From Expert to Impact
Ready to create real impact as in-house counsel?
Legal expertise remains essential. On its own, however, it decides less and less who truly creates impact inside a company — and who succeeds long term.
The Legal Transformation Lab combines two intensive workshop days with personal follow-up and two months of implementation support — practical, interactive and consistently tailored to the in-house day-to-day.
14–15 Nov 2026 · Berlin
max. 15 participants · curated group
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The November 2026 cohort is held in German. English-language cohorts and in-house team workshops in English are available on request.
What decides who really succeeds as in-house counsel?
SUCCESS = IMPACT × EFFICIENCY × VISIBILITY
These are exactly the capabilities we work on for two days — hands-on, intensive and with concrete frameworks you can apply immediately in your daily work. And afterwards? Time to apply them — with two months of implementation support and a personal 1:1 video check-in.
Who is it for?
For in-house lawyers who want to create more impact.
You are on solid legal ground — but you sense that a modern legal department demands far more than legal expertise? The Legal Transformation Lab is for ambitious in-house lawyers who want to actively develop their role and become more effective and successful within the business.
New to an in-house role
You recently moved from private practice to a company and find that a different set of skills is called for here: business acumen, pragmatism, prioritisation and confident communication.
Strong technically — but not visible enough
You deliver good work, but you feel your contribution is not always recognised by management or key stakeholders — or your recommendations do not create the impact they should.
Ready for the next step
You have been working in a legal department for some time and want to take on more responsibility, shape decisions more actively and position yourself as a true business partner.
Stop putting off artificial intelligence
You finally want to take conscious time to assess how artificial intelligence is changing the work of in-house lawyers, explore concrete use cases and try working with it hands-on.
Programme
Three blocks. Two days. One system.
Impact in the business
From Expert to Impact.
Learn to recognise the real business question behind a legal request, enable decisions instead of delivering pure legal analysis, and position legal as part of the solution.
Understand the business · communicate for your audience · deliver options, not obstacles · follow through on outcomes · work at business speed
Organise legal more smartly
Build structures that make legal scalable.
Learn to structure legal work so that scarce legal capacity goes where it creates the greatest value.
Triage framework · decision rights · standardisation · self-service · automation · AI & prompting
Make impact visible
Presence · Evidence · Allies
Good work alone does not guarantee influence. Learn how to steer your professional presence deliberately, evidence your contribution with results and data, and build relationships that amplify your impact.
Using data · storytelling · your presence
Outcome
What you take away from these two days
You recognise the business goal behind a legal request faster and enable better decisions.
You can communicate complexity clearly and concisely — so that it lands with the business.
You can structure legal work intelligently with triage and clear decision rights.
You can standardise, scale and sensibly automate recurring work — and use artificial intelligence exactly where it strengthens good legal processes.
You can make your contribution visible as real business value, beyond output.
You can use your professional presence and network more deliberately for your career.
Experience
More than two days of workshop.
The Legal Transformation Lab supports you beyond the two workshop days: with a shared networking evening and two months of implementation support afterwards.
01 · NETWORKING EVENING
A shared dinner at a restaurant close to the workshop venue is included in the price — the perfect opportunity to grow your network and become part of the in-house community.
02 · TWO MONTHS OF IMPLEMENTATION
After the bootcamp it is all about putting things into practice. For two months I support you — by email for concrete questions and in a 30-minute 1:1 video call where we work through obstacles and develop solutions together.
ANNA HALMER
Deputy General Counsel at Delivery Hero & Founder of the Legal Transformation Lab
12 years of in-house leadership · transformation · legal operations
Investment
€ 1,950
plus VAT
Self-investment rate: € 1,650 plus VAT — if you fund your participation yourself and invest personally in your development.
Max. 15 seats · curated group · non-binding application
Practical information
Date
14–15 November 2026
Venue
Kurfürstendamm 12 (YPOG Office), Berlin
Format
2-day bootcamp, in person, plus two months of implementation support including a 30-minute personal video check-in
Participants
max. 15
Language
German — English cohorts on request
Included
Workshop materials, frameworks & tools, catering, networking dinner
Application
Apply for a seat.
The group is curated: I compose it so that experience levels and goals of the participants fit together. That is why it starts with a short application rather than a direct booking.
The application is non-binding. After a short review you will receive personal feedback on your participation.
Questions first? Write to me.
For legal teams
Want to get your whole legal team ready for the next generation of in-house counsel?
The Legal Transformation Lab can also be delivered as an in-house workshop for your team, tailored to your specific challenges and development goals — in English or German.
Let's talk about what makes sense for your team.
Know someone this fits? Passing it on is welcome.