Lexpo'23 - the 5th edition
Lexpo will soon celebrate its fifth anniversary! After four completely sold-out editions, it is evident that Lexpo has established itself as the most prestigious Continental European legal technology and innovation event, featuring the perfect balance between informative sessions, commercial presence and ample networking opportunities.
So, if you want your law firm or in-house legal department to thrive in times of unprecedented change for the legal industry, then Lexpo'23 is that one event you can't afford to miss!
Who's Attending Lexpo'23?
Lexpo themes
LEGAL OPERATIONS
Optimising the delivery of legal services is of key importance for high-performing legal departments. For outside counsel, on the other hand, knowledge about how this optimisation can be achieved is invaluable for strengthening the relationship. At Lexpo'23 you will hear how innovative legal departments operate, learn from their leaders and discover the latest trends, innovations and technologies that will help you increase strong sustainable effectiveness as well as strong sustainable relationships!
LEGAL TECH
In recent years, an ever-increasing number of legaltech applications and services have been launched by an equal number of (start-up) companies. The vast majority of these applications are point solutions, solving a small but specific issue in the practice of law. How can law firms and in-house legal departments formulate strategies on how to deal with the overwhelming amount of new tools available, how to make the right choice between competing products and how to guarantee user adoption and overall success?
CYBER SECURITY - THE HUMAN FACTOR
Cybersecurity has been on the Lexpo agenda before: we highlighted ways to improve security while keeping everyone happy. This year we will deep dive into the weakest link of the security chain: you! The human factor is a key concern for law firms trying to keep their networks and clients’ data secure. Most cyberattacks are designed to take advantage of normal human behaviour rather than flaws in software. Lexpo’23 will feature eye-opening sessions explaining the modus operandi of social engineers.
THE LEGAL WORKFORCE
Lawyers, secretaries and support staff comprise the traditional workforce that had kept law firms going for decades. But more recently, due to changing market conditions and client demand, a wealth of new job titles can be identified in the legal industry. What roles are required for running successful law firms and thriving legal departments today? And how does technology fit into the picture? At Lexpo’23 you will get answers from renowned industry experts and seasoned HR experts
Why visit Lexpo?
Network with the Lexpo speakers and panelists, your peers from the legal industry and dozens of vendors of innovative legaltech products and services. There will be plenty opportunities to relax and socialize: during the morning- and afternoon breaks, while enjoying the extensive lunch buffets, during the refreshing drinks reception or at the networking dinner!
Learn about the latest innovations and find out how new solutions can bring you and your firm to the next level. Find out what legaltech startups are working on and how their solutions might streamline your operations. Discuss pressing issues during round table sessions and discover how other firms delivered successful projects to the business.
Have fun! Lexpo visitors know they can expect the best experience: top speakers, interactive sessions, timely themes, high-quality catering and great content.
Dutch lawyers can earn points at Lexpo to meet the requirements of the Netherlands Bar Association (Nederlandse Orde van Advocaten, NOvA). please note that 1 PO-point per hour attended at LEXPO, excluding breaks, can be earned. All attendees need to sign-in upon arrival and sign-out upon departure, and a Certificate of Attendance will be provided after the event. The Bar Association assumes that lawyers can judge for themselves which sessions at LEXPO contribute to professional competence and can count towards the maintenance of professional competence.
The Lexpo'23 speakers
Francesc Muñoz
Chief Information Officer
Cuatrecasas
Francesc Muñoz
Francesc Muñoz is CIO at Cuatrecasas, a 105 years old Iberian leading law firm, since 1998. He joined the firm after being European Project Manager and Senior Consultant at the Catalonian Institute of Technology. In his tenure, the firm has grown 300% and is currently employing around 1.100 lawyers. Managing the growth and evolving from a local small firm to a full-service leading European and LatAm law firm has been the continuous challenge.
Francesc currently leads a team of more than 80 IT professionals going beyond IT (LPM, Open Innovation, Digital dexterity, etc.). He has managed, among others, the implementation of a new SAP system that supports all major business processes (recruiting, talent management, payroll, time entry, billing, opportunity management, client & contact management, business intelligence, etc.).
Francesc's main education includes:
- Telecommunications & Computer Engineer by the Polytechnic University of Catalonia
- Master in Business Administration (MBA) by ESADE
Alexander Fruehmann
Founding Partner
The Legal Minds Group
Alexander Fruehmann
Alex is co-founder of The Legal Minds Group, a strategic advisor at the intersection of law, strategic management, organizational behavior and psychodynamic systems, and a passionate lecturer at different universities. The Legal Minds Group advises professional firms, organizations, legal departments and executive boards on the strategic and human dynamics of change, cultural transformation and leadership development.Before starting his own consultancy in 2015, Alex has, for over 20 years, strategically served corporate and individual clients as transactional lawyer, law firm partner, management consultant and global legal executive. Alex has been working with leading firms like Baker & McKenzie, Deloitte and Wolf Theiss. At Red Bull International, Alex was Head of General Legal Matters for Europe, Russia and CIS, supervising the legal operations of more than 48 countries.Alexander has been admitted to the bar in Austria and New York, has received a doctorate from the University of Vienna, graduated f rom Yale Law School and studied behavioral psychology, psychodynamic systems and organizational change at INSEAD Business School.
Patryk Zamorski
European Director of Talent Development
Dentons
Patryk Zamorski
Patryk is the European Director of Talent at Dentons. His role is to attract, develop and retain the best talent from across Europe for what is now the biggest team of lawyers and business professionals in the world.He has worked in professional services for over twenty years (Andersen, EY and Deloitte before joining Dentons), focusing mainly on legal services. His special interests are neuroscience, behavioral psychology, nudge architecture, leadership studies, strategic management and personal effectiveness. These interests are applied in Dentonsu2019 professional development programs, which are available to Dentonsu2019 employees and external clients.
As part of his own professional development, Patryk has done a vast number of executive programs, such as on Leveraging Neuroscience to Power Organizational and Individual Performance at Columbia Business School or the Lawyer Strategic Management Program as well as recently the Executive Master in Coaching and Consulting for Change at INSEAD Business School. He is a member of the NeuroLeadership Institute, the Neuromarketing Science & Business Association, the Society for Neuroeconomics and the Society for Consumer Psychology. Patryk is also a certified coach with the European Mentoring and Coaching Council and a Chartered Marketer, member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing in London.
Jenny Radcliffe
The People Hacker
Human Factor Security
Jenny Radcliffe
Jenny Radcliffe - aka "The People Hacker" - is a force to be reckoned with. She can diffuse a crisis situation talk her way into a secure building, and spot a psychopath at a hundred paces. She has been called a mind reader and a "human lie detector,u201d and likened to a Jedi Knight. In reality, she is an expert in social engineering (the human element of security), negotiation, persuasion and influence, and non-verbal communication and deception - using her skills to help clients ranging from global corporations and law enforcement organizations to poker players, politicians and the security industry.Radcliffe speaks, consults and trains people in the skills of "people hacking" and explains how "social engineering" using psychological methods can be a huge threat to organisations of all sizes. She reveals how that same knowledge is a valuable tool not only for business executives but also for security professionals of all types working to prevent attacks, scams, and cons of all kinds. Jenny shares how she, without technology, uses the "machine between our ears" to "psychologically pen-testu201d companies and find the weaknesses in their security measures with the goal of helping them bolster their human defenses against future attacks.
Jeroen Plink
Co-Founder
LegalTechnology Hub
Jeroen PLink
Jeroen is COO and co-founder of Legaltech Hub, the leading insights and analysis company on legal tech and innovation. Until 2021 he was the CEO of Clifford Chance Applied Solutions. He began his career in Clifford Chance's Amsterdam office as a private equity associate. Upon leaving Clifford Chance in 2000, he co-founded a company that developed software for conducting due diligence. He sold this company in 2002 to Practical Law Company, an online legal publisher (now owned by Westlaw). For Practical Law Company England, amongst others, he was involved in developing its document automation product and other digital products.
In 2007, Jeroen moved to the United States to set up Practical Law Company US. Within five years, he successfully grew this business from two employees in 2007 to 250 employees in 2013 and selling its products to thousands of in-house departments and hundreds of law firms including 80% of the AmLaw 200. In 2013, Practical Law Company was acquired by Thomson Reuters (Westlaw). After the sale of Practical Law, Jeroen, in capacities varying from advisor, board member and investor became involved with numerous legal tech startups, including Kira, Casetext, Compliance.ai, CoInspect, Allegory Law (now part of Integreon) and many others.
Frédéric Levaux
Chief Digital and Information Officer
Gide Loyrette Nouel
Frédéric Levaux
Frédéric has 20 years of professional experience as an entrepreneur, senior manager and Chief Digital Officer in the high-tech and professional service sectors.
As an Entrepreneur, Frédéric initiated a first entrepreneurial venture, a web agency founded in 1997 which he sold in 2000. In 2004, he co-founded Codasystem, a mobile applications software company with worldwide IP and International presence in a fast fast-moving, highly competitive and complex environment. This company was subsequently sold in 2011. Recently Frederic created a consulting company dedicated to Digital Transformation.
In his Management consulting career Frédéric helped CAC 40 companies and SMEs to create growth through the use of new technologies, initiated spin-offs, turn-around, launch of new products / offers by leveraging innovation. He also accompanied these companies in reorganization efforts necessary to optimize costs and conduct change management to fit with these new activities.
More recently Frédéric has been the Chief Digital Office of Legrand a 7B€ French Electrical Equipment Leader, leading the company efforts in software, IOT and Data.
Frédéric is now the Chief Digital and Information Officer of GIDE LOYRETTE NOUEL, the first international business law firm to have been established in France and sits on the Board of Lyreco a French Office supply distribution leader.
Frédéric Levaux lived 10 years abroad, is bilingual English-French and is a graduate of the MBA of HEC
Isabela Loscher
Innovation & KM Chief Regional Officer
Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU & Uría
Isabela Loscher
Isabela Loscher is a Venezuelan/Colombian lawyer with a Master's Degree in Corporate, Banking, and Finance Law from Fordham School of Law, New York. As a practicing attorney focused on project finance, she began to identify inefficiencies within day-to-day transactions. That experience led her to implement the KM and Innovation Department at Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU & Uría (PPU). Now, she is the firm's KM and Innovation Chief Regional Officer, using her own experience and active listening within the organization to tackle the right innovative products to help lawyers in their day-to-day activities.
Among her big projects are due diligence automation of all practice areas, taxonomy tools, corporate identity tools, and DMS implementation.
Peter Wallqvist
Independent Consultant
Peter Wallqvist
Peter - co-founder & CEO of AI company RAVN Systems (now part of iManage) - has spent his career in information technology. From the beginning at BT Research as a graduate engineer and, from there, went on to leadership positions in the legal tech industry. Now Peter works as an independent consultant and non-executive director, advising organisations on digital transformation and process improvements.
Eve Vlemincx
Independent Strategic Consultant
Eve Vlemincx
Eve Vlemincx is a strategic advisor on Leadership, Legal Innovation, and Digital Transformation. She is also an Executive Educator at Stanford Graduate School of Business and a member of the Advisory Council at Harvard Business Review.
As a skilled, dynamic, human-centric leader and strategist, Eve is adept at driving radical change through sustainable solutions that unleash the potential of organizations and their people.
She advises professional service firms and restructuring organisations from a holistic organisational perspective with a keen focus on the different aspects and dynamics of change and transformation. Eve understands how different organisational elements are interconnected and work together in a complex dance, much like a tango.
Some of her specialities include employee engagement and retention, leadership, innovation, digital transformation, organizational cultures, M&A integrations, purpose-driven profit, and diversity and inclusion.
Work smarter, not harder.
Her educational background:
- Stanford GSB LEAD (Innovation – Leadership) (5 Awards)
- Harvard Business School: Negotiation & Remote Work
- Kellogg School of Management: Strategy & Change Management
- Oxford Saïd Business School: Executive Leadership Programme & Strategic Alignment
- LLM Law (Magna Cum Laude)
Nicky Leijtens
Head of Legal Operations
NautaDutilh
Nicky Leijtens
Nicky is the Head of Legal Operations at NautaDutilh. She helps drive business transformation, with the aim of organizational efficiency by optimizing the balance between people, processes and technology.
Nicky has extensive experience in customer experience improvement, (platform) design and organizational change. Prior to joining NautaDutilh, Nicky helped develop an award-winning DIY-platform for legal problems. Nicky is also a Co-Founder of She Breaks the Law, a global network of women leaders dedicated to driving innovation and change in the legal ecosystem, a teacher at the Legal Operations Academy and a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt.
Frode Ettesvoll
Founding Partner
Concide
Frode Ettesvoll
Frode is concerned with business that is good for the world. He started his first legal assistant business immediately after his studies and gradually worked as a lawyer. His career as a lawyer was short, when in 2000 he had the opportunity to join one of Europe's first LegalTech startups - Advokatonline. Since then, he has been involved in starting a number of software and consultancy companies with a focus on law and technology. Today it is the Legaltech company Concide and the Low-code company Compose Software that takes the most time.
Shruti Ajitsaria
Head of Fuse
Allen & Overy
Shruti Ajitsaria
Shruti is the Head of Fuse, Allen & Overy’s tech innovation space which opened in September 2017. Fuse’s philosophy is to identify legaltech, regtech and dealtech companies relevant to A&O lawyers and their clients and to find ways to start working together.
Prior to launching Fuse, Shruti was a Counsel in the Derivatives and Structured Finance group based in London, specialising in credit derivatives (involving drafting almost all of the standard documentation in this area over the last decade). Shruti is now the first person at A&O to have directly been promoted to partner into its Advanced Delivery & Solutions (AD&S) Group.
Outside of Allen & Overy, Shruti has three children (aged 12, 10, and 7). She is interested in governance (having undertaken the FT Diploma in Non-Executive Directorships and being on the Board of ZSL), education (being on the Advisory Board to the MSc in Law and Finance at the University of Oxford and a governor at the Haberdashers' Aske's Schools in Elstree), entrepreneurship (having completed a 3 month course for entrepreneurs at Google Campus, managing a sector-agnostic portfolio of private investments and appearing on both series of BBC 2’s “Million Pound Menu” as a restaurant investor) and D&I (having completed the Judicial Support Scheme aimed at increasing diversity in the judiciary and being the AD&S Female Lead representative).
In 2021, Shruti was included in the Top 100 Asian Stars in UK Tech. In 2019, Shruti won the Asian Women of Achievement Award in the Professionals category, was included in the HERoes Role Model List and the Financial Times List of the Top 10 Legal Intrapreneurs. In 2018, Shruti was awarded a TechWomen 50 Award and a Fastcase 50 Award and was also included in the following lists: Lawyer’s Hot100, Brummell Magazine’s 30 Inspirational Women, Management Today’s Power Part Timers, the Inclusive Boards 100 most influential BAME leaders in UK and Innovate Finance’s Standout 35 Women in FinTech.
Jonathan Williams
Chief Operating Officer
Calame
Jonathan Williams
Jonathan began a career as a prosecutor in London before moving to Paris and international arbitration. He drifted into tech and AI, and after a few years of working with law firms, he joined Emilie Calame when she launched into the French market. Jonathan now works with in-house legal teams across Europe and North America, helping innovative leaders to build best-in-class legal function. Calame is currently helping legal teams with processes that carry billions of euros in revenue or spend, across four continents. Projects include contract lifecycle management, corporate entity management, data privacy/compliance, procurement, and full scope “Legal Ops as a Service” work. The team is especially active in the logistics, pharma, tech/startup and energy sectors.
Inge van der Beijl
Director Behaviour and Resilience
Northwave
Inge van der Beijl
Inge is Director Behaviour and Resilience and Head of Expertise at Northwave, an international cybersecurity company with its headquarters in the Netherlands. Inge has a degree in Social & Organisational Psychology (2004) and Change Management (2011). She has almost 20 years of experience in the security field. In 2008 she has served in Uruzgan as an Operational Analist. She worked for 14 years at TNO in different roles, from researcher to department manager. Since 2018 she holds her current position at Northwave. Within her unit Northwave helps clients to increase their level of awareness, cyber safe culture and resilience of their organisation. As a side tasks Inge takes part in Northwave Computer Emergency Response Team as lead negotiators during ransomware incidents.
Daniel Porus
Chief Commercial Officer
Legatics
Daniel Porus
Daniel is a former corporate lawyer with an MBA from Cambridge Judge Business School. Daniel combines his passion for technology and knowledge of the working practices of lawyers to drive awareness of legal transaction management and ROI for customers through the use of Legatics.
Jorn Vanysacker
Co-CEO & Founder
Henchman
Jorn Vanysacker
Jorn Vanysacker is a versatile technology professional with a decade of experience in various industries, including HR and legal tech. Jorn's leadership abilities were showcased during his time as the CMO at Intuo, which was proudly acquired by Unit4 in 2019.
In 2020, he joined forces with his co-founders, Gilles and Wouter to bring their combined expertise to life and create Henchman, The fastest contract drafting experience ever made. The company has already made a significant impact, attracting over 100 satisfied customers across 20 countries and growing at a rapid pace.
Chris Obdam
Chief Executive Officer
Betty Blocks
Chris Obdam
Chris is the co-founder and CEO of Betty Blocks, a leading low-code platform. He began his entrepreneurial journey in 2002 when he and his brother built custom software. Frustrated by the limitations and complexity of the available tools, the brothers founded Betty Blocks in 2016 to democratize software development and empower businesses to create custom applications without the need for extensive coding knowledge. Under his leadership, Betty Blocks has rapidly grown into a leading low-code platform recognized by Forrester and Gartner.
Chris is passionate about finding innovative solutions to complex problems and helping businesses of all sizes and industries leverage technology to improve their operations and drive growth. Betty Blocks is now the go-to platform for leading law firms, such as NRF, Clifford Chance, and Dentons, to create applications that drive new lines of business and increase customer experiences. Chris Obdam is a visionary entrepreneur who has played a major role in the development of the low-code platform market.
Ari Kaplan
Legal Industry Analyst & Speaker
Ari Kaplan Advisors
Ari Kaplan
Ari Kaplan, an attorney and legal industry analyst, is an inaugural Fastcase 50 honoree, a fellow of the College of Law Practice Management, and a finalist for ILTA’s Thought Leader of the Year award. He is the author of Reinventing Professional Services: Building Your Business in the Digital Marketplace (Wiley, 2011) and The Opportunity Maker: Strategies for Inspiring Your Legal Career Through Creative Networking and Business Development (West Academic, 2nd Ed. 2016). Kaplan serves as the principal researcher for a variety of widely distributed benchmarking reports, hosts the Virtual Lunch daily on Zoom, has been the keynote speaker for events worldwide, and is the founder of the Lawcountability® business development software platform and iPhone app. He is a two-time Ironman triathlon finisher and a struggling guitar player. He will be making his fourth appearance at Lexpo.
Astrid Bowser
Senior Product Manager
Advanced
Astrid Bowser
With over 13 years bringing game changing software solutions to the legal profession, Astrid brings her wealth of experience, understanding and enthusiasm for technology in the legal profession to one of the most established and embedded time recording solutions in the legal market, Carpe Diem acquired by Advanced in 2020.
Prior to joining the highly experienced Carpe Diem team in Spring 2022, Astrid lead the development of The National Will Register, a disruptive cloud solution start up that continues to support the technological evolution of the wills and probate industry in the United Kingdom. The National Will Register was acquired by Advanced in February 2021. To support her objectives in the legal industry, Astrid’s draws on her experience as a consultant for start-ups in the engineering and construction industries.
Outside of the workplace, Astrid thoroughly enjoys the delights of technology, most notably her involvement in the globally loved makemeacocktail.com taking the internet by storm during the pandemic.
Astrid has a BSc in Computer Science from the University of Manchester, followed by the Financial Times world leading MBA from the prestigious Warwick Business School.
Marjan Hermkes
Co-Founder & Partner
L-IME
Marjan Hermkes
Marjan is a seasoned business consultant and program manager specialized in developing and executing sound change implementation strategies. Broad expertise within the professional services industry, including several large-scale document management, CRM and knowledge management projects for renowned national and international accountancy, law firms and legal departments, distinctively mark her background. Marjan is a true entrepeneur and legal tech enthusiast commendably focussing on the human side of change, bringing over 20 years of hands-on experience within partner-led knowledge-driven organizations.
After years of consulting and being in various leadership positions for legal IT software vendors Marjan decided to break away from the vendor arena, to launch L-IME (an independent legal tech consultancy company), and to team up with law firms as their go-to advisor. By sharing her in-depth knowledge of legal tech and its industry Marjan contributes to the increasing awareness of the opportunities that arise when stakeholders embrase innovative solutions and she proficiently enables them to reap the benefits. With her extensive background in both change management and technology, Marjan has established herself as a trusted partner for organizations seeking to to leverage their IT-investments and to tap into the potential of legal tech.
Marjan is the co-founder of L-IME, the former ELTA (European Legal Technology Association) ambassador for the Netherlands, co-creator of the legal tech comparison platform Legaltech-Radar and the Dutch IT-Kieswijzer, she co-authored the book 'The Legal Profession as a Business' (‘De advocatuur als onderneming’), won the European Women in Legal Tech Award in 2020 and is an engaged speaker and trainer.
Eva Peeters
Co-Founder & Partner
L-IME
Eva Peeters
Eva is a passionate individual who finds joy in contributing to individuals and organizations within the legal domain to optimize their work processes. With a remarkable affinity for IT and innovation, Eva takes digitalization seriously. She assists law firms, takes the lead when needed, and seamlessly ensures acceptance of changes within a workplace.
Due to her background as a lawyer and office director at a niche law firm, she understands the fears, desires, and dreams of lawyers, employees and clients. Eva seeks similarities and connects people. She ensures that changes, big and small, are systematically implemented with calmness and focus.
Eva has over 20 years of experience within the legal sector. She started as an attorney with a focus on litigation in big and medium-sized (niche) firms. Eva has also served as a COO at a niche law firm where she was responsible for ICT projects. She specializes in workflow optimization, document automation and co-authored the book 'The Legal Profession as a Business'. Eva is also an experienced trainer who provides guidance on various legal issues.
Andrea Miskolczi
European Director of Innovation
Dentons
Andrea Miskolczi
Andrea Miskolczi leads Dentons’ European innovation and knowledge management activities, including legal service delivery transformation and LegalTech solution development. Having 20+ years of experience in the legal business, Andrea is passionate about the change of the legal industry and aims to inspire people to not only embrace, but also to shape, such transformation. Prior to joining Dentons, Andrea oversaw innovation and LegalTech, business development and training, as well as marketing and communications at a leading Central and Eastern European law firm. Her understanding of legal services is based on having been a transactional lawyer with one of the “Magic Circle” law firms in her birth town, Budapest, Hungary. Andrea is a frequent speaker at conferences and one of the best known European thought leaders on the innovation and transformation of legal services. In 2022 she was shortlisted at the Financial Times Innovative Lawyers Awards in the 'Change Makers' category.
Odin van Eijk
Head of Education
Betty Blocks
Odin van Eijk
Odin van Eijk is the Head of Education at Betty Blocks, a leading low-code platform. With years of experience in the platform, he has led numerous workshops and educational events related to Betty Blocks. Odin is passionate about teaching people how to use low-code platforms to build their own applications and innovate within their departments.
As a workshop leader, Odin will guide participants through the process of solving common issues in the legal tech industry using Betty Blocks. He'll provide a hands-on assignment where participants will create a solution and explore the possibilities of low-code. Whether you're new to application development or a seasoned pro, this workshop will give you a chance to learn from Odin's expertise and see firsthand how Betty Blocks can help you bring your ideas to life.
Pim Betist
Chief Executive Officer
docbldr
Pim Betist
Pim Betist is an experienced speaker about innovation and technology. He has a masters degree in Business Administration from Rijksuniversiteit Groningen and founded several online businesses. He has also worked to help other startups secure funding for their projects. He is currently the CEO of docbldr, a company that bridges the gap between legal professionals and companies with artificial intelligence.
Raquel Garcia
Senior Best Delivery Advisor
Clifford Chance
Raquel Garcia
Raquel García is a Senior Best Delivery Advisor at Clifford Chance. Qualified lawyer in Spain, she holds a Law Degree with a specialisation in Anglo American Law from the University of Navarra and a Masters Degree in Global Business Law from ESADE. She started her career working at an Arbitration Court, though she early realised that even being passionate about law, her mindset was more focused on driving efficiencies in order to streamline processes. When Clifford Chance launched the Best Delivery strategy at a global level in 2018, Raquel was assigned responsible for the Spanish offices, but currently works as part of a vibrant team of more than 100 professionals worldwide. She holds a Lean Six Sigma qualification. As part of her daily activities, she works in legal project management, continuous improvement, legaltech, research & development, data science, and resource management. She has recently been appointed Advisor on the Innovation & Change Management area at the Global Legaltech Hub, teaches at several Spanish universities and speaks at legal innovation forums on a regular basis.
Alex Smith
Global Search & AI Product Lead
iManage
Alex Smith
Alex is a pro-active Senior Director with significant experience in product and content development, early stage & innovative digital product concepts, and leading customer discovery projects at both market and product levels. He’s dedicated to product management approaches aimed at developing product capabilities and experiences and has led projects within law firms to build user-centric capabilities, adoption of new concepts and ways of working.
Prior to joining iManage, he was an Innovation Manager at Reed Smith LLP where he coordinated an innovation and culture programme to encourage, communicate, connect and manage a pipeline across the firm’s global network. Prior to his time at the law firm, he spent 17 years developing law firms’ business models in technology, leading projects on developing search and AI capabilities at LexisNexis.
James De Swert
Risk & Compliance Global Solution Consultant
iManage
James De Swert
With over 10 years supporting legal tech, James De Swert is a professional who works with legal organisations to help them identify, develop, and implement solutions to their business challenges. James focuses his expertise and guidance in areas such as technology, process improvement, and business strategy to assist law firms to enhance their overall operations and effectiveness when it comes to new business intake and conflict search and resolution processes.
Having joined iManage in 2021, he supports the organisation in positioning how law firms can benefit from iManage as not just a DMS but as a connected platform that provides a suite of applications and solutions like iManage Conflicts Manager and Business Intake Manager that leverage firm knowledge to drive data driven decisions.
Victoria Laliberte
Account Manager, EMEA
iManage
Victoria Laliberte
Victoria Laliberte is based in Spain and is leading iManage’s new business and account management activities in EMEA. Originally from Canada, Victoria relocated to Europe in 2014 where she fell into the world of legal IT. She began this career working in Business Development for legal services around practice management systems, time management solutions, and other legal software solutions. Victoria is now working closely with law firms as they explore document and e-mail management, machine learning and evaluate the impact of iManage on their organisation.
Peter Kits
Partner Digital Transformation
KPMG
Peter Kits
Peter Kits heads the Digital Law practice at KPMG the Netherlands where he is responsible for the firm’s IP/IT&Data law and legal operations and transformation services (LOTS) practice. The team’s ‘legal technologists’ are active at the intersection of law (regulations, e.g. EU DSA/DMA, DGA, AI-Act, IP and private/contract law) and (exponential) technology. As the team sits in the heart of KPMG’s Digital Advisory business it works closely and integrally together with digital strategists, change management and technology consultants delivering effective and efficient smart solutions. His clients are mainly active in the Financial, Health & Life Sciences and Energy&Mobility sectors. Furthermore Peter initiated the KPMG’s legal technologist program. Prior to KPMG Peter headed the Digital Law practice of Deloitte Legal in the Netherlands and Globally.
Peter has been appointed member of the EU Commission on Cloud Contracts and was part of the Industry 4.0 working group.
Motto: Alone you go faster, together we go further.
Julien Cayet
(interim) Chief Digital & Innovation Officer
Julien Cayet
Julien Cayet is the former Technology & Innovation Director at Loyens & Loeff, the second largest independent law & tax firm in Europe with four home markets in the Benelux and Switzerland combined with a global network in Europe, Asia and the US. His mission in the last few years was to help the Firm embrace the digital revolution and invent new ways to delight clients with law and tax solutions. Mr. Cayet anchored the innovation agenda in the broader strategy of the Firm, built a digital factory to accelerate technology adoption and created an innovation community to evolve the culture. He is a keen advocate of automation and Artificial Intelligence to streamline service delivery and of digital as a powerful way to create branded digital experiences for clients. Prior to joining Loyens& Loeff, Mr Cayet held several leadership positions at Arcadis, a third-party engineering firm where he was Chief Digital Officer a.o., practiced as strategy consultant in the energy industry at Booz Allen & Hamilton and founded a clinical trial start-up. Mr. Cayet lives in Amsterdam with his two sons.
Fiona Jackson
Client Advisor
LexisNexis
Fiona Jackson
Fiona Jackson has spent over 20 years implementing and working with InterAction in professional services firms, including legal and accountancy. In these in-house roles, supported by InterAction, she managed marketing communications, devised and implemented business development strategies as well as trained and mentored fee earners. As a client advisor she works closely with clients to understand their business processes end to end and guides them in utilising the intelligence gathered via InterAction to help them be successful at customer relationship management.
Kaden Smith
Director of Inside Sales, EMEA
NetDocuments
Kaden Smith
Kaden Smith is the Director of Inside Sales, EMEA at NetDocuments, the leading cloud-based document management and collaboration platform in the legaltech space. With over five years of experience in the industry, Kaden has helped countless legal professionals elevate their productivity and efficiency through the adoption of NetDocuments' innovative solutions. His expertise has helped him to build strong relationships with clients and partners across North and South America and EMEA. Kaden is passionate about leveraging technology to empower legal professionals to do their best work.
Antonello Gargano
Head of Legal & Compliance Operations
ASML
Antonello Gargano
Antonello is Head of Legal Operations and Strategy Execution at ASML, leading a global team professionals with the mission of making the ASML Legal & Compliance department work like a business. In his capacity of Chief of Staff, he is also trusted advisor to the ASML Chief Legal Officer.
Antonello spends most of his time seeking for opportunities to enable work culture, teamwork, strategy, technology, ensuring alignment and establishing identity for the department he is part of. With an academic background in Management and Communications and a heterogenous career between Management Consulting, Compliance and Data Privacy, Antonello tries to bring an outside-in perspective to direct his department to promising solutions. In his free time, Antonello loves to enjoy the sun of his beloved southern Italy.
To be announced
More speakers will be announced soon
Agenda
Below you will find the agenda for Lexpo'23. Please note that this agenda is subject to change.
Monday, 12th June
Registration
Monday 7:30 - 17:30
Lexpo Registration desk
Our Lexpo team members are ready to welcome you and facilitate the check-in process. Our dedicated team is here to assist you and ensure you have a smooth start to your Lexpo experience.
Opening
Monday 9:00 - 9:15
Welcome & Opening Session
Get ready to be energised and engaged as Ari Kaplan kickstarts Lexpo'23 with his vibrant personality and insightful remarks, creating an atmosphere of collaboration, knowledge-sharing, and forward-thinking.
Ari Kaplan
Keynote
Monday 9:15 - 10:00
Followed by a panel discussion (10:00 - 10:30)
Practical implications of Generative AI for law firms and in-house legal departments
Since the introduction of Chat GPT, Large Language Models (LLMs), and Generative AI, there has been a surge of interest within law firms and in-house departments. Partners who previously showed little interest in technology are now approaching IT and innovation departments to learn more about the technologies. Clients are asking about it, and legaltech companies are announcing their solutions in mainstream media. However, some law firms are hesitant to use Chat GPT and other LLMs, citing concerns about security and privacy.
In this context, Jeroen will discuss the reality of LLMs, beyond the hype. He will provide insights into what law firms are currently using LLMs for and how they are building solutions based on generative AI. Additionally, he will discuss how to address concerns about potential changes to business models and the impact of these technologies on the legal industry.
Overall, the session will explore the potential benefits and challenges of using LLMs and generative AI in the legal field. By examining the current state of the technology and its applications, the session aims to provide a nuanced perspective on the role of these emerging technologies in law firms and in-house legal departments.
Jeroen's keynote will be followed by a panel discussion moderated by Ari Kaplan. Panellists include:
- Andrea Miskolczi (Dentons)
- Alex Smith (iManage)
- Peter Kits (KPMG)
Jeroen Plink
Break
Monday 10:30 - 11:00
Morning Networking Break
Take a break and network with fellow attendees and sponsors during our morning session. Expand your professional circle, forge new connections, and explore potential collaborations. Engage in meaningful conversations and make the most of this opportunity to build valuable relationships that can enrich your professional journey.
Session
Monday 11:00 - 11:20
The rise of the Augmented Lawyer
In today's day and age of technological expansion, we have identified that there are three major forces at play in the legal sector: clients, talent, and data. As it’s apparent we already have difficulties managing our current workload, it becomes hard to imagine a scenario where legal professionals can keep up with these trends – let alone cope with the rise of disruption within the industry. Instead of posing a threat, great technology will augment today's lawyers to deliver more high-value tasks. This presentation will teach you some examples of how technology (such as AI) can help lawyers become more enabled to act as experts in the field.
Jorn Vanysacker
Session
Monday 11:00 - 11:20
The future of time recording
With alternative fee arrangements more commonplace and billing practices more scrutinised than ever before, we explore the importance and function of time recording as a business practice for law firms in the future.
During this session we’ll discuss the evolving role of time recording, why it continues to remain such an important core activity in a law firm, and what the future holds for time recording including its fit within a law firm’s strategy.
Astrid Bowser
Session
Monday 11:20 - 11:55
From Notebooks to AI: The Value of Legal Tech
During periods of rapid technological development and exuberance, it is easy to get carried away by neat technical features of available solutions and overlook the fundamental reason a firm might want to employ new technologies: revenues and profit.
In this session, Peter will discuss the foundations upon which efficiency and margins are improved by technology and how to ensure the most value is gained while choosing the right tool for the job. We will also tackle the human side of technology deployment and the vital issue of aligning business models with improved work practices.
Peter Wallqvist
Session
Monday 11:55 - 12:30
From Frustration to Efficiency: Implementing Legal Tech in a Law Firm
Isabela, a Project Finance and Banking Law attorney, will be speaking about her experience in creating a Knowledge Management and Legal Tech department to tackle the tedious and time-consuming tasks involved in transactions. Despite not fully understanding what those terms meant, Isabela proposed the idea to a partner at 4 am during a 2019 closing, which led to her new role as a Knowledge Management and Innovation Officer.
In this session, Isabela will discuss how she focused on people and processes before implementing technology. Through active listening and internal benchmarking, Isabela's team implemented efficiency tools to tackle urgent problems like document formatting and automation, which led to further automation of due diligence and transaction closings. Although they may not be at maximum efficiency yet, they have reached a new level and are excited for what's next.
Isabela will share her experience in being a resource for support and help to the attorneys and how constantly seeking new tools and experiences has improved the practice. While not all law firms require the same tools, Isabela emphasizes the importance of understanding people and processes before making budget decisions and how legal tech tools can be a tremendous asset in tackling inefficiencies and improving overall performance.
Isabela Loscher
Roundtable discussion
Monday 11:20 - 12:30
Running your NBI and Conflict Search processes on the iManage Cloud Platform
The session will focus on the benefits running NBI (New Business Intake) and Conflict Search processes on the iManage Cloud Platform and as well the overall benefits of our cloud offering that provides a secure and efficient and holistic solution for legal professionals. During the session, we will discuss the way firms currently run their NBI and Conflicts processes and how they can rely on iManage to streamline theirs through one solution that is far more than just a search tool. We will cover how you can look to combine various key onboarding functionalities through one solution that is naturally connected to other firm critical solutions like iManage Work for secure file syncing and iManage Security Policy Manager to ensure information barriers are enforced at the point of conflict checking and new business intake activities. We will also bridge our conversation into discussing how firms have already made their DMS migration to the iManage Cloud Native solution and review why now is the time for those firms still looking to decide when to transition to the iManage cloud.
Break
Monday 12:30 - 14:00
Lunch Break (with optional lunch session)
Take a break and network with fellow attendees and sponsors during our morning session. Expand your professional circle, forge new connections, and explore potential collaborations. Engage in meaningful conversations and make the most of this opportunity to build valuable relationships that can enrich your professional journey.
Aderant will host a lunch session between 13:15 and 14:45.
Session
Monday 14:00 - 14:20
What leading law firms do different to successfully innovate
Clients have more choices for legal services, making customer excellence a critical factor for differentiation and revenue growth. Approximately 50% of clients change their law firm panel annually, and three quarters of those clients mentioned legal technology as a top trend to do so. Law firms that succeed at creating real innovative services to offer better client experiences have a massive competitive advantage and attract and retain more clients.
Unfortunately, application development is much more than just creating the application. In our years of experience with building software together with clients, we see that especially law firms have a hard time in building applications that fall flat on their face. But it doesn’t have to be that way.
Chris Obdam, CEO of low-code platform Betty Blocks, will walk you through a proven innovation framework he uses to help leading law firms build innovative solutions that excite end-users.
Chris Obdam
Session
Monday 14:20 - 14:55
Navigating the Legal Tech Landscape: CIO Insights on Innovation, Shadow IT, and Future Planning
Join our engaging panel discussion featuring distinguished Chief Information Officers from leading Continental European law firms. Gain valuable insights into the role of legal technology leaders in today's rapidly evolving landscape. Explore how CIOs bridge the gap between cutting-edge technology and practical implementation within law firms. Discover their strategies for understanding, evaluating, and adopting emerging technologies.
Delve into the complex issue of shadow IT and learn from our panellists’ experiences in managing unsanctioned technology use within organisations. Discover best practices for maintaining data security, ensuring compliance, and fostering a culture of innovation and agility. Additionally, our experts will shed light on practical approaches to planning for the future of legal technology. Learn how CIOs proactively anticipate technological advancements, analyse their impact on legal workflows, and develop robust strategies for seamless integration.
Don't miss this illuminating session with our distinguished CIO panel. Gain actionable guidance, real-world experiences, and thought-provoking discussions to navigate the legal tech landscape confidently, embrace the latest technology trends, and strategically plan for the future in the ever-evolving legal ecosystem.
Workshop
Monday 14:20 - 15:30
Harnessing the power of large language models in a legal setting
This 70 minute exploration in the ever-growing world of AI will focus on how legal professionals can harness the power of large language models (LLMs) to automate repetitive tasks, improve document production, and increase their efficiency. You will experience mind blowing capabilities as well as limitations and risks of LLMs in a legal setting.
We will discuss the structure of LLMs and how they compare to traditional rule-based AI technologies. We will explore the rapidly changing environment of LLMs, including Agent GPT, a revolutionary AI technology in and of itself. You will practice basic prompt engineering skills and learn how the combination of rule-based and learning-based AI can help overcome some of the current limitations of LLMs. We will focus particularly on the areas of compliance, legal research, and document automation.
This knowledge will help you become a leader in AI-assisted legal practices. Don't miss out on this opportunity to learn about the exciting world of AI and how you can use it to your clients’ advantage. Sign up for this workshop and be among the first to harness the power of large language models in a legal setting.
Pim Betist
Session
Monday 14:55 - 15:30
The Leadership Challenge in the Legal Industry: Navigating Constant Disruption
In the legal industry, leaders face unique challenges in an era of constant disruption. They are expected to provide guidance, but who guides them? How do legal (innovation) leaders manage their own anxieties, frustrations, and insecurities while navigating change and uncertainty? This session, led by Dr. Alexander Fruehmann, LL.M., EMC, takes a practical and open approach to exploring the psychological realities of leadership in the legal industry and offers strategies for success in the face of ongoing disruption.
Alexander Fruehmann
Break
Monday 15:30 - 16:00
Afternoon Networking Break
Take a break and network with fellow attendees and sponsors during our morning session. Expand your professional circle, forge new connections, and explore potential collaborations. Engage in meaningful conversations and make the most of this opportunity to build valuable relationships that can enrich your professional journey.
Session
Monday 16:00 - 16:20
Creating Lasting Change in the Legal Industry: Strategies for Starting from Zero and Moving Forward
Legal service organisations must view innovation as an ongoing process rather than a one-time project. Unfortunately, many leaders and stakeholders in the industry treat innovation as an afterthought, resulting in missed opportunities and lost market share. To create valuable and lasting change, it's important to establish a culture of innovation within the organisation.
During this session, we will explore essential factors to help legal service organisations make innovation a permanent part of their business strategy. We will link innovation and delivery power to tools and highlight concrete opportunities. This includes creating an environment encouraging new ideas and experimentation, developing an innovation team responsible for driving new initiatives, and aligning innovation efforts with the organisation's goals and objectives. By implementing these key points, legal service organisations can stay ahead of the competition and continuously improve their services to meet the ever-evolving needs of their clients.
Frode Ettesvoll
Session
Monday 16:00 - 16:20
High Growth Study 2023 - Is it still possible to achieve success in the current environment?
The 2023 High Growth Study by Hinge® Research Institute, sponsored by InterAction®, looks at how exceptional growth law firms deliver consistent, ongoing success. In this session , Fiona Jackson, Client Advisor at LexisNexis InterAction will present key findings and insights from the newly released report. Specifically:
- The technologies high growth firms use and how those technologies drive their growth, for example, the report shows high growth law firms use CRM 10 times more than average growth firms, that's quite the differentiator.
- Even more significantly, almost half of all high growth firms use KPIs and dashboards using CRM data to show who contacts, relationship risks, and BD activities.
Fiona Jackson
Session
Monday 16:20 - 16:55
Crack the Culture Code to Innovate
Join us for a captivating session that delves into the importance of inclusive leadership for excellence and innovation in the legal industry. Rather than just focusing on diversity, this session will take you to the heart of the inclusion story, emphasising why it's relevant for everyone. By exploring the relationship between the war for talent, well-being, and innovation on the one hand and inclusion on the other, you'll gain a deeper understanding of why it's so challenging to innovate in this field.
If you're curious about how to stay ahead of the curve and drive positive change, this session is not to be missed. You'll discover practical strategies and insights that will help you become a more effective and inclusive leader, paving the way for greater success and innovation in your organisation.
Eve Vlemincx
Session
Monday 16:55 - 17:30
From Coding (?) to Collaboration (!) - Skills for Lawyers in the Age of Generative AI
An interactive session where innovation meets talent development, technology challenges change management, and AI impacts not only humans, but also teams. Highlights:
- Tech literacy, Data literacy, AI literacy, Coding - do we need everything, everywhere, all at once?
- What AI has to do with EI – and what should happen with your client relationships
- Superlawyers or Superteams - pick your winning strategy.
Drinks
Monday 17:30 - 18:30
Networking Drinks Reception
Unwind and connect at the Lexpo networking drink reception! Join us for a casual and enjoyable gathering where you can mingle with fellow attendees, speakers and sponsors, sip on refreshing drinks, and foster valuable connections. It's the perfect opportunity to wrap up the day, engage in meaningful conversations, create lasting professional relationships and prepare for the networking dinner!
Dinner
Monday 18:30 - 20:00
Lexpo Networking Dinner
Experience impactful networking at our business dinner. Connect with industry leaders, exchange insights, and forge valuable relationships over a delicious meal. Unleash new opportunities and expand your professional network in a dynamic and engaging environment.
Tuesday, 13th June
Morning Run
Tuesday 6:30 - 7:30
Ari Kaplan's Morning Run
Start your day off right by joining Lexpo's energetic Master of Ceremonies Ari Kaplan for an invigorating and refreshing morning run. Embrace the crisp air, feel the rhythm of your footsteps, and let the vibrant energy of our MC guide you through an uplifting and empowering fitness experience. Don't miss this opportunity to kickstart your day with a rejuvenating run alongside Lexpo's lively host!
Ari will be making a donation in honor of each attendee to the Lung Cancer Foundation of America in memory of a friend who was a runner.
Ari Kaplan
Opening
Tuesday 7:15 - 16:00
Lexpo Registration Desk
Our Lexpo team members are ready to welcome you and facilitate the check-in process. Our dedicated team is here to assist you and ensure you have a smooth start to your Lexpo experience.
Breakfast Session
Tuesday 7:45 - 8:45
Legal Workflow of the Future by NetDocuments
- Supporting Legal Professionals where they work
- Automating Document Creation and Workflow
- Harnessing Platform Intelligence
Kaden Smith
Opening
Tuesday 9:00 - 9:15
Welcome & Opening Session
Get ready to be energised and engaged as Ari Kaplan kickstarts the second day of Lexpo'23 with his vibrant personality and insightful remarks, creating an atmosphere of collaboration, knowledge-sharing, and forward-thinking.
Ari Kaplan
Keynote
Tuesday 9:15 - 10:00
How hacking your people and bending the rules helps keep your company more secure
In this talk, best-selling author and world-renowned social engineer Jenny Radcliffe discusses how working with your people is the key to better overall security. Peppered with anecdotes and stories from her incredible career as The People Hacker, Jenny explains the tools and methodologies of a variety of cons, scams and frauds, as well as how she infiltrates corporate entities as a "burglar for hire." The talk gives tips and hints on how to avoid being scammed both as a business as well as an individual and is delivered in Jenny's trademark fast-paced and entertaining style.
Jenny Radcliffe
Session
Tuesday 10:00 - 10:30
Enhancing Human Sensitivity for Cybersecurity: Unveiling Insights to Safeguard Your Organization
Why do some companies exhibit robust cybersafe behaviour while others lack it, even when implementing similar security measures? How can you empower the human sensor within your organisation?
Join us for an engaging keynote session with Inge as she delves into the latest insights on moving beyond mere awareness to effectively secure your organisation from a human perspective. Discover practical strategies and techniques to enhance human sensitivity towards cybersecurity, enabling your workforce to become integral to your organisation’s defence against cyber threats.
Inge van der Beijl
Break
Tuesday 10:30 - 11:00
Morning Networking Break
Take a break and network with fellow attendees and sponsors during our morning session. Expand your professional circle, forge new connections, and explore potential collaborations. Engage in meaningful conversations and make the most of this opportunity to build valuable relationships that can enrich your professional journey.
Session
Tuesday 11:00 - 11:20
Connect the Dots: Using Conflicts Results to Create Information Barriers and Protect Clients
Accuracy and efficiency in a conflicts search are the keys to facilitating fast and effective business intake. Unfortunately, it’s not enough to just follow a predetermined checklist and or sending out emails hoping your peers review the work you want to win for the firm. Hard-to-find conflicts can present big problems for the firm but at the heart, the why of conflicts searching is not to protect the firm, it’s to protect the client – protect their interests and protect their information. During this session we will look at how firms need a sophisticated conflicts check solution that provides firms with a 360-degree view of all types of conflicts, automated issue spotting, multiple interactive clearance options, and comprehensive audit history. Leveraging such a solution will expose potential conflicts when looking to accept new business and or during the lateral hire process. We will then discuss how at the point conflicts are identified, firms should be thinking about how they can effectively create required information barriers to ensure individuals and teams are screened off before new business is accepted and or before a lateral hire logs on to the firm domain for the first time.
James De Swert
Session
Tuesday 11:20 - 11:55
Navigating the Three Horizons of Legal Innovation
In the rapidly evolving landscape of the legal sector, the perception of lawyers being change-averse persists. However, it is crucial to delve deeper into the strategies being adopted to drive meaningful change. Are we pursuing the right approaches? Should we prioritize legal technology? Can resource management truly be considered a facet of legal innovation? Which comes first, AI or CLM? Join us as Clifford Chance, a trailblazer in the field, shares their invaluable insights, inspiring you to navigate the three horizons of legal innovation effectively.
Raquel Garcia
Workshop
Tuesday 11:20 - 12:30
Revolutionize Legal Tech: An Introduction to Low Code Development with Betty Blocks
This workshop is for those that would like to touch the surface of application development with a low code platform! In this session, we’ll provide you with a taste of what it’s like to work with Betty Blocks and guide you through the process of solving common issues in the legal tech industry. The goal is to show you that you can take on these challenges and help you realise your ideas faster and more efficiently.
We’ll start by discussing some of the issues legal tech professionals face and then show you how to ideate around these problems. We’ll provide a hands-on assignment where you’ll have the opportunity to create a solution. Whether you’re new to application development or a seasoned pro, this workshop will give you a chance to explore the possibilities of low-code and see firsthand how Betty Blocks can help you bring your ideas to life!
This is a workshop: limited number of seats available
Odin van Eijk
Session
Tuesday 11:55 - 12:30
The Transition to “Modern Work” in Legal with Intapp and Microsoft 365
New tools and technologies have the capacity to transform both the practice and the business of Law, while internal and external challenges are exposing the shortcomings of traditional models.
Join us to learn how transitioning to "Modern Work" is not only beneficial but essential to ensure your firm is well positioned for future success; and how Intapp’s solutions built on Microsoft Office 365 are central to this strategy.
Leigh Smith &
Mark McGowan
Break
Tuesday 12:30 - 14:00
Lunch Break (with optional lunch session)
Take a break and network with fellow attendees and sponsors during our morning session. Expand your professional circle, forge new connections, and explore potential collaborations. Engage in meaningful conversations and make the most of this opportunity to build valuable relationships that can enrich your professional journey.
Aderant will host a lunch session between 13:15 and 14:45.
Session
Tuesday 14:00 - 14:35
Legal Operations as a Strategic enabler – Smart way of working requires smart way of thinking
Legal Operations is the ultimate strategizer within the Legal & Compliance Department, triggering long term thinking, smart collaboration and enabling the Legal & Compliance Department in meaningfully contributing to the overall company strategy. For this reason a smart way of working – based on innovation, standardization and orchestration - requires to be paired to a smart way of thinking in order to make Legal & Compliance a proper Strategy Maker within the company.
Antonello Gargano
Session
Tuesday 14:35 - 15:10
Legal Ops Uncut: Separating Hype from Reality
Are you tired of hearing about how legal operations will magically transform your legal team into a prince, only to find that things still operate like a frog? Join Jonathan and Nicky in this session as they provide a dose of reality about what legal operations can actually achieve and how to overcome common challenges.
With diverse backgrounds, roles, nationalities, and mother tongues, Jonathan and Nicky bring a wealth of experience and a healthy scepticism about the hype around legal ops. They'll share strategies for addressing issues such as resistance to new procedures, IT tools that don't deliver, and contract templates that are still shared by email and stored on desktops. They'll also discuss how to work with finance and other stakeholders to obtain the resources you need without breaking the bank.
In this session, you'll get the uncut truth about legal ops without falling into the Grimm-like beliefs of the hype trap. Don't miss this opportunity to learn from the experts and start improving your legal operations tomorrow.
Workshop
Tuesday 14:00 - 15:10
Mind the digital transformation gap: from strategy to execution
How to stand firm and keep a sense of direction when emerging technologies take you or your client(s) off the beaten track?
This hands-on workshop provides practical guidance to shape and drive complex transformation.
Participants will get an impression of the impact of digitisation, share insights and learn how to get from A to B, keeping everyone on board.
A must-attend session for everyone involved in strategy and change management.
This is a workshop: limited number of seats available
Session
Tuesday 15:10 - 15:45
The Perfect Fusion – how collaboration, innovation and iteration is the solution to transforming the legal industry
Digital transformation requires the right balance of innovation, collaboration and iteration. Allen & Overy’s tech innovation hub, Fuse, is dedicated to creating and maintaining just such a balance.
Join Shruti Ajitsaria, Partner and Head of Fuse, as she unpacks Fuse’s unique offering and talks to Daniel Porus, CCO of Fuse cohort member Legatics, about the success of their 6+ year collaboration. A session for legal departments and tech companies alike, this one-off discussion will include key learnings from their partnership, the surprising opportunities that have emerged, and practical insights for the innovation of any legal department.
Advisory board
Andrea Miskolczi
European Director of Innovation
Dentons
Andrea Miskolczi
Andrea Miskolczi leads Dentons’ European innovation and knowledge management activities, including legal service delivery transformation and LegalTech solution development. Having 20+ years of experience in the legal business, Andrea is passionate about the change of the legal industry and aims to inspire people to not only embrace, but also to shape, such transformation. Prior to joining Dentons, Andrea oversaw innovation and LegalTech, business development and training, as well as marketing and communications at a leading Central and Eastern European law firm. Her understanding of legal services is based on having been a transactional lawyer with one of the “Magic Circle” law firms in her birth town, Budapest, Hungary. Andrea is a frequent speaker at conferences and one of the best known European thought leaders on the innovation and transformation of legal services. In 2022 she was shortlisted at the Financial Times Innovative Lawyers Awards in the 'Change Makers' category.
Frans Post
Chief Financial Officer
De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
Frans Post
Frans is an experienced CFO and law firm expert who spent most of his career in boards of international professional service firms.
He worked for Clifford Chance for seventeen years, first in their Amsterdam office and later as Regional CFO for the Americas. From New York he moved to London where he held three C-suite roles at international firms. Frans then ran the finance function of offshore law firm Mourant in the Channel Islands. He returned to Amsterdam in 2021 to join De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek as their CFO.
Frans has led finance strategy and operations, change projects, and several practice management system implementations. He is passionate about the use of data and business intelligence dashboards.
Frans has an International Master’s degree in Finance and Control. He is a Registered Controller (RC) and the Chairman of the Dutch Association of RC’s.
Francesc Muñoz
Chief Information Officer
Cuatrecasas
Francesc Muñoz
Francesc Muñoz is CIO at Cuatrecasas, a 105 years old Iberian leading law firm, since 1998. He joined the firm after being European Project Manager and Senior Consultant at the Catalonian Institute of Technology. In his tenure, the firm has grown 300% and is currently employing around 1.100 lawyers. Managing the growth and evolving from a local small firm to a full-service leading European and LatAm law firm has been the continuous challenge.
Francesc currently leads a team of more than 80 IT professionals going beyond IT (LPM, Open Innovation, Digital dexterity, etc.). He has managed, among others, the implementation of a new SAP system that supports all major business processes (recruiting, talent management, payroll, time entry, billing, opportunity management, client & contact management, business intelligence, etc.).
Francesc's main education includes:
- Telecommunications & Computer Engineer by the Polytechnic University of Catalonia
- Master in Business Administration (MBA) by ESADE
Knut-Magnar Aanestad
Founding Partner
Concide
Knut-Magnar Aanestad
Knut-Magnar is an international thought leader in legaltech and legal innovation. With a law degree with an IT-law major as foundation, he has collected vast experience through leading digital development and innovation in three top tier Norwegian Law firms. in the search of more impact on change in the sector he has founded a series of four different legaltech companies, all complementing eachother. He is currently driving frontline technological development through the state-of-the-art AI contract review comapany Maigon whiile simultaniously consulting and delivering legaltech projects to all types of legal organizations through the legaltech one-stop-shop, Concide. To spread the message further, Knut-Magnar is also active spreading the word about the future of law through extensive public speaking and through numerous articles and posts on LinkedIn.
Hans Albers
Director Legal Management Consulting
Deloitte Legal
Hans Albers
Hans Albers is Director Legal Management Consulting at Deloitte Legal where he is responsible for expanding Deloitte’s Legal Management Consulting practice by developing new capabilities, skills and building on Deloitte Legal’s existing technology, change and operations teams. Hans has extensive experience in legal process improvement, legal technology, legal operations, contract life cycle management and outside counsel and spend management.
Until October 2020 Hans was Chief of Staff and Head of Worldwide Legal Operations at US Technology company Juniper Networks Inc. Before that he was EMEA General Counsel for Juniper as well as for Cisco EMEA and North America. He also served five years on the European Board of ACC (Association of Corporate Counsel), of which the last 2 years as President.
Hans is also a non-executive Director at Currencycloud, a fintech company that is part of the Visa group of companies.
Lexpo'23 Sponsors & Partners
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Litera has been at the forefront of legal technology for more than 25 years, and with the legal profession’s most comprehensive collection of best-in-class, user-first software at their fingertips, lawyers, partners, and law firm professionals can work more efficiently, accurately, and competitively. For more information about Litera, visit litera.com.
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We have developed a range of solutions including workflow and resource management, document creation, matter pricing and business intelligence, that help busy people achieve more in less time and organizations become more efficient and profitable. BigHand has over 4,200 clients and 810,000 users worldwide, supporting 82% of the Top 200 firms in the UK and 81% of Am Law 200 firms.
We actively listen and respond to client needs, demonstrated in the outstanding NPS score of +82 and customer satisfaction score of 96%. BigHand’s products are HIPAA compliant as well as ISO27001 certified.
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Advanced has over 22,000+ global customers and 2,700 employees, with over 30 years’ experience we provide business software that makes a real difference. Our legal software and services span the entire legal market providing cloud-based and on premise scalable solutions, and is trusted by more than 5,000 law firms and barristers’ chambers.
Work smarter, communicate more effectively, and deliver legal services with speed. Our end-to-end legal-centric software provides you with the accuracy and flexibility to identify opportunities for growth and greater efficiency while working in a secure environment wherever your team works from.
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Whether it’s boosting motivation, increasing data security, or optimising your document management, our team of trusted advisers are on hand to support you throughout the implementation process and beyond. Our wealth of knowledge alongside our handpicked, award-winning solutions makes us most suited to help you transform the way you work for the better.
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• Client transfers
• Retention and disposition
• Overall compliance of both physical and electronic assets
Our cost-effective solution not only helps firms to manage their digital governance policies across multiple information repositories (including iManage, NetDocuments, Aderant, SharePoint, Intapp, MS 365 and file shares). But, it also delivers the most comprehensive physical records tracking database available on the market today. Firms have the option of using iCompli’s barcode tracking or RFID capabilities for managing physical records in conjunction with the system’s Information Governance features, all within a single simple user interface.
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Epona saves you time better spent helping colleagues with complex legal matters. We enable professionals to work, organize, and collaborate on everything that matters from anywhere, using any device on Microsoft 365 and SharePoint. We help legal teams implement Microsoft 365 based document and email management solutions. Epona properly configures your own tenant of SharePoint and provides you with everything required to easily and flexibly manage all content related to a Workspace, Project, Matter, Department, or Category allowing everybody to work and collaborate where they know best: natively inside Microsoft Office, SharePoint Online, and Teams. Epona meets the demands of professionals in information and knowledge driven organizations through easy-to-use native integration with Microsoft 365.
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Henchman experienced 750% growth this past year and has hundreds of customers across 4 continents. Founded by Gilles Mattelin (former Founder Intuo, acquired by Unit4 in 2019, Co-Founder Tout Bien Pils), Jorn Vanysacker (former CMO Intuo, former co-founder Rendeevoo) and Wouter Van Respaille (former PWC), Henchman employs a team of experienced SaaS professionals dedicated to bringing its clients a great customer experience. The company is venture-backed by Adjacent, Acton Capital, and Conviction VC.
Your legal knowledge base, right at your fingertips
Legal professionals rarely start from scratch when drafting contracts or negotiating details. They spend at least 60 minutes searching through old contracts or consulting colleagues for relevant precedents.
Henchman centralizes past clauses and definitions from any legal team's contract database and delivers them intelligently in lawyers' familiar Microsoft Word or Outlook environments. This eliminates time-consuming tasks and allows lawyers to focus on adding value and expertise.
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We help our customers to manage the ever-growing amount of documents, emails, data and information. The combination of our specialist knowledge, years of experience and the ability to deliver innovative technology makes us the partner for organizations that want to streamline their workforce.
The technology that we provide contains rich functionalities and features which meets the wishes and requirements of our customers. However, sometimes very specific functionality is required which isn’t standard available. That’s where our own developed IRIS technology comes in, providing specific tools and integrations to ensure a solution works for your specific situation.
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The solutions we offer, ensuring the optimal use of information within organisations:
1. SharePoint/Microsoft 365 Solutions Seamlessly integrate Microsoft 365, Outlook, and Teams with SharePoint so end-user adoption is no longer an issue. Create and maintain SharePoint structures with our provisioning engine and allow business users to create cases in an easy-to-use but centrally well-governed environment.
2. Solutions for Law firms, Corporate (Legal) departments and Financial Service providers. The Transform Data platform is especially designed to reflect the way of working for professionals within law firms, corporate legal departments and professional (financial) services. We extend the powerful capabilities of SharePoint/Microsoft 365 to provide full document, e-mail, project, and matter management.
3. Artificial Intelligence/Cognitive Expert Advisors The Neota no-code platform transforms the speed, accuracy, and efficiency of critical decision-making in complex policy, legal and compliance areas. Our quick-to-develop applications combine logic, data, workflow, and document assembly capabilities allowing users to automate expert decision-making fast and cost-effectively.
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Our team is made up of experienced translators with legal and language degrees, ensuring a reliable and accurate translation. We offer a complete range of services to meet all our clients' needs:
Free or sworn translation Interpretation: consecutive, simultaneous, whispered
Transcription
Legalization
Proofreading
Updating
We are available 24/7 to manage our clients' requests, allowing them to focus on their core business.
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The Lexor app gives you the comfort of a personal assistant who keeps track of your activities throughout the day. Lexor has a seamless integration with Office365 tools such as Word, Outlook, Excel, Teams or even Edge. Our AI technology automaticcally links the time worked to the right matter and generates the description for your invoice.
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Lawcloud
A high-performance web application providing all the features that a law firm needs. Lawcloud serves as an all-in-one remote workplace with which lawyers work, register, invoice and receive.
Legal Engineers
Since every office has its own processes, it is our task as legal engineers to find and develop customised best practices. Lawcloud’s high-performance software is only the beginning.
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Designed as a fully integrated, enterprise software, FileTrail provides a modern data governance solution to help organizations automate compliance with internal policies, governmental regulations, and outside counsel guidelines (OCG), create custom policies and taxonomies per industry, and reduce risk through retention and disposition management to dramatically reduce costs.
There’s a reason FileTrail has been leading the Information Governance market for 20+ years, and it all comes down to experience, customer service, and excellence. Stay on track with FileTrail — we’ll help you get there.
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With no software to download, and enterprise-proven security, Kim syncs directly with your existing work environments, such as your web browser or MS Teams.
Kim takes your existing documents, letters, forms, contracts, compliance records and any other content and seamlessly converts them into web applications. No need for a lengthy implementation process, extensive user training, or side-by-side help from IT.
Kim helps firms improve the client experience, get more done with the same number of resources, optimize internal processes and reduce error-prone manual rekeying.
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NAIX is an innovative LegalTech solution specifically designed for data processing, incorporating anonymization and pseudonymization techniques.
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L-IME consultants and project managers help law firms to get a better view on the opportunities offered by legal technology and pragmatically guide law firms from a digital transformation strategy to effective execution, operating at the intersection of people, processes, and technology. Over the years this has led to a distinct track record in increasing technology related user adoption and sustaining change at many knowledge driven organizations.
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The Venue
Hotel Schiphol A4
Rijksweg A4 nr. 3
2132 MA Hoofddorp-Schiphol
the Netherlands
Modern and renewed conference rooms and board rooms. Luxury hotel rooms, stylish restaurants, fancy hotel bar. Free transport to the airport. Wellness, swimming pool and fitness. What more do you need for a perfect event?
Lexpo'23 attendees can make use of a special room rate. Please visit the unique Lexpo'23 pages on the Hotel Schiphol website to view available packages.
