Women’s Group Meeting - San Jose, California
The MI Women’s Group met in March for its Americas meeting, bringing a strong mix of perspectives from across the network. Hosted by Hoge Fenton, discussions ranged from sport and events through career paths and leadership moving through shifting career paths and the evolving expectations of the legal profession. Conversations continued over lunch and into the evening, where experiences were shared openly and connections strengthened.
Emerging Leaders meeting in Kuala Lumpur
Emerging Leaders from Latin America, Africa, Europe and Asia gathered in Kuala Lumpur in March and the the programme was packed. We explored practical networking, building your professional “tribe”, recognising genuine opportunities, protecting intellectual property, and the growing role of AI in shaping legal practice. Perhaps the most powerful reflection of the week was this: what do you truly deliver for your clients? It’s Asia, so of course there was karaoke. Thanks all to our generous and fabulously creative Malaysian hosts at RAMCSS.
The MI Map in Motion
An early start to this year’s informal meetups has already seen MI member firms connecting across Mauritius, Chile, Cyprus, South Korea and Poland. These face-to-face conversations, without agendas or presentations, remain one of the most effective ways the network strengthens professional trust. When members meet in person, understanding deepens, referrals move more naturally, and cross-border collaboration becomes commercially stronger. If you are travelling, we encourage you to use the interactive member map to identify colleagues in your destination jurisdiction and arrange a meeting.
View the MI member map here: https://www.mackrell.net/firms/map/ Read the full story here
Exploring ideas, comparing experiences, testing assumptions. Our final Emerging Leaders meeting of 2025 enjoyed the warm hospitality of Mackrell Solicitors who created a setting that encouraged open conversation and fresh thinking. Our ELs explored ideas, compared experiences, tested their assumptions and began to see more clearly the direction they might take in a profession that never sits still.
The group moved easily across cultures and generations, supported by the simple strength of being in the same room.
Ram Caroline Sha & Syah will host our 2026 Emerging Leaders meeting in Kuala Lumpur from 12 to 14 March.
Sometimes it’s not about the big things…
One of the real strengths of our network is the way members make time for each other when travel or client work brings them into the same city.
These meetings are rarely grand or formal, yet they often do more to strengthen relationships than months of emails or calls. Being in the same room gives conversations a different quality. You learn how someone thinks, you talk and laugh together, you get a feel for their market, and trust builds in a way that helps everyone work better and more closely.
Do you want to feel valued, part of something significant – both as a human being and as a lawyer?
Yes, at Mackrell International we put ‘human being’ first, because we’re not corporate or legal robots – because it’s our common humanity that connects us, it’s what matters most and, let’s face it, it’s what all the business in the world is built on. So it’s at our core – we can support each other and our clients, wherever they are in the world.
Do you want your law firm (and by extension, your clients) to be part of a community - a thriving, supportive, international ecosystem linked on multiple levels?
Sure – we are business and client-focused and referrals and advice hum between us, but we do so much more than that - we share insight, experience and create opportunity.
You can find out more here.
