FTLG NETWORK'S ANNUAL FLAGSHIP EVENT
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FRANKFURT AM MAIN, GERMANY
SEPTEMBER 18TH, 2026
Connect . Empower . Advocate.
An event designed to facilitate forward-thinking and meaningful conversations, valuable connections, and fresh perspectives within today’s evolving legal landscape. Through high-level discussions, networking opportunities, and engaging sessions, Legal Lounge creates a unique space to exchange ideas, expand professional networks, discover opportunities, and connect with professionals shaping the future of law across borders, sectors, and industries.
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Our Most Significant Gathering of the Year
On 18 September 2026, the ForeignTrained Lawyers in Germany (FTLG) Network gathers in Frankfurt am Main for our annual flagship event, the most significant moment in our calendar.
Legal Lounge Frankfurt brings together foreign trained lawyers, German legal professionals, academics, policymakers, and diversity advocates under one roof. It is an evening built for inspiration and learning, for genuine exchange
and connection, and above all for the kind of actionable dialogue that moves our profession forward.
Whether you are newly arrived and finding your footing, well-established and ready to give back, or shaping the institutions that decide who gets to practice, there is a seat for you at this table.
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ABOUT THE
FTLG NETWORK
The FTLG Network is a professional community and a non-profit movement that connects, supports, and empowers lawyers who earned their qualifications outside Germany and now live, study, or work in Germany.
We exist to support newly migrated lawyers through mentorship, community, career guidance, and visibility, while advocating for a simpler, fairer licensing pathway in dialogue with institutions and
policymakers.
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Event Highlights
Theme: "Using Policy to Shape a More Internationally Competitive Legal Sector in Germany :
The Journey Towards the Recognition of Cross-Border Legal Qualificatio:
The centrepiece of Legal Lounge Frankfurt 2026 opens with a keynote address by Awet Tesfaiesus MdB, Member of the German Bundestag, followed immediately by a panel discussion bringing together voices from the Bundestag, Rechtsanwaltskammer Frankfurt, the Frankfurter Anwaltsvereine e.V (Frankfurt Bar Association), and Attorneys.
Together, they will examine the legislative, institutional, and structural levers available to drive meaningful change and what bold, forward-thinking policy can achieve in opening Germany's legal profession to greater diversity and international participation. The session concludes with audience Q&A.
The Journey Towards the Recognition of Cross-Border Legal Qualificatio:
The centrepiece of Legal Lounge Frankfurt 2026 opens with a keynote address by Awet Tesfaiesus MdB, Member of the German Bundestag, followed immediately by a panel discussion bringing together voices from the Bundestag, Rechtsanwaltskammer Frankfurt, the Frankfurter Anwaltsvereine e.V (Frankfurt Bar Association), and Attorneys.
Together, they will examine the legislative, institutional, and structural levers available to drive meaningful change and what bold, forward-thinking policy can achieve in opening Germany's legal profession to greater diversity and international participation. The session concludes with audience Q&A.
Beyond the keynote, Legal Lounge Frankfurt features two plenary sessions designed to equip participants with practical tools and honest guidance for building careers in the German legal market. A career expert from LinkedIn will address professional visibility and positioning, followed by a panel of practitioners, spanning law firms, in-house legal teams, and legal recruitment, sharing candid insight on integration, opportunity, and what it really takes to build a career in Germany as an internationally trained lawyer.
- Arbitration Lounge (hosted by Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer - HSF Kramer A practitioner-led deep dive into German and international arbitration practice exploring how cross-border training and exposure to multiple legal cultures is an asset, not an obstacle, in arbitration. Featuring leading voices from international law firms and the dispute resolution community.
- Data & AI Governance Lounge (hosted at Dentons) The fast-moving frontier of AI compliance and data regulation, one of the most accessible and in-demand entry points for foreign-trained lawyers into the German market. Panellists will unpack how to align the EU AI Act, GDPR, and German supervisory authority guidelines in practice, without slowing innovation.
- Arbitration Lounge (hosted by Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer - HSF Kramer A practitioner-led deep dive into German and international arbitration practice exploring how cross-border training and exposure to multiple legal cultures is an asset, not an obstacle, in arbitration. Featuring leading voices from international law firms and the dispute resolution community.
- Data & AI Governance Lounge (hosted at Dentons) The fast-moving frontier of AI compliance and data regulation, one of the most accessible and in-demand entry points for foreign-trained lawyers into the German market. Panellists will unpack how to align the EU AI Act, GDPR, and German supervisory authority guidelines in practice, without slowing innovation.
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