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9TH ANNUAL

BUYING LEGAL EMEA CONFERENCE

FALL 2026 | LONDON


MEET WITH THE EXPERTS

LEADING EUROPE'S TOP LEGAL DEPARTMENTS

  • Meet In-house legal experts from some of Europe's largest Enterprises
  • Hear how they are tackling the challenges of managing a company's legal department 
  • Get the latest on legal tech, sourcing and managing legal service providers


WORLD-CLASS VENUE



DENTONS

One Fleet Place

London, UK

Join us at the Dentons office, located at the heart of the UK legal and business world. With a presence in 80 countries and 12,000+ lawyers, Dentons is one of the most influential law firms on the globe.  Collaborate in style with legal industry innovators in sleek and modern boardrooms with state-of-the-art technology. And when you’re done, enjoy a walk, pop into a pub, take in historic London on your own terms; you’re already in the epicenter of the city.




DELIVERING LEGAL AND OPERATIONAL RESULTS IN DISRUPTIVE ENVIRONMENTS

Learn how market leaders are succeeding across the most important challenges facing legal departments and legal sourcing, including:

Growing Complexity of The

Legal Tech Stack

 Managing Cost Escalation Pressures

Extracting Valuable Data and Putting It to Work

Strategy & Roadmap vs.

an Uncertain Future

   

Practical AI Uses for Legal

Navigating Change in Legal Tech & Supply Base


   

Coordinating Providers and Governance

Latest in Law Firm Panels:

What's Working?


SPONSORS

Sharing Best Practices in 2025










INDUSTRY-LEADING SPEAKERS & ADVISORS


Rob Beard

Chief Legal and Global Affairs 

Coherent Corp.

Stéphanie Hamon

Global Head of Legal External Engagement

HSBC


Lorna Curry

Head of Operations, Law & Policy

GE Vernova


Daniel Winterfeldt MBE KC (Hon)

Managing Director & General Counsel, EMEA & Asia

Jefferies

Heather Key

General Counsel

VIVO

Sue Manik

Head of Supplier Performance, Legal

Standard Chartered Bank

Nicolas Schepkens

COO of the Legal, Governance & Regulatory Division

Euroclear Group

Suha Gehrer

Group Head of Legal Operations

Zurich Insurance

Svetlana Walker

General Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer

Klöckner Pentaplast

Barry Rodick

Legal Transformation Manager

TD SYNNEX


Courtenay Abbott

Legal Operations Manager, Law & Policy

GE Vernova

Laura Revie

Legal Operations Director

FanDuel

Stano Gejdos

Category Manager, Legal

Syngenta

Sarah Owens

Legal Operations Lead

Barratt Redrow

Matt DenOuden

VP, GTM Strategy & Legal Ops Transformation

Onit

Emily Peeroo

Legal Services Category Manager

Lloyds Banking Group

Jason Winmill

Chair

Buying Legal Council

Nick Cranfield

Chief Legal Officer

Therme Group

Damian Taylor

Director of Clients & Markets, UKIME

Dentons


Janet Taylor-Hall

Founder and CEO

Cognia

Dr. Jas Kalra

Assistant Prof. of Ops. Management

 The University of Manchester

Jessica Williams

Director, Legal Ops. Strategy & Data

GEICO

Jen McIver

Associate Director, Legal Operations & Industry Insights

Wolters Kluwer

Dan Ruderman

Director of Strategic Alliances

LexisNexis

Faith Pak

Memberships Manager

Buying Legal Council

Keri Cupples

Global Director of Strategic Initiatives and Pricing

Dentons

Jay Gibbons

Principal

Edwards Advisory

Professor Steven Kelts

Lecturer on AI & Ethics

Princeton University

Chloe Doyle

VP, Client Engagement

Harbor

Fiona McCambridge

Associate Director

Morae

Ryan Davenport

Sales Director

Morae

Andy Stylianou

Head of Consulting

Dentons Helix

Thembe McInnes

Group Managing Lawyer

Dentons Helix

Sophie Lance

Principal Implementation Services Manager

LawVu

Daryl Sweeney

Regional VP - EMEA

PERSUIT

Eoin Smaill

Director, Supplier Performance, Legal COO

Standard Chartered


Sinéad Kenny

Director, Customer Insights

Brightflag

Keilan Tuffy

Legal Technology Adviser

LawVu

Chris Terry

Chief Operations Officer - Legal, Compliance and Public Affairs

Marsh McLennan

Orazio Difruscolo

Procurement Director

EY


REGISTRATION

Registration for 2026 will open soon. Please note our conferences do sell out.



*Please note: conference passes available for non-sponsoring vendors are extremely limited.  For sponsorship opportunities, please contact us

HOTELS

Upscale Accommodation, Steps From Venue: Just across the street from the Dentons office is the Club Quarters St. Paul's, an excellent 4-star hotel that is newly renovated and offering BLC attendees a special group rate.  Attendees will be centrally located and situated to enjoy all of the exceptional amenities the hotel and London have to offer. 

TERMS & CONDITIONS 


"IN-HOUSE" TICKETS ARE FOR IN-HOUSE PROFESSIONALS ONLY (legal department, procurement, or legal operations, professionals who are tasked with buying legal services and/or legal technology for their organization).  Purchases of in-house tickets by vendor-side professionals will be cancelled and amount credited to their account.

Tickets to BLC events are generally non-refundable.  We have refunded in special circumstances, and we reserve the right to deny refunds or refund minus a $150 administrative fee.