The Hague.
Two days.
The legal world.
Since 2018, GLF has convened the people who shape the law: General Counsel and Heads of Legal, IP and employment leaders, and the partners they instruct. In 2027 it anchors Hague Law Week, in the city of peace and justice.
New York has Legal Week. London has the IBA. The Hague, the city of peace and justice, finally has its own. GLF 2027 anchors the inaugural Hague Law Week: the two-day forum on 11–12 May, with the Europe–Arab Legal Summit on 13 May.
Three tracks. One forum. Every conversation worth having in global legal.
GLF 2027 runs three parallel deep-tracks. Pick the path that matches your practice, and meet the rest of the legal world at the keynotes, plenaries and receptions in between.
The General Counsel & In-House Counsel Forum
The flagship in-house room. General Counsel, Chief Legal Officers and Heads of Legal on strategy, AI governance, geopolitics, ESG and running the modern legal function.
Intellectual Property
Two days for the UPC bar, patent partners and in-house IP counsel. The UPC, SEPs and FRAND, generative AI and IP, and the global patent map from the US to India and the Gulf.
Employment Law
For cross-border employment partners and senior in-house employment counsel. Anchored to the CIELA certification; CPD accreditation applied for. Pay transparency, AI at work, the future of work.
The legal capital of the world.
No other city on earth hosts as many international courts, tribunals, and institutions per square kilometre. The International Court of Justice. The ICC. The Permanent Court of Arbitration. The OPCW. Europol. Eurojust. 120+ embassies. 200+ international institutions.
When we chose The Hague for GLF in 2018, we chose a city where the law is the architecture, not the decoration. In 2027, Hague Law Week is what comes next.
Read our story →
Curated by the people it convenes.
The GLF programme is set with the 2027 Board of Advisers: senior practitioners who decide which conversations the room has next, so the agenda is the one the market actually needs.
Meet the board →The 2027 Board of Advisers
- CompositionGeneral Counsel · partners · jurists
- MandateSets the programme
- MembersBeing confirmed now
What two days in The Hague looks like.
Day One · Tuesday, 11 May
The Common Programme
- Opening keynote: a distinguished address
- The State of the Law 2027
- Doing business across EMEA: the 2027 risk map
- The GC and the firm
- Fireside with a legal leader · drinks reception
Day Two · Track 01 · Flagship
GC & In-House Counsel Forum
- The GC as strategist
- AI governance from the legal seat
- Geopolitics, sanctions and export controls
- The GC and the board
- Closed-door GC roundtables · Chatham House
Day Two · Track 02
Intellectual Property
- Winning (and resisting) a UPC preliminary injunction
- Global FRAND: who sets the world's rate?
- Generative AI and IP
- Cracking the US: Hatch-Waxman and the patent dance
- Into the Gulf and India
Day Two · Track 03
Employment Law
- EU Pay Transparency Directive: one year in
- AI in hiring, management and monitoring
- Restructuring and redundancies across borders
- The great talent redirect
- CIELA masterclass and certification pathway
A brief outline only, and titles rather than timings: the full running order, panels and speakers are released to confirmed delegates ahead of the event. See the agenda →
The line-up other forums try to build.
Group General Counsel. Senior partners and heads of practice. Jurists and regulators. Fifty voices, confirmed on a rolling basis.
Being confirmed
Group General Counsel
Global enterprise
Opening Keynote
Being confirmed
Minister or senior jurist
Invited guest of honour
Keynote
Being confirmed
Head of UPC Practice
Leading IP firm
IP Track
Being confirmed
Head of Employment, EMEA
International firm
Employment Track
If you're a General Counsel, you have to be here.
If you lead an IP practice, you have to be here.
If you advise on employment across borders, you have to be here.
If you're a partner or senior legal leader with global ambition, you have to be here.
The mandates, the hires and the frameworks that move the law take shape in this room. The room is The Hague, 11–12 May. Either you're in it, or you're catching up.
The price only goes up.
Early Bird seats are the cheapest the door will ever be. Lock in €595 before 31 October 2026, then the price steps up at every release until €1,200 at the door. Every pass covers the full two days of GLF, 11–12 May; the Europe–Arab Legal Summit (13 May) is a separate Hague Law Week event.
Early Bird
- All three tracks · Day 1 & Day 2
- Drinks receptions · both evenings
- All lunches & refreshments
- Programme & delegate pack
Second Release
- All three tracks · Day 1 & Day 2
- Drinks receptions
- All lunches
Final Release
- All three tracks · Day 1 & Day 2
- Drinks receptions
- All lunches
At The Door
- All tracks · subject to capacity
- Refreshments & lunches
GROUP (3+) · 15% OFF · SECURE PAYMENT BY STRIPE
In 2018 we started in a single room. This year we fill a city.
Stand alongside the people who shape the law: General Counsel, the bar and the bench, as The Hague claims its week on the legal calendar.