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About the Institute

We are a research institute, a think tank, a network of experts that is researching the law of the future. Thematically, we focus on legal adjustments to the climate crisis, exponential technologies and disruptive shifts in societies.

Our vision is to provide research-based guidance for prototyping alternatives to current regulations and legal enforcement by envisioning possible futures and anticipating their challenges.
​By selecting the best-fit teams of experts, we aim to bridge the gap between the drivers of change and their regulators. In doing so, we provide forward-thinking interdisciplinary assessments of disruptive developments and their implications for the social consent.

About Dr. Abir Haddad

The Founder and Director of the Institute Dr. Abir Haddad is a Legal Futurist, Capital 40 under 40, Alumni of the Max Planck Association, and lectures law as a comparative law expert at the university of Cologne. Previously, she has advised the United Nations Climate Secretariat (UNFCCC) on legal adaptations to climate change for the Resilience Frontiers project. Now, she applys her own methodology “7 Steps to Legal Transformation” to other areas of disruptive change within the Institute for Legal Transformation.

 

One of Dr. Haddads strengths is the ability to live “between worlds.” She knows how to speak not only in different verbal, but also cultural languages and combining worlds which seem not to belong together. This is of tremendous importance when bringing together the drivers of change, their regulators and practitioners, to intermediate and support them in finding research based legal answers that keep pace with the development of our society and technology.

our team

We are a team of diverse mind- and skillsets that observes changes in society and supports the drivers and regulators of change in developing adaptions to societal disruptions.

Dr. Abir Haddad

Founder & Director

Dr. Abir Haddad

Founder & Director

By using a combination of comparative legal and futures methodology, I seek to research the legal frameworks of tomorrow.

Isabelle Mierau, B.Sc.

Team Communications & Research

Isabelle Mierau, B.Sc.

Team Communications & Research

Academic background in psychology, sociology and peace and conflict research. I support the ILT in structural matters, writing and research.

Andreas Scheuermann

Senior Advisor

Andreas Scheuermann

Senior Advisor

With more than 20 years of professional experience, I advise with regards to strategy and communication for business leaders & NGOs.

Dalia Ibrahem, B.A.

International Affairs & Communication

Dalia Ibrahem, B.A.

International Affairs & Communication

With an academic background in Applied English, I focus on our public communication and guiding conversations in both English and Arabic.

Alexandra Gkoupideni

External Research Team

Alexandra Gkoupideni

External Research Team

M.A. in Economics& Law, legal and corporate positions in the finance sector, product management in crypto space and BX/DLT legal researcher.

Ocian Hamel-Smith 

Junior Advisor

Ocian Hamel-Smith 

Junior Advisor

Urban Futurist, specialized in environmental solutions, supporting the ILT in facilitating the Legal Transformation Summit.

Alina Gul Memon

Legal Research

Alina Gul Memon

Legal Research

With my academic background in law and professional experience in civil practice, I assist ILT with legal research and drafts.

Hassnaa Youssef

Marketing & Communications

Hassnaa Youssef

Marketing & Communications

I support the ILT in terms of marketing & communications.

Violeta Shehi

Project & Event Operations

Violeta Shehi

Project & Event Operations

A multipotentialite getting things done through research, planning, logistics, and implementation, securing effective delivery.

Abdelrahim Al Naemat, M.B.L

External Counsel

Abdelrahim Al Naemat, M.B.L

External Counsel

A Jordanian lawyer with an extensive history in M&A and Contract law.

Interested in joining our team?

Please send your resume to office@legaltransformation.io

Our Philosophy

Detached from present law, but including its normative values, we reflect current developments to shape alternative future regulations.
We observe that the current way of law making is losing a race of time against the rapid development of disruptive changes such as climate change and exponential technologies.

 

In our approach we combine comparative law, Foresight and Futures methodology. Our role is about intermediating between tech-companies, the drivers of change and established actors in politics, economy and society. Together we explore the grey zones of law and enlighten the fog of uncertainty.

What drives us

Law is what society agrees upon, based on shared beliefs and values.
Yet, values can change over time, as do technology and environmental factors. In times of great disruptive challenges such as climate change and exponential technologies (i.e. Blockchain and Artificial Intelligence), the formal process of law-making lags behind the social reality.​
​This gap needs to be bridged through forward-thinking interdisciplinary assessment of disruptive developments and their implications for sustainable planning.