

AI in Practice: How Senior Legal Leaders Are Turning Adoption into Competitive Advantage
The window for tentative AI experimentation in legal has closed. The organisations moving fastest in 2026 are not those still asking whether to adopt AI, they are the ones working out how to embed it intelligently, govern it responsibly, and deploy it at scale.
This session cuts through the noise to examine what AI integration actually looks like from the inside: where it is delivering genuine value, where governance challenges are sharpest, and how legal teams are repositioning themselves as AI reshapes what the work looks like day to day.
Key Takeaways:
A grounded view of where AI is genuinely changing the shape of in-house legal work in 2026 and where organisations are still finding their footing
Practical approaches to ethical oversight and governance that hold up under regulatory scrutiny, without slowing down the teams that depend on them
How senior legal leaders are making the case internally for intelligent automation of high-volume workflows, and what good looks like when it is working well
This session is part of LegalTechTalk 2026, Europe’s Event for Legal Transformation. A dynamic, annual in-person festival bringing together 5,500+ attendees from 75+ countries and over 400 industry-leading speakers across two days, on 17-18 June 2026 at InterContinental London - The O2.