbitral decision-making. His reflections positioned cultural awareness not as a soft skill but […]
Geeking Out After Legal Geek UK
Fresh from London’s landmark Legal Geek conference this week, legal tech expert Jon Bartman joined us to share insights and reflections on one of the year’s most dynamic events. With over 4,000 attendees and an agenda dominated by artificial intelligence, Bartman described the experience as “manic but energising,” illustrating both the pace and the promise […]
Practising Legal Design
Marco Imperiale, founder of Better Ipsum, an Organization dedicated to legal innovation and wellbeing and President of the Wellbeing Committee of the International Association of Lawyers (UIA), examined how legal-design thinking can redefine value creation in contemporary legal practice. His perspective places design not as aesthetic refinement but as an engine for systemic change, aligning […]
Revisiting Third Party Funding
In this session, Alice Fremuth-Wolf, former Secretary General of the Vienna International Arbitral Centre and current market head for Austria and Central Europe at the Swiss-based funder Valion, shared her practical experience in third party funding (TPF). The conversation, moderated by Patricia Gannon, explored the realities of securing funding, the role of funders in arbitral […]
Rethinking the Law Firm Model
In this session, Alex Baker shared his journey from ad tech into legal technology and why the idea of the AI-driven law firm is moving from theory to practice. Traditionally, law firms have used technology to assist human lawyers. But Baker described a shift: firms can now embed AI deeply enough to deliver much of […]
How to Build Effective Client Interaction
Today we explored practical strategies for improving client meetings and building trust over time. Moderated by Barbara Koenen-Geerdink, Co-founder of Boost BD&M, and Rachel Kennedy, Director of Business Development UK at Kinstellar, who shared decades of experience in advising lawyers and law firms on how to connect with clients authentically and grow stronger relationships. Preparing […]