Astrid Kohlmeier is a trained lawyer and designer and is internationally recognized as a legal design pioneer based in Munich, Germany. She runs the legal design consultancy AK Legal Design. As co-author of 'The Legal Design Book', she advises legal departments, law firms (e.g. Clifford Chance, Linklaters, Beiersdorf, Merck, Airbus, Post CH and others) and judicial institutions on the development of user-centric legal solutions with a focus on innovation and digital transformation. She is a member and lecturer of the Executive Faculty at the Bucerius Center on the Legal Profession, co-founder of the non-profit organization Liquid Legal Institute, founding member of the Legal Design Journal, speaker at relevant conferences worldwide and collaborates with a global network of legal designers.