London

Please head to the conference room at 09.30. A topic is displayed on the main screen for you to discuss with the delegates at your table/the delegates sitting around you.

Shruti Ajitsaria, partner and head of Fuse at A&O Shearman, will be delivering the keynote speech.

Our panel of top law firm partners will address the key issues affecting firms in 2025. This session will help delegates understand how firms operate as businesses and the role they will play as trainees. The panel will answer questions from the audience.

This year’s panellists are:

• Shruti Ajitsaria – partner, A&O Shearman
• Adam Howard – partner, Winston & Strawn London LLP
• Simon Maynard – partner, King & Spalding
• TBC – partner, Baker McKenzie
• TBC – partner, Osborne Clarke

Your opportunity to speak with the firm representatives and your fellow delegates.

Firm-led workshops give you the chance to discover the work of a practising solicitor. From practice areas to practical skills, your workshop leaders will take you through the key issues and tasks of working in the City.

Delegates will select one of the below workshops and will be emailed confirmation of their workshop choice ahead of the event:

• Baker McKenzie – Corporate energy and infrastructure with Baker McKenzie
• Cooley (UK) LLP – Partnering the biotech innovators of tomorrow
• Jones Day – How do you solve a global dispute?
• Osborne Clarke LLP – The anatomy of a corporate deal
• Stephenson Harwood LLP – It’s personal: how lawyers can support entrepreneurs and wealth generators

Please note that lunch is served standing. This is your opportunity to speak to firm representatives.

Firm-led workshops give you the chance to discover the work of a practising solicitor. From practice areas to practical skills, your workshop leaders will take you through the key issues and tasks of working in the City.

Delegates will select one of the below workshops and will be emailed confirmation of their workshop choice ahead of the event:

• A&O Shearman – How do companies finance themselves?
• Bristows LLP – Patent litigation: a case study
• King & Spalding – An overview of the tech/AI and data/cyber landscape in the UK
• RPC – Deep dive into defamation and media law
• Winston & Strawn London LLP – Dealmaking in the digital age: how lawyers shape the future of innovation, AI and digital assets

Your final opportunity to speak with the firm representatives and your fellow delegates.

Our panel of trainee solicitors will provide insight into their experiences of the law firm application process, what being a trainee is really like and their advice for prospective candidates. A representative from The University of Law will also be on hand to answer your questions about postgraduate study and employability.

This year’s panellists are:

• Sze-Von Lam – trainee, Bristows LLP
• Cheryl Bee – trainee, Cooley (UK) LLP
• Justin Chu – trainee, Stephenson Harwood LLP
• Lucy Ferguson – trainee, Jones Day
• TBC – trainee, RPC
• TBC – The University of Law