We are delighted that our new thought leadership report, What Lies Ahead 2026: Navigating Threats and Seizing Opportunities, has been featured in the media, in two legal trade press publications – the Global Legal Post and Global Legal Insights. Thank you to the editors of each for such a considered, thoughtful write-up.
Global Legal Post
The Global Legal Post carries an in-depth article by Ben Rigby, featuring commentary from our report’s contributors, including Christine Braamskamp, London Managing Partner at Jenner & Block; William Peake, Global Managing Partner at Harneys; and Sadiq Jafar, Managing Partner at Hadef & Partners.
We were also featured in the Global Legal Post’s Daily Newsletter on 13 January (the paper’s launch day), as the lead item.
The article explains that our report “highlights the dual pressures of technological transformation and geopolitical volatility on the global legal profession, which is creating heightened uncertainty.”
CEO Melissa Davis is quoted as saying that while geopolitical instability was reshaping how firms think about growth and risk, “leaders consistently point to culture and values as their anchor and differentiator”.
Thank you to Ben Rigby for the Global Legal Post coverage.
Global Legal Insights
We are featured in this specialist magazine, a sister publication of the Global Legal Group.
The article opens with commentary from the report’s foreword writer, Christine Braamskamp. She cautions against any assumption that the profession can reliably predict what lies ahead. “The past year has been a powerful reminder that the challenges a law firm or in-house legal department can face, sometimes existential challenges, cannot be predicted,” she writes, adding that lawyers are increasingly required to manage “our own place in the world, and see to the welfare of our people within it”.
Our CEO Melissa Davis was also quoted, highlighting that the boundaries between technology, culture and geopolitics are increasingly blurred.
Thank you to Rob Harkavy for the Global Legal Insights coverage.
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Read our CEO Melissa’s post about the coverage
About What Lies Ahead 2026
Our new report, What Lies Ahead 2026: Navigating Threats and Seizing Opportunities explores how legal leaders worldwide are facing unprecedented challenges this year, with AI governance and political instability at the forefront. Leaders from international and independent law firms, technology specialists, and professional associations including the International Bar Association and the Law Society of England and Wales contributed, offering a comprehensive analysis of the challenges and opportunities facing the global legal sector in the coming years.
