Where Swiftwater meets the legal operations community.
Conferences, speaking engagements, and industry events where our practitioners share what we've learned and learn from peers across the profession.
From CLOC to ACC Legal Ops Con, you'll find our practitioners on stage, at the booth, and in the hallway conversations that matter. Named experts across ELM, CLM, AI, and risk and compliance, available for one-on-one meetings at every event we attend.
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Conferences · Speaking Engagements · Sponsorships · Webinars · Americas · EMEA · APAC
Where you'll find Swiftwater in 2026
- Put Data First Summer Bash · Newport Beach, CA · Lido House · July 14, 2026
- Running Legal Like a Business 2026 · Las Vegas, NV · Fontainebleau Las Vegas · Sep 8–11, 2026
Want to schedule a one-on-one with a senior practitioner at any of these events? Get in touch.
On-demand sessions and guest appearances.
The Geek in Review
Podcast · Episode with Swiftwater
Pit Crews, Seven C's, and AI
How corporate investigations and legal operations should function as strategic business enablers. Covering the pit crew mentality, modernizing through standardization and AI, and achieving capacity growth without linear headcount increases.
Mirat Dave, Danish Butt (Swiftwater) · Marlene Gebauer (K&L Gates), Greg Lambert (Jackson Walker)
Corporate Investigations: Unlocking Value from Intake to Reporting
A live demonstration of real-world tools that drive operational effectiveness, workflow efficiency, and stronger compliance outcomes across corporate investigations.
Mirat Dave, Danish Butt (Swiftwater) · Matt DenOuden, Jophy Johnson (Onit)
Change Leadership
Why Change Management Fails and How to Fix It
Change Leadership: Why Change Management Fails and How to Fix It
Practical lessons from decades of leading organizational change. How to build trust and change champions, lead cultural transformation beyond process shifts, apply proven frameworks like ADKAR and Kotter's 8 Steps, and tackle AI adoption with a leadership-first mindset.
Gary Wheeler, Danish Butt (Swiftwater) · Joe Leno (Change Leadership Expert)
Corporate Investigations: Unlocking the Value from Intake to Reporting
Join Swiftwater and Onit for an exclusive webinar on global standardization in internal investigations. Learn how to communicate value for securing investments and key steps for establishing an efficient, compliant investigation process from intake to final report.
Mirat Dave, Danish Butt (Swiftwater) · Matt DenOuden (Onit)
CLM Selection: 3 Perspectives (Corporate Buyer, Vendor, Consultant)
Explores the perspectives of stakeholders when buying enterprise-level contract management software. Best practices, tips, and real experiences from a corporate buyer, a vendor, and a consultant.
Gary Wheeler, Danish Butt (Swiftwater) · Daniel Dzialga (Mattel) · Hans Bengard (Business of Law Solutions)
The Future of Law & Legal Operations: Corporate Legal and Academic Perspectives
Hear how technology, business evolution, and academic changes are transforming corporate legal functions. Gain insights on staying competitive and strategies to future-proof your legal department.
Danish Butt, Gary Wheeler (Swiftwater) · Charles Bowen (Legal Path, Georgia State University)
IP Budgeting: Trick or Treat
Explore the challenges and benefits of managing your intellectual property budget. Discover how to forecast with accuracy, with less effort, and ensure you are strategically safeguarding your intellectual property.
Imran Jaswal, Danish Butt (Swiftwater) · Phil Henderson, Joe Sosinski (Prokurio)
Contract Data: Unearthing Hidden Insights
Discover how AI and data can transform contracts and unlock value across procurement, sales, HR, finance, and legal teams. Optimize post-execution contracts, improve operational efficiency, make data-driven decisions, and uncover hidden profits.
Danish Butt, Gary Wheeler (Swiftwater) · Brendan Raybuck (Clearlaw.AI)
Transforming Legal Operations: How to Create a Business Case for Legal Technology
Legal functions must find ways to enhance efficiency, reduce costs, and demonstrate value. This webinar equips you with the strategies needed to build a compelling business case for legal technology as budget and planning season approaches.
Danish Butt, Gary Wheeler (Swiftwater)
Upcoming events and conferences.
2026 Put Data First Summer Bash
Swiftwater & Company is a proud sponsor and speaker at Put Data First, an exclusive AI conference bringing together senior leaders across legal, risk, and compliance to tackle data strategy, governance, and responsible AI adoption through intimate, roundtable-style conversations.
Imran Jaswal and Danish Butt are leading multiple sessions across the program, sharing how strong data foundations drive smarter AI, responsible governance, and lasting business outcomes. If you’ll be in Newport Beach, reach out to schedule time with our team.
Data Strategy for AI Success
Sponsor & Speaker
Lido House, Newport Beach
Put Data First
Running Legal Like a Business · 2026
Running Legal Like a Business 2026
Hosted by LegalOps.com, RLLB 2026 brings together General Counsel, in-house legal operations professionals, law firm leaders, and legal technology providers for four days of strategy, programming, and community across legal operations, litigation operations, legal project management, IP operations, and AI in legal.
Swiftwater & Company will be on the ground throughout the conference. If you'd like to schedule a one-on-one with a senior practitioner during the event, please reach out.
In-person, Las Vegas
Fontainebleau Las Vegas
Legal Ops, LPM, IP, AI in Legal
LegalOps.com
Where we've been.
CLOC 2026 Global Institute
McCormick Place West, Chicago, IL
Swiftwater & Company attended the CLOC Global Institute, the world’s largest gathering of legal operations professionals. This year’s theme, “Stronger by Design,” featured the inaugural AI Stage and expanded C-Suite Unplugged programming.
Put Data First Conference
Planet Hollywood, Las Vegas, NV
Swiftwater was a sponsor and speaker. Imran Jaswal and Danish Butt shared insights on data-driven innovation shaping the future of legal operations and technology.
2025 CLOC Global Institute
ARIA Resort & Casino, Las Vegas, NV
Swiftwater attended and connected with leaders and innovators across the legal operations community, building new relationships and co-hosting an exclusive client event during the conference.
2024 CLOC Global Institute
ARIA Resort & Casino, Las Vegas, NV
Swiftwater was a proud sponsor. We hosted Booth #415, co-hosted the "Wickedly Innovative Breakfast" with Onit at The Wicked Spoon, and connected with customers and fellow leaders in the legal ops community.
ACC Legal Ops Con 2024
Hilton, Chicago, IL
Danish Butt led a panel session on benchmarking and presenting influential data to leadership, alongside Sarah Fercho (Target), Greg Witczak (x-Deutsche Bank), and Kyle Bahr.
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