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BigHand
Conference 2026

 

 

Maximizing Revenue,
Profit& Cash Flow Track

 

9:00 am - 9:20 am

Registration Opens

9:30 - 11:00 am

BigHand Update and Keynote Speaker

11:00 - 11:35 am

Break

11:40 am - 12:30 pm

Breakout Sessions


Maximizing Revenue, Profit & Cash Flow Track

Product Session
If You Don’t Control Pricing, You Don’t Control Profit: And You Can’t Control Either Without the Right Technology: BigHand Matter Pricing Live Demo

This live demo of BigHand Matter Pricing will show top down pricing, item based pricing and new features that give firms far greater control over scope, fees and profitability. You will see how pricing teams can continue using Excel alongside the tool, and how partners can retain pricing ownership while staying aligned to firm strategy and realisation goals. We will also preview the progress being made with AI to support modelling, insight and pricing recommendations. With clients demanding transparency and discounts rising, this session will show how technology enables firms to set clearer budgets, justify fees and prevent margin loss before it happens.

Ideal for:

CFOs, Finance Directors, Pricing Directors, Partners, Practice Group Leaders, Legal Project Managers, and FP&A Teams

12:30 - 1:30 pm

Lunch

1:30 - 2:20 pm

Breakout Sessions


Maximizing Revenue, Profit & Cash Flow Track

Product Session
Breaking the Doom Loop: Real-Time Profitability, Cash Flow Control and Your Path to Cloud with BigHand BI

Experience the latest version of BigHand Business Intelligence, including new self-serve analytics, enhanced partner compensation models, and deeper profitability insights that show exactly where margin is leaking and why. You will see why firms are moving beyond the limited, surface-level reporting in their PMS and turning to BigHand to drill into the underlying data that drives real performance decisions. We will also reveal our move to Microsoft Fabric and how this modern architecture accelerates your path to cloud-ready, enterprise-grade data maturity. Whether you are a large firm with complex reporting needs or a mid-size firm that has outgrown spreadsheets and static dashboards, this session will show how BigHand BI surfaces early warning signs and enables action before revenue is lost.

Leaders cannot manage what they cannot see, and PMS reporting is no longer enough in a market facing margin pressure and cash flow risk. BigHand BI is the market leader because it exposes financial blind spots, turns buried data into actionable insight, and gives firms the clarity needed to drive accountability and protect profit. For any firm looking to improve realisation, control WIP and strengthen collections, this is the financial intelligence layer you cannot operate without.

Ideal for:

CFOs, Finance Directors, Pricing Directors, Partners, Practice Group Leaders, Legal Project Managers, and FP&A Teams


Maximizing Revenue, Profit & Cash Flow Track

Product Session
Financial Control, Made Real: Modern Budgeting, Forecasting and Partner Performance You Can Finally Rely On. Live demo’s of BigHand Budgeting & Forecasting tool and BigHand Partner Performance

This is the demo every finance leader needs to see. You will watch how BigHand Budgeting & Forecasting removes the annual budgeting pain by replacing disconnected spreadsheets with a structured, automated model that delivers accurate, real-time forecasts with far less effort. We will also showcase BigHand Partner Performance and its powerful dashboards, giving firms instant visibility into partner contribution, behaviours and commercial impact. If your firm is aiming for predictability, accountability, and financial confidence, this is the session that shows exactly how to get there.

Budgeting shouldn’t be chaotic and partner performance shouldn’t be a mystery. BigHand gives firms the tools to plan proactively, eliminate surprises and build a financial engine that supports long-term success.

Ideal for:

CFOs, Finance Directors, Pricing Directors, Partners, Practice Group Leaders, Legal Project Managers, and FP&A Teams

2:30 - 3:20 pm

Breakout Sessions


Maximizing Revenue, Profit & Cash Flow Track

Client Panel
From Blind Spots to Commercial Control: How BigHand BI Gives Firms the Visibility They Have Been Missing

Firms cannot afford to run their financial engine on spreadsheets and lagging reports, and clients in this session will show exactly why. BigHand BI surfaced the profitability iceberg by exposing the unseen risks beneath the surface, from silent margin erosion to WIP that will never bill, slow collections hidden in practice groups, and partner performance issues masked by headline numbers. You will also hear how firms of all sizes are using BI to go far beyond the initial dashboard, digging into the underlying data to make earlier interventions, drive accountability, and create real financial predictability.

Ideal for:

CFOs, Finance Directors, Practice Group Leaders, FP&A and Reporting Teams, Managing Partners. Finance Systems Managers, and Data Engineers

3:30 - 3:45 pm

Break

3:50 - 4:40 pm

Breakout Sessions


Maximizing Revenue, Profit & Cash Flow Track

Expert Panel
The Trust Gap: Why Firms Lose Margin, Miss Warning Signs and Struggle to Prove Value to Clients

This session confronts the industry problem no one wants to admit: firms keep losing margin because they cannot show clients what work will cost, how it will be delivered, or where efficiencies are being created. Pricing and financial leaders will examine how weak scoping, inconsistent pricing habits, and lagging financial data undermine client trust and hide the early signs of margin erosion, from over servicing to WIP that will never bill. With general counsel now demanding upfront budgets, real time visibility and proof of efficiency gains including those enabled by AI, the panel will explore what predictable, transparent and defensible pricing actually looks like in practice. Expect a hard hitting debate on replacing guesswork with clarity, revealing the profitability iceberg and building pricing strategies that withstand scrutiny from clients and partners alike.

Ideal for:

CFOs, Finance Directors, Pricing Directors, Partners, Practice Group Leaders, Legal Project Managers, and FP&A Teams


Maximizing Revenue, Profit & Cash Flow Track

Client Panel
Missing Millions: How Scoping Discipline and Matter Budgets Transform Realisation and Profitability

Clients will show how BigHand Matter Pricing helped them stop losing profit long before the bill is raised, by replacing loose scoping and partner-by-partner pricing habits with structured fee models, clear matter budgets, and real-time margin visibility. They will share how this combination exposed silent erosion, prevented uncontrolled scope creep, and boosted billing realisation by giving partners early warning signals instead of month-end surprises. Expect practical insight into the workflows, comparables, negotiation tactics, and behaviours that helped these firms recover their missing millions and build a pricing culture that delivers predictable profitability.

Ideal for:

CFOs, Pricing Directors, Partners, Practice Group Leaders, and Legal Project Managers

4:40 - 6:30 pm

Drinks Reception

6:30 - 8:30pm

BigHand Afterparty

Backyard at The Light Bar
223 Shoreditch High St, London E1 6PJ

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