About us

Event Overview

The legal industry is evolving rapidly, with emerging technologies, including Generative AI, completely transforming the nature of legal work and the role of lawyers. Law firms, in-house legal teams and legal service providers are under increasing pressure to operate more efficiently and effectively, making it essential to stay ahead of technological advancements.

To address these challenges, we are bringing the Legal Innovation Festival SE Asia to Singapore. Based on the success of the Legal Innovation & Tech Fest Australia, the Legal Innovation Festival SE Asia 2026 is a premier platform to explore the latest ideas and solutions transforming the legal industry. Technology is both disrupting and enabling the practice of law, and as systems evolve, new platforms emerge, and strategies shift, legal professionals must continuously adapt.

This event will give legal and allied legal professionals the opportunity to connect and share their knowledge and strategies on how they are navigating these changes. Singapore, with its strong position as a regional legal and innovation hub, is the ideal place to drive this conversation forward, bringing together industry leaders, technologists, and legal professionals from across Southeast Asia to navigate the future of law.

Unique Research Methodology to Curate Our Agendas

To curate the best content (local and global), we begin our research process by running roundtable discussion groups (RTDs) for face-to-face research with Legal professionals. Each RTD includes 15 – 20 practitioners from a variety of organisations and runs for 4-hours, where challenges, opportunities, trends and technology are discussed. The findings from these sessions become our research reports, which in turn inform the agenda for the conference.

This unique process ensures pure and accurate research is generated through debate and discussion; exploration of speakers and thought-leaders; and identification of key conference themes.

The best part about this unique recipe? A powerful sense of ownership from the community is created because by the time the festival occurs, the energy and momentum required for success is driven by the target audience.

Event Themes

Over 2 days this event will cover practical sessions on the following themes:

Change Management
Processes for acquiring and implementing technology
The business of law
The impact of generative AI on the legal profession
Recruitment and retention of talent
Skills for legal professionals in a digital era
The relationship between clients and lawyers in a world of generative AI
The future of the legal industry

Who should attend

This event will bring together law firm business and technology leaders, senior corporate counsel and service providers from Southeast Asia to celebrate the talent, tech, innovations and ideas that are transforming the way law firms and in-house legal teams operate.

Organised by Hannover Fairs Asia Pacific

Hannover Fairs Asia Pacific is part of Deutsche Messe AG and has operated in Australia since 2000.

Deutsche Messe was founded in 1947 with the Hannover Export Fair but has grown to become a globally significant events business operating events and venues around the world. The business operates 9 subsidiary offices, hosts events in over 48 locations, with sales activities in 110 countries. The company is owned by the State of Lower Saxony and the City of Hannover.

The Australian subsidiary was established in 2000 and has grown to own and operate 9 significant events across a wide range of industry landscapes. Our events are designed to be embedded in the communities they serve, from the Fire and Emergency Services sectors to the HR and L&D communities, we thrive on connecting like-minded individuals to facilitate personal and business growth.

Our team has a wealth of experience in running events of all shapes and sizes globally, and they are passionate about creating great events that make a difference to the industries they serve.