Lawtalks: Compliance Roles in Lawtech & the Shaping of AI Tech by Lawyers

Alumni Careers Panel Evening · Law & Technology

In this panel, speakers will share insights from their career paths, explore the technological advancements that have shaped their work, and the opportunities and challenges these changes create for both clients and legal professionals. The session will end with a Q&A, followed by a chance to network.

Who is this for?

Whether you're an LLM student exploring your options, a practising lawyer looking to pivot into tech law or a legal entrepreneur building at the intersection of law and technology, this event is for you.

About the event

Tech law is one of the fastest-moving areas of legal practice, but what does a career in this space really look like? Hear from QMUL alumni working in legal tech as they share how they built their careers, the challenges they faced and their practical advice. The session will end with a Q&A, followed by a chance to network.

This event is hosted by the Centre for Commercial Law Studies, QMUL and Logan & Partners Law, a boutique tech law firm firm present in the UK and Switzerland.

Programme

17:30 Registration & arrivals

17:50 Welcome from Prof. Julia Hörnle

18:00 Opening presentation: Kelly Logan (Founder and Partner at Logan & Partners Law)

Introduces Logan & Partners Law and talks about becoming a technology lawyer and building a tech law-focused law firm

18:10 Opening presentation: Isadora Werneck (Partner at Logan & Partners Law)

Shares her experience of qualifying in three jurisdictions: Brazil, Portugal and England & Wales

18:20 Panel 1: From LLM to Industry: Building Careers in Payments, Data Privacy and Compliance

Panellists will discuss how they broke into their fields, what the work actually looks like, and how they shape what gets built - from payments to global data privacy.

Chaired by Prof. Julia Hörnle

Panellists

· Klara Hlavac: Senior Counsel @ Mastercard

· Sylvia Ericson: Senior Legal Counsel & Head of Privacy @ JMAN Group

· Sophie Essien: Strategic Customer Success Manager @ Borderless

19:00 Panel 2: Code Meets Counsel: Working at the Frontier of AI & Law

This panel explores how AI and legal tech are reshaping the practice of law, as panellists share their career paths, the realities of working in this space and what's excited them most along the way.

Chaired by Kelly Logan

Panellists:

· Helen Saunders: Founder @ Luminar-e (Tech / AI Consultancy)

· Giulia Gasparin: Senior Corporate Counsel @ Cognizant

· Bita Khezri: Legal Implementation Specialist @ Luminance

19:40 – 20:30 Structured networking with drinks and nibbles