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Business Development Committee

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NEWS Strengthening Collaboration Across Borders: How WLG Firms Approach Complex Opportunities
Strengthening Collaboration Across Borders: How WLG Firms Approach Complex Opportunities
NEWS Yanos Gramatidis: Key Contact Partner & Upcoming Host of WLG | regional Athens ‘25
Yanos Gramatidis: Key Contact Partner & Upcoming Host of WLG | regional Athens ‘25
NEWS Lloyd Kavanagh: Key Contact Partner & Upcoming Host of WLG | regional Auckland ‘25
Lloyd Kavanagh: Key Contact Partner & Upcoming Host of WLG | regional Auckland ‘25
NEWS 2024: Doing Business In Belgium
2024: Doing Business In Belgium
NEWS 2024: Doing Business In Argentina
2024: Doing Business In Argentina

WLG's Business Development Committee is responsible for brainstorming and implementing network initiatives aimed at building strategic relationships and fostering business opportunities between member firms.

The committee also serves as a place for lawyers and business development professionals to share best practices for business development and discuss emerging trends in their markets.

They host monthly virtual meetings and help organize sessions focused on business development at WLG summits.

Interested in joining this committee? Contact Hanna Shea. 

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wlBusiness Development Committee - January '26
  • Jan. 14, 2026
  • Virtual
  • Meeting
Business Development Committee - January '26
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Thought Leadership
December 8, 2025

Across the legal profession, clients are navigating increasingly complex, multi-jurisdictional matters. Whether responding to evolving regulatory environments, pursuing investments in new markets, or managing cross-border corporate activity, they need coordinated legal teams that understand global pressures and local realities. For...
Thought Leadership
December 8, 2025

Treating business development as a strategic partner rather than a support function is essential to how law firms strengthen client relationships and pursue broader strategic goals. When BD professionals are involved early, aligned with both lawyer and firm priorities, and empowered to contribute proactively, firms see clearer...
Thought Leadership
November 24, 2025

When three senior in-house counsel from Starbucks, Microsoft, and T-Mobile sat down with moderator Dustin O’Quinn of Ballard Spahr during WLG | summit Seattle ’25, they delivered a clear message. The world in which their companies operate is increasingly complex, fast-moving, and unforgiving, and they expect outside counsel to meet that...
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Thought Leadership
December 8, 2025

Across the legal profession, clients are navigating increasingly complex, multi-jurisdictional matters. Whether responding to evolving regulatory environments, pursuing investments in new markets, or managing cross-border corporate activity, they need coordinated legal teams that understand global pressures and local realities. For...
Thought Leadership
December 8, 2025

Treating business development as a strategic partner rather than a support function is essential to how law firms strengthen client relationships and pursue broader strategic goals. When BD professionals are involved early, aligned with both lawyer and firm priorities, and empowered to contribute proactively, firms see clearer...
Thought Leadership
November 24, 2025

When three senior in-house counsel from Starbucks, Microsoft, and T-Mobile sat down with moderator Dustin O’Quinn of Ballard Spahr during WLG | summit Seattle ’25, they delivered a clear message. The world in which their companies operate is increasingly complex, fast-moving, and unforgiving, and they expect outside counsel to meet that...
October 15, 2025

At WLG | regional NYC, two senior in-house counsels — Anca Paraian of GE HealthCare and Joseph Wiltse of H.B. Fuller —shared candid reflections on what truly matters when working with outside counsel across multiple jurisdictions. Moderated by Luc Attlan of Faegre Drinker (Illinois, USA) , the discussion was both practical and...
Thought Leadership, wlg Business Development
April 14, 2025

Each year, the International Bar Association’s Annual Conference brings together thousands of lawyers from around the world. This November, Toronto will host the global legal community for a week of learning, networking, reconnecting, and relationship-building. For many firms, attending the IBA Conference isn’t just about what...
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