Presented by Joe Galea, Jim Delkousis, Joy Saphla, Justin North

Economic instability can bring increased regulatory pressure, and uncertain times often result in waves of both litigation and corporate legal work. In an environment where clarity and transparency over corporate legal spend is one of the highest priorities of the General Counsel, selective pruning of outside counsel rates and relationships is no longer enough on its own.

The session is moderated by Joy Saphla, President of Strategic Solutions @ Morae. She is joined by Jim Delkousis, CEO and Founder @ Persuit; Joe Galea, Global Sales Director @ Wolters Kluwer ELM Solutions; and Justin North, Consultant and together they explore some of the key elements of the wider lifecycle of Legal Spend Transformation including:

• Both the procurement and execution phases of dealing with spend drivers
• The under-utilized levers that truly elite General Counsel use to control spend and transform their departments
• Selective and strategic managed service offerings that reduce risk and standardize working practices
• Innovative technology services that act to empower self-service, drive efficiency and risk management

About the Presenters

Joe Galea
Global Director of Sales at WK ELM Solutions
Assisting clients with legal spend & matter management and insurance claims defense applications to connect every part of their legal ecosystem for better control of costs, streamlined workflows and total visibility to everything that matters to the business.

Jim Delkousis
Founder & CEO at PERSUIT
Founded PERSUIT™ to give companies an easier way to source and compare proposals for external legal services.

Joy Saphla
President, Strategic Solutions
I am Joy Saphla. As president, Strategic Solutions, I am responsible for assisting corporate legal departments and law firms with strategic planning for how they can meet their goals and objectives, even through ebbs and flow in workload, by utilizing flexible and alternative approaches that also enable reducing overall cost and improvements in cost certainty.

Justin North
Consultant
I work with law firms and legal departments on global transformational projects to help drive meaningful improvement and lasting change. I have in-depth expertise and understanding of private practice and corporate legal management needs and challenges, as well as a strong command of the commercial levers of a successful law firm or legal function, and regularly undertake behavioural studies focused on the psychology and unique motivations of lawyers in different peer groups and practice areas.