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Briefing AI Leaders 2026
- June 11, 2026
- Wallacespace Spitalfields, 15-25 Artillery Lane, London E1 7HA
AI that changes how work gets done. And how value is created.
sa.global is a Silver Partner at Briefing AI Leaders 2026. We’re hosting a roundtable on June 11 for senior leaders who want a frank conversation about moving AI from ambition to measurable operational impact.
Date: June 11, 2026
Venue: Wallacespace Spitalfields, 15-25 Artillery Lane, London E1 7HA
Most AI initiatives stall. Here's why.
The promise of AI is well understood. The business impact is far less common than it should be. Law firms have been running pilots, deploying tools, and investing in AI capability for the better part of two years. Most have seen local productivity gains. Far fewer have seen those gains translate into sustained financial and operational results.
The gap between the two usually comes down to the same thing: AI efforts stop short of the core workflows that actually drive firm performance. They lack industry context. They can’t scale across the organization. And without clear connection to financial and operational decisions, momentum fades.
The firms pulling ahead aren’t using more AI tools than the rest. What they’ve done differently is connect AI to how the business actually runs: to financial decisions, operational workflows, and delivery outcomes. When that connection exists, the results are visible and they compound.
- Margin stability improves because revenue leakage surfaces before quarter close, not after.
- Decision cycles compress because leadership acts on continuous signals, not month-end reports.
- Capacity scales without proportional headcount growth because AI carries the administrative load.
- Client experience improves because the back-office stops being a bottleneck to billing and communication.
Our roundtable: the conversation law firms need to be having
sa.global is hosting a roundtable at Briefing AI Leaders 2026, led by Howard Blackith, our AI Transformation Leader. The format is small and deliberately conversational. No slides, no pitch. A focused peer discussion among senior leaders navigating the same territory.
The conversation will cover the territory that matters most right now: how firms design workflows that genuinely blend human judgement with AI-driven execution, and where AI is already delivering tangible results in the back-office and across the client experience.
Howard brings a point of view formed across many firm engagements, and a genuine interest in what the people around the table are dealing with.
Why sa.global
We’re a Microsoft Solutions Partner with over 30 years of experience in professional services. Our approach to AI starts with a question most technology vendors don’t ask: what does the firm’s operating model actually need intelligence to do?
For law firms, the answer is specific. AI needs to understand matters, not just documents. It needs to know how time, billing, lock-up, and financial performance connect. It needs to surface the right signal at the right moment in the right workflow. Generic AI tools can’t do that. Ours can, because it’s built into the platform rather than bolted on alongside it.
evergreen: the connected system of record
evergreen is sa.global’s integrated ERP for law firms, built on Dynamics 365. It connects matter management, finance, billing, business development, and HR in a single platform, eliminating the data silos that prevent AI from delivering on its potential. When everything shares real-time context, intelligence becomes possible.
empower: the decision intelligence layer
empower sits above the system of record and uses AI agents and copilots to turn firm data into decisions and actions. It’s the layer that moves the firm from passive reporting to active operational foresight: revenue leakage surfaces before quarter close, WIP risk is flagged before it compounds, and fee earner time is captured automatically rather than reconstructed at the end of the day.
Built on Microsoft, governed by design
Everything runs on Microsoft Azure, Dynamics 365, Microsoft 365, and Power Platform. That means enterprise-grade security, SRA compliance, and GDPR obligations addressed by architecture, not afterthought. For CIOs and IT Directors, it also means AI that is deployed within your existing Microsoft investment rather than alongside it.
What this delivers for your firm's leadership
For the Managing Partner and CEO
Growth without proportional cost growth. AI expands capacity across the firm and improves decision quality without requiring headcount to scale at the same rate as revenue.
For the CFO and Finance Director
Predictable financial outcomes. AI strengthens margin control, accelerates cash collection, and gives finance real-time visibility across billing, WIP, and AR, before the month-end report, not after.
For the COO
Operational confidence. AI enables predictive insight and coordinated execution across matter delivery, resourcing, and client management, replacing reactive management with continuous signals.
For the CIO and IT Director
Controlled, secure adoption. AI is deployed within the Microsoft ecosystem with enterprise-grade governance and architectural coherence. No sprawl, no shadow IT, no separate AI stack to manage.
Who this conversation is for
The roundtable and our broader conversations at the event are aimed at senior leaders in top-tier law firms who are thinking seriously about what AI transformation actually requires at scale:
- Managing Partners and Senior Partners
- Chief Operating Officers
- Chief Information Officers and IT Directors
- CFOs and Finance Directors
- Heads of Digital and Innovation
- Directors of Transformation
If you’re wrestling with the gap between AI ambition and operational reality, you’re in the right room.