# CLOCWise 2025 Recap and Looking Ahead to 2026  With Europe

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Podcast: [CLOC Talk](https://stenobird.com/podcast/cloc-talk-977401)
Published: 2026-01-29T07:30:00+00:00
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## Resource

CLOC Talk continues its Clockwise: Year in Review & What’s Next series with a spotlight on Europe—highlighting 2025 as a year of intentional investment, partnerships, and community-building across the region. Host Oyango Snell is joined by Sean Houston, Head of Legal Operations at Heineken and a key leader in CLOC’s European strategy, to discuss the growth of legal ops across the Benelux and beyond, and why Europe’s community culture—open knowledge-sharing, practical takeaways, and “rising tide lifts all ships”—has become a powerful engine for progress. The episode looks ahead to an ambitious 2026, including the CLOC Europe Summit on February 5, 2026 in London , the launch of the Germany chapter , and the continued expansion of member-driven formats like CLOC Around the Table dinners. Sean also previews new regional programming such as CLOC Connect in the Netherlands—bringing together in-house teams, law firms, vendors, and ALSPs/consultants to tackle real operational challenges like outside counsel management—reinforcing CLOC’s focus on practical learning, local relevance, and whole-ecosystem collaboration.

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