Agenda

Monday 9 March

8.30am  Registration

9.20am  Opening remarks

Speaker
Georgina Stanley, editorial director, Legal 500

9.30am Panel 1

10.25am The expanding GC portfolio – from legal leader to business operator

Exploring the GC’s evolving remit across everything from risk and compliance to ESG, AI and public affairs – how to position yourself for wider responsibilities and manage cross-functional teams effectively

10.50am Coffee Break

11.15am Roundtable Breakout Sessions

12.10pm Leading the legal team through business transformation

Managing your legal team through transformational businesss events like turnarounds, mergers or leadership changes. Lessons on maintaining morale, performance and credibility through difficult times

12.50pm Lunch

1.45pm So you’re GC — Now what? How to get to grips with leadership, influence and stay calm

Navigating leadership, influence, and self-assurance when you’re suddenly the most senior legal voice in the business. The management skills every GC needs to develop and how to build influence with the C-Suite

2.25pm How to have a difficult conversation with your external law firm advisers

3.00pm Roundtable Breakout Sessions

3.50pm Coffee Break

4.10pm Panel 6

4.50pm Closing remarks 

Speaker
Georgina Stanley, editorial director, Legal 500

5.00pm Networking Sessions

7.00pm Drinks Reception

8.00pm Gala Dinner

10.00pm Networking drinks

Tuesday 10 March

8.15am Registration

8.40am Opening remarks

Speaker
Georgina Stanley, editorial director, Legal 500

8.50am Breakfast Fireside Chat

9.25am Geopolitics and business risk – Trump, tariffs, and trade

10.05am AI in Action: How AI is transforming the in-house legal role

10.45am Coffee Break

11.05am Roundtable Breakout Sessions

11.55am Rethinking the legal model – Does AI mean law firms need to rip up the hourly rate?

Exploring the economics of legal services, how much saving should law firms be passing onto their clients from their AI investment and how should they be accounting for their time and services? Is it the nail in the coffin for the hourly rate? How much should GCs be pushing for this.

12.35pm Lunch

1.20pm Panel 4

2.15pm Crisis Leadership for GCs: What to Do When It All Goes Wrong

Legal’s role in a reputational corporate crisis — real-world lessons from GCs who’ve led through litigation, data breaches, and ESG scandals.

2.55pm Fireside Chat

3.25pm Fireside Chat

4.00pm Closing Remarks

Speaker
Georgina Stanley, editorial director, Legal 500