‘Disruption’ was the topic of the Paris 2017 specialist conference by the Closely Held and Growing Business Enterprises Committee. This session continues that key dialogue in a lively and interactive format. Experts and the audience will discuss the specific legal challenges and needs that disruptors are facing worldwide, the high-value new skills this specific category of clients requires, different from those demanded by the traditional corporate client, and the legal approach of industries that are operating under a scenario of very fluid regulatory environments. Also, from the perspective of law firms, disruption is not only a client issue. The legal industry is also itself being disrupted with the development of: • new business models; • alternative firms; • the increasingly sophisticated legal process outsourcing (LPOs); • global integrated service providers; and • the expansion of new technologies, such as law on demand, apps and artificial intelligence.