Wednesday 22 January 2025
1:00pm - 6:00pm - LegalTech Summit
6:00pm - 8:00pm - Networking Reception
The Auditorium, Museum of the Future
Dubai - United Arab Emirates
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Welcome to the inaugural Middle East LegalTech Evolution Summit 2025
There is no doubt that Generative AI will have an impact on all industries, and legal is no exception. This premier flagship event brings together legal and technology leaders from our clients, technology alliance partners, and our Legal Business Solutions team to explore the latest advancements in LegalTech and Legal Generative AI and the impact it is having on legal service delivery.
Attendees will have the unique opportunity to hear from and network with some of the world's leading experts, innovators and influencers in LegalTech and Legal Innovation. Attendees will also gain valuable insights from legal leaders in the region on their experience contemplating or currently implementing these transformative solutions.
The summit will cover a range of exciting topics from the following themes:
Evolution or Revolution: The future for Generative AI powered legal services
Myth or Reality: Unveiling the truth about Legal Generative AI and its role in digital transformation
Preparation is key: Approach adoption with confidence and avoid the pitfalls
Our Legal Business Solutions Network is proud to be at the cutting edge of digital transformation, working alongside our alliance partners and more importantly our clients. We have been fortunate to gain early access to the latest technology and give its access to our clients.
We look forward to welcoming you to this special event to explore the latest developments and future trends in the LegalTech industry within the Middle East.
Best regards,
Sandeep Agrawal
Partner, Legal Technology and Alliances Leader, PwC United Kingdom
Lachlan Roos
Partner, PwC TLS Middle East Tax and Legal Transformation Leader, PwC Middle East
Amir Kordvani
Leader, Legal Business Solutions, PwC Legal Middle East
Alex Rosenrauch
Director, AI Leader, PwC Legal Middle East
Agenda
MC & Event Host Amal Larhlid, Partner, EMEA Government & Public Sector Sustainability Lead, PwC Middle East |
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| 1:00pm - 1:30pm | Registration & Networking Lunch Join us for a casual networking lunch prior to the event to connect and network with peers. |
| 1:30pm - 1:50pm | Welcome remarks
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| 1:50pm - 2:15pm | Keynote Speech Planning for the GenAI Revolution: Explore how Generative AI is transforming legal practice worldwide and its potential in the Middle East across government, corporate legal teams, and law firms. Bringing together the day’s key themes, it offers practical insights on preparing and planning for the GenAI revolution while addressing its opportunities and risks.
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| 2:15pm - 2:45pm | Fireside Chat: Navigating Change - A CEO's Approach to Growth and Innovation: An insightful discussion on leadership and innovation strategies in a rapidly evolving technology landscape.
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| 2:45pm - 3:15pm | Coffee Break |
| 3:15pm - 3:45pm | Chief Legal Officer & General Counsel Panel Driving Innovation - The Evolving Role of CLOs & GCs in Digital Transformation: Hear perspectives from top legal leaders on the digital transformation taking place within the legal industry. Moderator
Panelists
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| 3:45pm - 4:15pm | Technology Panel LegalTech Leaders - Conversations with Innovators and Investors Shaping the Future: Hear from leaders at ContractPodAI, The LegalTech Fund, Inception, and Priori as they discuss emerging trends, investment insights, and real-world applications. Moderator
Panelists
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| 4:15pm - 4:35pm | Case Study CLM Implementation at DP World: Hear from DP World in an engaging fireside chat as they discuss their successful implementation of Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM), sharing key insights, challenges overcome, and the transformative impact on their contracting operations.
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| 4:35pm - 5:00pm | Coffee Break |
| 5:00pm - 5:30pm | Fireside Chat Exploring the Future of AI: Hear from OpenAI in an exclusive fireside chat as they share their journey toward achieving AGI, discuss the latest advancements they are working on, and give a demonstration of use cases applicable to the legal industry.
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| 5:30pm - 6:00pm | Expert Q&A Speakers to be announced |
| 6:00pm - 6:05pm | Closing remarks |
| 6:05pm - 8:00pm | Networking Reception |
Speakers and Panelists
Professor Dan Hunter
Executive Dean, The Dickson Poon School of Law, King’s College
Rod Solaimani
Middle East Policy & Partnerships Leader, OpenAI
Ashish Koshy
Chief Operating Officer, Inception
Lidia Kamleh
Chief Legal Officer, Dubai Future Foundation
Jacques John Visser
Chief Legal Officer, Dubai International Finance Centre
Vera Kolesnik
General Counsel and Compliance Officer
Nestle MENA
Nitin Sood
Senior Vice President, DP World
Sarvarth Misra
Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder, ContractPodAi®
Zach Posner
Co-Founder and Managing Partner, The LegalTech Fund
Puneet Bhakri
Chief Revenue Officer, Sirion
Basha Rubin
Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder, Priori
Dr. Frederic Mirza Khanian
Global Legal & Legal Business Solutions Leader, PwC
Teresa Owusu-Adjei
Global Clients and Markets Leader, PwC
Sandeep Agrawal
Partner, Legal Technology and Alliances Leader
PwC United Kingdom
Lachlan Roos
Partner, Tax and Legal Transformation Leader, PwC Middle East
Ali Hosseini
Chief AI and Technology Officer, PwC Middle East
Stephen Anderson
Middle East Strategy Leader, PwC Middle East
Amal Larhlid
Partner, EMEA Government & Public Sector Sustainability Lead,
PwC Middle East
Alex Rosenrauch
Director, AI Leader,
PwC Legal Middle East
Additional speakers to be announced in the coming weeks.
Sponsors and Supporters
Platinum Sponsor
Step into the future of legal with Leah, your full-stack GenAI solution from ContractPodAi, a leader in redefining legal processes and operations. Recognized as a Visionary by Gartner from 2021-2024, ContractPodAi is lawyer-led and AI-powered, transforming how legal teams, organizations, and individuals author, analyze, and manage documents with unmatched precision and scale.
Leah delivers secure, enterprise-ready innovation to accelerate growth and ensure measurable ROI for any legal scenario. Going beyond mere task automation, Leah redefines legal processes, empowering strategic thinking and offering real-time, precedence-based analysis. This is more than legal tech; it's Legal Reimagined™.
Gold Sponsor
Sirion is the world’s leading AI-native CLM platform, pioneering the application of generative AI to help enterprises transform the way they store, create, and manage contracts. The platform’s extraction, conversational search, and AI-enhanced negotiation capabilities have revolutionized contracting across enterprise teams – from legal and procurement to sales and finance. The world’s most valuable brands trust Sirion to manage 7M+ contracts worth nearly $800B and relationships with 1M+ suppliers and customers in 100+ languages.
Leading analysts such as Gartner, IDC, and Spend Matters have consistently recognized Sirion as a leader in CLM for its focus on category-leading innovation.
Silver Sponsor
Graceview is a legal generative AI company founded by a trio of lawyer-computer scientists with 30+ years of experience at the forefront of AI and law. Graceview is the AI-driven platform for effortless regulatory compliance, empowering legal, risk and compliance teams worldwide. Graceview’s mission is to create a world where compliance is easy and continuous.
Proud Supporter
By leveraging its extensive networks in the U.S. and in the region, the U.S.-U.A.E. Business Council provides unparalleled access to senior decision makers in business and government with the aim of deepening bilateral trade and investment.
Museum of the Future
The Auditorium,
Museum of the Future,
Dubai - United Arab Emirates
The Museum of the Future of is directly adjacent to Jumeirah Emirates Towers in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Getting there
Public Transport
MRed Emirates Towers
We recommend you use Dubai Metro for the best access (Emirates Towers Station, Red Line). The link bridge connects the metro station directly to the museum.
You can also use the Dubai Bus Service network. The best service line numbers are as follows:
27 / 29 / X22 Emirates Towers
Arriving by car
You may use your personal vehicle and use chargeable self-parking or valet services. Please note that our parking spaces are very limited and subject to availability.
Other transport options
You can also arrive by foot, bicycle or electric scooter and use the bicycle racks provided in the self-park area. We also have drop off areas around the museum. Get help with transport
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