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2026 BUYING LEGAL CONFERENCE PROGRAMME

17-18 NOVEMBER 2026

DENTONS, LONDON


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ESTEEMED SPEAKERS


Stéphanie Hamon

HSBC

Suha Gehrer

Zurich Insurance


Jenny Broughton

Rolls Royce

Nick Cranfield

Therme Group


Jason Winmill

BLC


Emily Peeroo

Lloyds Banking Group

Heather Key

VIVO Defence

Nicolas Schepkins

Euroclear group


TIMELY TOPICS



Measuring ROI from AI and Legal Tech


Updated Expectations for Outside Partners



Headcount and Role Evolution Imperative in Legal

Managing Cost Escalation in Legal Departments



Data (Excess!) & what KPIs Matter Now


From Disruption-Response to Design-Led Approach



AGENDA

SUBJECT TO CHANGE

TUESDAY 17 NOVEMBER

8:00 AM BREAKFAST

8:45 AM Welcome: Measuring ROI in Legal – an Executive Practitioner’s Perspective Across the Legal Ecosystem

Nick Hayday

Partner, Head of Banking and Financial Services UK

Dentons

Jason Winmill

Chair

Buying Legal Council

9:00AM Creating Actionable Insights Through Benchmarking & Analytics

Stephen Fisher

Director of Strategic Partnerships

LexisNexis Counsellink

9:30AM  BREAK

10:00AM Building The Next Generation Law Firm Panel

Emily Peeroo

Legal Services Category Manager

Lloyds Banking Group


10:30AM From Black Box to Building Blocks: What Your Legal Spend Is Actually Telling You

Sarah Fercho

Senior Director, Advisory Services - Software

Priori

11:00AM BREAK

11:15AM Stop Automating Chaos: Why AI Projects Fail Before They Start


Jennifer O'Gara

Senior Director

Tonkean


11:45AM One Legal Function, Many Ways of Working: Driving Consistency Without Losing Flexibility

Suha Gehrer

Group Head of Legal Operations

Zurich Insurance

Sinéad Kenny

Director, Customer Insights

Brightflag

12:15PM LUNCH

13:15PM Budget Under Pressure: Where Legal Ops Leaders Are Driving Efficiency without Compromising Results

Nicolas Schepkens

COO of the Legal, Governance & Regulatory Division

Euroclear Group

Jason Winmill

Chair

Buying Legal Council

13:45PM Reading Between the Lines: What Legal Invoices Reveal About Rates, Staffing and Billing Compliance

Jen McIver

Assoc. Director, Legal Ops. & Industry Insights

Wolters Kluwer

Chris Terry

Chief Operating Officer, Legal & Compliance

Marsh

14:15PM BREAK 

14:30PM  You can’t “AI” your way out of a broken operating model

Helga Butcher

Head of Business Development

Cognia

Jennifer Broughton

VP Capability, General Counsel

Rolls Royce

 

15:00 Hands-On Workshop: Build Your Outside Counsel Management Roadmap

Lauren Stern

Senior Legal Advisory Manager

PERSUIT

16:00PM [Panel] Modern Legal Function: Rethinking Roles, Skills, and Outsourcing in the AI-Era Legal Team

Heather Key

General Counsel

VIVO Defence

Nicolas Schepkens

COO of the Legal, Governance & Regulatory Division

Euroclear Group

Amy Cronin

Senior Director, Legal

Skyscanner

16:30 - 18:30 PM RECEPTION

WEDNESDAY 18 NOVEMBER

8:00 AM BREAKFAST

8:45 AM Making the most of your euro: how to get better value from providers and what your team can do differently

Nick Cranfield

Chief Legal Officer

Therme Group

Ubaid Khan

Head of Legal Operations

NASDAQ

9:15 AM Governing Outside Counsel's Use of AI: Balancing Efficiency, Risk, and Value

Jean Yang

VP AI Transformation & G2M Strategy

Onit

Jeffrey Solomon

VP, GTM Strategy & Alliances

Onit

9:45AM WORKSHOP

Jason Winmill

Chair

Buying Legal Council

10:45AM Where AI and automation are genuinely reducing cost versus where they're not (yet)

John Preullage

General Counsel

FingGolf


In-House Legal Expert

To be announced


11:15 AM Updated (and Outdated) Expecations for Outside Partners

Stephanie Hamon

Global Head of Legal External Engagement

HSBC

Maurice Court

Head of Client Relationship Management – Financial Services

DLA Piper UK LLP

11:45 AM BREAK

12:00Partnering to create and enhance client value

David Kirton

Partner

Dentons

12:30PM Partner vs. Platform: How different types of providers require different management

James Damato

CEO and CAO

247 Group

Heather Key

General Counsel

VIVO Defence

1:00PM CLOSING AND POST-CONFERENCE EVENTS

SEE YOU IN NOVEMBER

*PROGRAM SUBJECT TO CHANGE*