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!
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
Who's Attending Lexpo'23?
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.
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.
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
Legaltics
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.
To be announced
More speakers will be announced soon
Agenda
Monday Keynote - 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 Plink
Tuesday Keynote - 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
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
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.
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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.
