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Smarter legal spend: how to reimagine management of panel, talent and AI

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Join our panel for an interactive discussion on how leading organizations are transforming outside counsel management and redefining legal spend efficiency as agentic AI joins the team.

Corporate demand for legal services is increasing, yet legal leadership often must manage greater global complexity, drive innovation and demonstrate increased value on a flat or lower budget. Join leaders from Altria Group, Inc., Wells Fargo & Company, Ernst & Young LLP and Onit, Inc. for an interactive discussion on how leading organizations are transforming outside counsel management and redefining legal spend efficiency as agentic AI joins the team.

This session will highlight new findings from the 2025 EY Law General Counsel Study, explore how AI is reshaping legal operations strategy and offer frameworks to help better align spend, talent and technology for smarter and more efficient outcomes. The following topics will be covered:

  • Leading practices in spend management
  • Sourcing the right talent globally today
  • Procurement of the right fee arrangements
  • The AI agent and human talent mix
  • Alignment of metrics and outcome

Bonus features:

  • Real-time benchmarking through live audience polling
  • A preview of Onit AI tools that are changing the legal tech landscape
  • Actionable takeaways to guide Q4 planning and resourcing decisions

Panelists

  • Ashley Woodill, Associate General Counsel and Managing Director, Wells Fargo & Company
  • Joy Thorpe, Director, Legal Operations, Altria Group, Inc.
  • Matt DenOuden, Senior Vice President, GTM and Legal Transformation, Onit, Inc.

Moderator

  • Kristi Gedid, Principal, EY Law*, Ernst & Young LLP; EY Global and Americas Life Sciences Sector Leader

*EY member firms do not practice law where not permitted by local law or regulation. Ernst & Young LLP (US) does not practice law or offer legal advice.

EY webcast managed and produced by Ernst & Young LLP’s Tax Technical Knowledge Services Group, Washington, DC: Lynn Fairfax.

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