The session will present the preliminary results of research on who – technology firms, law firms, the Big Four multidisciplinary firms, universities, startups and disrupters – is teaming up with whom and on what basis – exclusive, non-exclusive, global, selective. In short, how are the various ‘movers and shakers’ positioning themselves in the legal ecosystem. The session will include presentations from leading academics who are keeping a close eye on and tracking the legal ecosystem, concentrating on the Big Four multidisciplinary firms and the largest and most innovative law firms. It will address how the new and evolving legal ecosystem will affect legal education and the way it is delivered, as well as subsequent professional development. The session will also include a discussion of how this new and evolving legal ecosystem is affecting and will affect law firm management, and what new structures are most suitable for the delivery of legal services and to whom, and how practical such structures are given different legal and ethical systems.