Legal Transformation Lab · Berlin
Ready for the next generation of in-house legal?
Legal expertise remains indispensable. But on its own, it is increasingly insufficient to create impact in the business and advance your career.
Whether you're new to an in-house role, looking to take on more responsibility, or preparing your next career step: what matters is how well you understand the business, shape change, and make the value of your work visible.
From Expert to Impact.
Anna Halmer
Founder of the Legal Transformation Lab
Why now
The rules of the game are changing.
Artificial intelligence is changing not only legal work. It is also changing the expectations that corporate leadership places on legal departments. What is called for is greater efficiency, faster orientation, and a clear contribution to the company's success.
This also broadens the competency profile of successful in-house counsel. A confident command of artificial intelligence is now just as essential as strategic thinking, judgment, and persuasive communication.
What matters is this:
What value do you create for the business with your legal expertise?
Current bootcamp · Berlin
From Expert to Impact
In-house Counsel 2.0
Two intensive days. The topics that, in my experience, make the biggest difference.
What makes a successful in-house counsel? My formula:
Success=Impact×Efficiency×Visibility
2 days · Berlin · in person · max. 15 participants
Explore the bootcamp→Not just understand it. Try it out.
The bootcamp combines short inputs with hands-on application. We work on realistic situations from the daily life of in-house counsel.
Case studies · Concrete tools · Hands-on exercises · Direct feedback
For example: translating legal assessments from legalese into clear business communication.
Who is the Legal Transformation Lab for?
For ambitious in-house lawyers
You are well established professionally — but sense that a modern legal department demands far more than legal expertise alone.
- New to the in-house role – different skills needed than in a law firm.
- Strong professionally, but not visible enough – your contribution isn't always noticed.
- Ready for the next step – closer to the business, more responsibility.
- Stop putting off artificial intelligence – explore use cases, try it hands-on.
For general counsel & legal leaders
Are you driving the transformation of your legal team?
The Legal Transformation Lab is also available as a tailored in-house format — for general counsel and legal leaders who want to develop their team based on proven approaches and many years of hands-on transformation experience.
You set the direction — I design a format that fits your team and your challenges.
In-house team workshops are delivered in English or German.
About Anna
I know what makes in-house legal successful.
Because I have not just observed transformation — I have shaped it, again and again.
Moving from a large law firm into an in-house role started a series of transformations for me: my own, from external adviser to in-house counsel, and later from lawyer to leader — alongside the transformation of a legal department that had to reinvent itself with its company time and again.
I had the rare opportunity to shape the legal function at Delivery Hero for almost twelve years, across very different company phases: from building the legal team in a start-up through hypergrowth and global scaling to the IPO — and later through the next phase, with a new focus on profitability and efficiency.
Today I lead several teams of around 30 lawyers and, as Deputy General Counsel, I am responsible for legal operations on a global level, among other areas. In that role I am shaping the next major transformation: the shift towards a legal department that consistently uses technology and artificial intelligence and fundamentally rethinks the way it works.
For me, transformation is not only about process and technology — above all it is about people. Supporting people in growing into their roles and reaching their full potential is the part of leadership that excites me most. That is why, over the past twelve years, I have invested a great deal of time in building and developing my teams. I have led more than 100 selection processes, hired numerous lawyers, and supported them on their path to becoming successful in-house counsel and on into leadership roles.
This passion is what gave rise to the Legal Transformation Lab. Through it I want to share my experience beyond my own teams and support in-house counsel across very different companies in filling their role with greater impact, confidence, and the power to shape what comes next.
My path
Law firm → in-house counsel → leader
Business & legal
Start-up → hypergrowth → IPO → profitability & efficiency
Technology & people
Global legal operations · technology & artificial intelligence · building and developing teams
This experience is the foundation of the Legal Transformation Lab.
Working together
What others say about working with me.
“Anna has an innate ability to build efficient, high-performing teams. She quickly identifies gaps in processes and builds scalable systems to close them. As a member of her team, I felt empowered to do more; as her peer, I saw her lead by example and consistently achieve more with less.”
Matthew Saliba
General Counsel @ Forto
“Anna has a remarkable ability to develop lawyers into outstanding business partners. Her influence is visible in the way her team members communicate, understand commercial priorities and approach problems with a pragmatic, solution-oriented mindset. You can tell that strong business partnership is not just Anna’s personal strength – it is something she knows how to instil in others.”
Oksana Lukyanenko
Executive Advisor
Ex General Manager Wolt Germany · Ex VP International Markets @ Delivery Hero
“Anna has a real talent for recognising people's potential and helping them grow. Her consistent guidance, honest feedback and trust played an important role in my own journey from individual contributor to a recognised manager within the company.”
Katalin Kiss
Director, Head of Group Corporate Law @ Delivery Hero
“Anna is one of the smartest lawyers I know – she thinks like an entrepreneur and has a deep understanding of what businesses need and how they operate. She is a very clear communicator who can package complex problems into clear, actionable solutions, making legal a real asset for the business teams.”
Laura Fruehauf
Partner @ Freshfields
“Anna understands what the business needs from a strong legal function: clear guidance, pragmatic solutions and a focus on what truly matters. She is not just a legal advisor, but a true business partner. I would highly recommend any in-house lawyer to benefit from her knowledge and experience.”
Orkhan Abdullayev
CEO / Co-Founder @ Payrails
Ex VP Fintech @ Delivery Hero
“Anna has an exceptional instinct for identifying which technological developments have the potential to transform legal teams for the long term. Drawing on her extensive experience in legal operations and process optimisation, she translates new possibilities into concrete, scalable solutions that create tangible value for both in-house teams and the business.”
Julia Schlösser-Rost
Legal Division Director @ Open Society Foundations
“During our time together at foodpanda and Delivery Hero, Anna repeatedly showed that legal and business functions can pull in the same direction with real results – her clear communication and pragmatism always made collaboration straightforward and productive.”
Veronika Braun
Chief Product Officer @ YourHero
Ex Head of HR @ foodpanda · Ex Senior Director Product Operations @ Delivery Hero
“Anna is someone people listen to. She combines deep legal expertise with clarity, confidence and a strong sense of what matters to her audience. As a client, I always felt that her advice carried weight and gave me the confidence to move forward.”
Henning Jakob
Co-Founder @ DearEmployee
Selected publications, appearances & awards
Conferences
Speaker at numerous national and international conferences, including the JUVE Legal Operations Conference, diruj, Legal Operations Exchange London, Leaders League Alliance Paris and IBA conferences in Barcelona and Berlin.
Publication
Co-author of
„Die Digitale Zukunft der Rechtsabteilung“
ed. Henning Halft, 2021
Interviews
Interviews in
Lawyers Magazine
and Inhouse Counsel
Awards
Best Inhouse Team M&A
JUVE, 2024
Best Legal Department
Leaders League Alliance, 2023
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Are you driving the transformation of your legal team? The Legal Transformation Lab is also available as a tailored in-house format, delivered in English or German. Let's talk about what makes sense for your team.
Know someone this fits? Passing it on is welcome.