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Al Giles had management responsibility for teams comprising several hundred fee
earners and support staff from many different countries.
(Invited) Executive Vice President Axoim, a recognised leader in the business of law,
provides tech-enabled legal, contracts, and compliance solutions for large
Graeme Gordon enterprises. Axiom’s solutions combine legal experience, technology, and data
analytics to deliver work in a way that dramatically reduces risk, cost and cycle-
(Invited) time.
Vincent Huck Praxity, CEO/Executive Director Graeme is a chartered accountant and prior to
joining Praxity was Managing Director and Senior Tutor of Emile Woolf Group,
Aine Lyons the international training and development firm. He was also previously Group
Finance Director of a technology company listed on the London Stock Exchange.
(Invited) Group Editor - Accountancy, International Accountancy Bulletin; The Open
UniversityPostgraduate Certificate in Human Rights and Development
Alan Hodgart Management City University London, International journalism Rhodes
University, Journalism Universidade de Coimbra, International relations INSEEC,
Lutz Kaiser ECE Lyon, Diplôme de commerce Business, marketing, finance.
Deputy General Counsel, WW Legal Operations VMware, Inc. Vice President
and Deputy General Counsel, Worldwide Legal Operations at VMware
CLOC (Corporate Legal Operations Consortium) Law Society of Ireland I am
responsible for driving operational excellence through scalable innovation as
the head of Worldwide Legal Operations and Chief of Staff for the General
Counsel. Since establishing VMware's legal operations team in 2013, I have
helped increase throughput while cutting total spend as a percentage of
revenue by 18%.
Hodgart and Associates Alan’s professional career has been spent in advising
on strategy formulation and implementation. As a part of this he assists clients
with the organisational changes that are required to implement their strategy.
His work in this area has focused on organisational dynamics and relationships
at both the group and individual level. While the thrust of his work is at the ‘big
picture’ level, he has enormous experience and skill working at the micro level
of change (which is critical in any change programme). Alan has written
extensively on management issues facing professional firms. His two most
recent books are Organizational Culture in Law Firms (Ark, 2012) and Strategies
and Practice in Law firm Mergers (Legalease, 2005)
Chairman, ILF – International Law Firms selbständig bei Rechtsanwalt
(Attorney at Law) Lutz Kaiser Rechtsanwalt (Attorney at Law) Lutz Kaiser
Fiona McAllister Board Member, CICERO, League of International Lawyers;
Stephen McGarry Solicitor and Owner, Mundays LLP Advises on businesses on resolution of issues
of a commercial and contractual nature and on employment law for both
employers and senior executives.
President, AILFN Stephen McGarry, BA, MA, JD, LLM (Taxation) As the founder
of WSG he grew it to more than 21,000 professionals in over 650 offices. As the
founder he grew Lex Mundi to become the world's largest law firm network
whose 160 members now have 21,000 attorneys in 600 offices. WSG and Lex
earners and support staff from many different countries.
(Invited) Executive Vice President Axoim, a recognised leader in the business of law,
provides tech-enabled legal, contracts, and compliance solutions for large
Graeme Gordon enterprises. Axiom’s solutions combine legal experience, technology, and data
analytics to deliver work in a way that dramatically reduces risk, cost and cycle-
(Invited) time.
Vincent Huck Praxity, CEO/Executive Director Graeme is a chartered accountant and prior to
joining Praxity was Managing Director and Senior Tutor of Emile Woolf Group,
Aine Lyons the international training and development firm. He was also previously Group
Finance Director of a technology company listed on the London Stock Exchange.
(Invited) Group Editor - Accountancy, International Accountancy Bulletin; The Open
UniversityPostgraduate Certificate in Human Rights and Development
Alan Hodgart Management City University London, International journalism Rhodes
University, Journalism Universidade de Coimbra, International relations INSEEC,
Lutz Kaiser ECE Lyon, Diplôme de commerce Business, marketing, finance.
Deputy General Counsel, WW Legal Operations VMware, Inc. Vice President
and Deputy General Counsel, Worldwide Legal Operations at VMware
CLOC (Corporate Legal Operations Consortium) Law Society of Ireland I am
responsible for driving operational excellence through scalable innovation as
the head of Worldwide Legal Operations and Chief of Staff for the General
Counsel. Since establishing VMware's legal operations team in 2013, I have
helped increase throughput while cutting total spend as a percentage of
revenue by 18%.
Hodgart and Associates Alan’s professional career has been spent in advising
on strategy formulation and implementation. As a part of this he assists clients
with the organisational changes that are required to implement their strategy.
His work in this area has focused on organisational dynamics and relationships
at both the group and individual level. While the thrust of his work is at the ‘big
picture’ level, he has enormous experience and skill working at the micro level
of change (which is critical in any change programme). Alan has written
extensively on management issues facing professional firms. His two most
recent books are Organizational Culture in Law Firms (Ark, 2012) and Strategies
and Practice in Law firm Mergers (Legalease, 2005)
Chairman, ILF – International Law Firms selbständig bei Rechtsanwalt
(Attorney at Law) Lutz Kaiser Rechtsanwalt (Attorney at Law) Lutz Kaiser
Fiona McAllister Board Member, CICERO, League of International Lawyers;
Stephen McGarry Solicitor and Owner, Mundays LLP Advises on businesses on resolution of issues
of a commercial and contractual nature and on employment law for both
employers and senior executives.
President, AILFN Stephen McGarry, BA, MA, JD, LLM (Taxation) As the founder
of WSG he grew it to more than 21,000 professionals in over 650 offices. As the
founder he grew Lex Mundi to become the world's largest law firm network
whose 160 members now have 21,000 attorneys in 600 offices. WSG and Lex
