Unlocking finance transformation: key takeaways from Briefing’s 2025 conference
Briefing Finance Leaders 2025 Post-Event Report: catch all the highlights, insights and best bits from September
Briefing is pleased to release the official Finance Leaders 2025 Post-Event Report, which captures the key conversations, emerging trends and strategic imperatives from this year’s gathering of senior finance executives across leading UK law firms.
The event assembled it’s largest ever audience to engage in peer-led discussion on the most pressing strategic, operational and technological challenges facing legal finance today.
Headline findings from the report include:
- Economic outlook & volatility: Delegates warned that geopolitical shifts and energy market instability are creating sustained uncertainty, pressuring firms to double down on scenario planning and financial agility.
- Pricing, AI and profitability models: Many firms are exploring value-based pricing and more flexible billing models as AI and technology reshape the cost structure of legal delivery.
- Lockup and cash flow discipline: Improving billing and collections processes is now viewed as a critical lever, with participants discussing new incentives, technology tools and role models for reducing days outstanding.
- Technology adoption & measurement: While firms are experimenting with AI tools, many struggle to find reliable frameworks for measuring ROI and embedding adoption across teams.
- Workforce, hybrid working & culture: Hybrid models continue to challenge operating cost structures and office design, while leaders emphasised the importance of aligning culture, persona and change management.
The report offers strategic recommendations, session-by-session insights and delegates’ real-world feedback. It provides a valuable roadmap for finance teams seeking to navigate uncertainty, modernise operations, and lead transformation across their firms.
As a partner of the LSN network, Briefing invites all members to review the full report and use it as a benchmarking and planning tool for their own finance functions.
Download the full report here: https://www.briefing.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Post-Event-Report-Briefing-Finance-Leaders-2025.pdf
