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The Repricing of Legal Is Here: Inside the AI Pricing Conversation Reshaping Legal Teams

October 22 2026
4:00 pm BST – British Summer Time (UTC+1:00)

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The Repricing of Legal Is Here: Inside the AI Pricing Conversation Reshaping Legal Teams

Overview

AI has moved from a firm-side efficiency story to a client-side pricing expectation, almost overnight, and in-house legal teams are being asked to reprice outside counsel spend in real time. Join legal operations and finance-facing leaders for a live conversation on how they’re thinking about this shift: what CFOs and GCs are asking for that they weren’t 18 months ago, where AI-driven rate pressure is showing up first, and whether firms are proposing AI-adjusted pricing or clients are having to push for it themselves.

Panelists will share how their strategy is evolving, including how they’re aligning Finance and Legal on ROI methodology, front-loading written commitments on scope and price, and building a consistent reporting rhythm. Expect candid perspectives on the objections they hear (and sometimes say) themselves, like “our matters are too bespoke” or “we don’t have the data.”


Speakers

Ali Ghasemi, Vice President, Legal Services, Mastercard

Alex Fleiszig, Customer Success, PERSUIT

Chris McCloy, Global Head of Outside Counsel Management, IBM

Chris McCloy is Global Head of Outside Counsel Management at IBM, where he leads the company’s global strategy for outside counsel, legal service providers, pricing and legal spend management. His focus is on modernizing how legal services are sourced and delivered through alternative delivery models, innovative sourcing strategies, and outcome-based commercial arrangements.


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