From Legal Function to Business Force: Leading Through the Age of Agentic AI

AI isn’t just accelerating legal work — it’s redefining the role of the entire legal function. As autonomous systems begin coordinating complex workflows, analyzing data in real time, and reshaping how work gets done, legal leaders are being asked to step into a new identity: strategic business drivers at the center of enterprise transformation.

But with opportunity comes tension.

• How do you embrace agentic AI while managing risk?
• How do you balance efficiency demands with innovation?
• And how do you lead teams through change when the ground is shifting under everyone’s feet?

In this candid, forward-looking conversation, two industry leaders who are actively shaping how legal teams adapt to rapid change will share how they’re navigating the transition — and what the next era of legal leadership really looks like.

• How the GC role is shifting from legal advisor to strategic business leader
• What agentic AI really means — and how autonomous systems are reshaping legal workflows
• Where in-house teams are finding real, measurable value from AI adoption
• How to lead legal teams through cultural and skills-based transformation
• Practical lessons from global legal departments on what’s working (and what isn’t)
• The bold predictions shaping the next five years of legal operations and leadership