Speaker 2026
Deniz Calhan
Transformation Manager, Simmons & Simmons LLP
- Edition
- German Legal Tech Summit 2026
- Date
- Venue
- HCC – Hannover Congress Centrum, Eilenriedehalle
Appearance
At the Summit 2026
Profile
About the speaker
Deniz Calhan is Transformation Manager at Simmons & Simmons in Frankfurt, a lawyer and HPI-certified Design Thinker. She works at the intersection of law, technology and business, shaping the transformation of legal services and ways of working. In doing so, she combines strategic perspective, Legal Design and practical implementation with one central question: How does innovation turn into genuine added value for clients and the people who work with it?
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