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2025 BUYING LEGAL CONFERENCE PROGRAMME

12-13 NOVEMBER 2025

DENTONS, LONDON


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ESTEEMED SPEAKERS


Stéphanie Hamon

HSBC

Suha Gehrer

Zurich Insurance


Daniel Winterfeldt

Jefferies


Svetlana Walker

Klöckner Pentaplast

Stano Gejdos

Syngenta

Lorna Curry

GE Vernova


Heather Key

VIVO Defence


Rob Beard

Coherent Corp.


TIMELY TOPICS



AI


OUTSIDE COUNSEL



GOVERNANCE

COSTS



DATA


STRATEGY



TECH


ROADMAP



AGENDA

SUBJECT TO CHANGE

WEDNESDAY, 12 NOVEMBER

9:00 AM BREAKFAST

9:45 AM WELCOME

Damian Taylor

Director of Clients & Markets, UKIME

Dentons

Jason Winmill

Chair

Buying Legal Council

10:00AM MEET THE NEW AGENT 007: SPEND MANAGEMENT STRATEGY IN THE AGE OF AGENTIC AI


Matt DenOuden

VP, GTM Strategy & Legal Ops Transformation

Onit

Chloe Doyle

VP, Client Engagement

Harbor

10:30AM FROM LEGAL LEADER TO COO: CHALLENGES OF BUILDING A NEW ORGANIZATION

Nicolas Schepkens

COO of the Legal, Governance & Regulatory Division

Euroclear Group

10:50AM  BREAK

11:00AM EFFECTIVELY EMBEDDING FLEXIBILITY INTO THE DELIVERY MODEL - INSOURCING VS OUTSOURCING AND HYBRID MODELS

Janet Taylor-Hall

Founder and CEO

Cognia

Stéphanie Hamon

Global Head of Legal External Engagement

HSBC

11:30AM LUNCH

12:30PM WHY DON'T MORE LAWYERS BECOME CEOs? A CONVERSATION ON AMBITION, BARRIERS AND LEADERSHIP


Jenny Grotepass

Head of Client Development, MLS & Consulting

Pinsent Masons Vario

Sophia Petecki

Head of Global Escalations, Banking & International Reputation Risk (Former)

Citi


1:00PM MANAGING LEGAL SPEND BY BUILDING STRONG RELATIONSHIPS WITH LAW FIRM PANELS

Courtenay Abbott

Legal Operations Manager, Law & Policy

GE Vernova

Courtenay Abbott

Legal Operations Manager, Law & Policy

GE Vernova

Lorna Curry

Head of Operations, Law & Policy

GE Vernova


1:30PM BREAK (45min)

2:15PM  BEAUTY PAGEANT OR BUSINESS PARTNER? RETHINKING LAW FIRM SELECTION

Jen McIver

Associate Director, Legal Ops. & Industry Insights

Wolters Kluwer 

Daniel Winterfeldt MBE KC (Hon)

Managing Director & General Counsel, EMEA & Asia

Jefferies

2:45PM GC'S PERSPECTIVE ON PRACTICAL AI USE CASES FOR DRIVING SAVINGS AND PRODUCTIVITY

Svetlana Walker

General Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer

Klöckner Pentaplast

Rob Beard

Chief Legal & Global Affairs Officer, and Corporate Secretary

Coherent Corp.

3:15PM BREAK (30min)

3:45PM WORKSHOP: DRIVING RESULTS IN VITAL FOCUS AREAS 

4:30PM DELIVERING BUSINESS VALUE: THE GENERAL COUNSEL'S VIEW

Daniel Winterfeldt MBE KC (Hon)

Managing Director & General Counsel, EMEA & Asia

Jefferies

Heather Key

General Counsel

VIVO Defence

5:00PM RECEPTION

7:00PM POST-CONFERENCE EVENTS

THURSDAY 13 NOVEMBER

8:00AM BREAKFAST

9:00AM GEN AI: WHATS THE USE?

Fiona McCambridge

Associate Director

Morae

Ryan Davenport

Sales Director

Morae

9:30AM WORKSHOP - THE PRICE OF PRUDENCE: HOW RISK AVERSION COSTS YOU MORE

Andy Stylianou

Head of Consulting

Dentons Helix

Thembe McInnes

Group Managing Lawyer

Dentons Helix

10:20AM BREAK

10:30AM  FIRMS, ALSPs, TECH & CONSULTANTS: TURNING RELATIONSHIPS INTO RESULTS

Dan Ruderman

Director of Strategic Alliances

LexisNexis

Sarah Owens

Legal Operations Lead

Barratt Redrow

 

11:00AM Legal + Procurement + Data = RESULTS

Daryl Sweeney

Regional VP - EMEA

PERSUIT

Lavina Gunamal

Global Category Manager – Legal & Professional Services

Standard Chartered

Eoin Smaill

Director, Supplier Performance, Legal COO

Standard Chartered


11:30AM LUNCH (1 hr)

12:30 PM OPTIMIZING LEGAL SPEND: SYNGENTA'S IN-HOUSE PLAYBOOK

Stano Gejdos

Category Manager, Legal

Syngenta

Sinéad Kenny

Director, Customer Insights

Brightflag


1:00PM RESULTS-FOCUSED IMPLEMENTATION: BEST PRACTICES FOR LEGAL OPERATIONS LEADERS

Suha Gehrer

Group Head of Legal Operations

Zurich Insurance


Laura Revie

Legal Operations Director

FanDuel

1:30PM DRIVING LEGAL TRANSFORMATION: CHANGE MANAGEMENT IN LEGAL TECH ADOPTION

Keilan Tuffy

Legal Technology Adviser

LawVu

Sophie Lance

Principal Implementation Services Manager

LawVu

2:00PM CLOSING AND POST-CONFERENCE EVENTS

SEE YOU IN NOVEMBER


*PROGRAM SUBJECT TO CHANGE*