From Stockholm to Berlin: Rethinking Law in the Age of AI – A Conversation on the Future of the Legal Profession and International Arbitration
Join SCC Arbitration Institute, CMS, and Legora for an exclusive lunch event at the Swedish Embassy in Berlin, held alongside Berlin Dispute Resolution Days 2026.
Date: 29 September 2026
Time: 11.30–13.30
Location: Berlin, Germany
AI is reshaping legal practice and dispute resolution. Sweden and Germany are at the forefront, home to leading institutions, dynamic legal communities, and a new generation of legal tech.
This event brings practitioners, institutions, and innovators together to explore what AI means for the legal profession and the future of international arbitration.
This will be no ordinary AI event. Rather than asking whether AI matters, our speakers will focus on how it is reshaping the profession and what now needs to be rethought. Among the topics on the table:
- How AI will reshape the partnership between clients and their external counsel, opening new ways of collaborating and adding value side by side.
- How the next generation of lawyers, in-house counsel and even arbitrators and judges will be trained, if much of the basic research, review and drafting is done by AI.
- What new AI-driven pricing and payment models mean for the economics of legal services — for law firms, in-house legal departments and arbitral institutions alike.
Together, these threads point to a bigger question — what is legal becoming, and what does that mean for international arbitration?
The event will be conducted in English.
Programme
- 11:00 Arrival and registration with lunch
- 11:20 Welcome and opening remarks by the Deputy Swedish Ambassador to Germany John Zachau and Dr. Maria Wolleh, President of the Swedish Chamber of Commerce in Germany
- 11:30 Sweden as a hub for international arbitration — innovation and institutional leadership, Caroline Falconer, Secretary General, SCC Arbitration Institute
- 11:50 How AI is transforming legal practice in arbitration, Filip Nordlund, Legal Engineering Manager and Practice Lead for International Arbitration, Legora
- 12:10 Panel debate: AI in arbitration — opportunity, risk, and the road ahead
Speakers:- Niclas Widjeskog, Partner CMS Sweden
- Filip Nordlund, Legora
- Tom Christopher Pröstler, Partner CMS Germany
- Moderator: Caroline Falconer
- 13:05 Closing remarks and networking with art exhibition with guided tour
Venue: Swedish Embassy, Rauchstraße 1, 10787 Berlin, Germany
