EXPLORE THE FUTURE LEGAL WORKPLACE

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Step into the future of work with WORKTECH—the premier event for those shaping the workplace landscape.

Legal Workplace26 London is a senior-level workplace conference exploring the future of the legal workplace. It is part of the leading global events series, WORKTECH.

Bringing together leaders from across the legal sector, Legal Workplace26 London focuses on the future of work through the lens of people, place, and technology. A highly curated, senior audience event, it convenes workplace, real estate, technology, HR, operations, and knowledge management leaders from law firms, chambers, and in-house legal teams who are navigating increasingly complex, hybrid, and fast-evolving environments.

Through case studies, expert panels, and open discussion, the conference examines how workplace strategy, digital transformation, data, and culture intersect to support client service, talent retention, and firm performance. Sessions are peer-led and insight-driven, prioritising shared learning and practical experience over product-led presentations.

Discover our past speakers at Legal Workplace London here.

Hosted in London – one of the world’s leading legal and financial centres – Legal Workplace26 London connects senior professionals from across the UK, Europe, and internationally to exchange perspectives, benchmark strategies, and explore how leading legal organisations are shaping the workplace of the future.

Last Year at Legal Workplace London

Legal Workplace25 London brought together senior leaders from global law firms and in-house legal teams navigating transformation across people, portfolio, and platforms.

Discussions focused on evolving workplace strategies to strengthen collaboration and culture, rethinking office design to support hybrid working models, and leveraging data and AI to enhance knowledge sharing, operational efficiency, and client outcomes.

Attendees left with practical insights into workplace intelligence, AI experimentation within legal settings, culture-led workplace design, and long-term portfolio strategy – grounded in real-world case studies and peer exchange.

Read last year’s conference brochure.

WORKTECH is the most thoughtfully programmed industry conference of the year. The speakers are absolutely world class and the content always fresh.

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WORKTECH speakers are leading international thinkers, industry strategists and radical visionaries. Our speakers come from some of today’s most successful companies as well as a broad range of progressive and influential organisations.

Please contact Caroline Bell for more information about speaking at this event

Key Themes

Future Legal Workplace: The Strategic Reset

The legal sector is being reshaped by AI, changing patterns of work, evolving client expectations and an increasingly competitive talent market. Success will depend not only on technology, but on creating workplaces that enable collaboration, learning, innovation and organisational resilience. This opening session explores the trends defining the next generation of legal workplaces and provides a strategic framework for the discussions that follow. 

Workplace as a Strategic Lever: Driving Talent, Performance and Growth

With talent attraction and experience now outweighing cost, the workplace is emerging as a strategic asset rather than a cost centre. Sessions explore how legal organisations are aligning real estate, workplace design, and employee experience to drive performance, retention, and long-term growth.

Smarter Space: Efficiency, Experience and the New Economics of Place

Law firms are moving beyond footprint reduction toward smarter, more purposeful environments. From space standardisation to tech-enabled optimisation, this theme examines how firms are modernising their portfolios to deliver efficiency, flexibility, and high-performance workplace experiences.

Creating High-Performance Legal Workplaces 

The workplace has become a strategic driver of organisational performance, but what makes a legal workplace truly successful? This theme explores the principles behind high-performing workplaces, from designing environments that enable collaboration and culture to developing meaningful measures of business value. Together, the sessions examine how law firms can create workplaces that support talent, productivity, innovation and long-term organisational success. 

What an enriching day!

Location Strategy & Workplace Experience, BNY Mellon

Amazing experience and amazing organising team. Seamless.

Director, Real Estate, Construction & Design, Workplaces Services, ATB Financial

As a first-time attendee, I was not sure what to expect. However, WORKTECH was a great experience.

Director PMO, Goodwin Law

Insights into leading thinking around workplace.

Program Integration Director - Kent St Transformation, Westpac

A great mix of the abstract, future and detail specific, plus came away with some new company connections.

Workspace Project Manager, Nestle

A fantastic day of insights, connections, and forward-thinking conversations around the future of work, technology, and workplace design.

DLA Piper

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