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The Role of General Counsel in the Public Sector
It is imperative that large organisations in the public sector, as well as the private sector, retain at all times a focus on good governance and upon the lawfulness of...Read more

Geoff Wild
Director of Governance & Law, Kent County Council, UK
Business for the Rule of Law 
I will start with a bold statement; I think the law is one of the most fantastic, wondrous achievements in the history of human civilization! Even lawyers often don’t recognize...Read more

Ian McDougall
EVP & General Counsel, LexisNexis, USA
Everything You Know About Lawyer Selection is Wrong: Big Data Analyzes Litigation

The Brad Pitt film, Moneyball, portrays Billy Beane baseball team manager of the Oakland A’s struggling against accepted dogma in player selection. Beane’s insight was to use already available player...Read more

Toby Unwin
Chief Innovation Officer, Premonition LLC, USA
Optimising Value from the In-house Legal Function
As organisations face increasing regulation, complexity and globalisation without corresponding increases in resources, the structure, management and resourcing of the organisation’s legal department becomes ever more important. In-house legal teams...Read more

Claudine Boast
Commercial Counsel, Spectris, UK
Making the Leap: Being a Lawyer in a Non-Legal Role

Maybe the business unit you support as in-house counsel is so impressed with your work that they want you to join them. Maybe you work long hours and look longingly...Read more

Erika Ringseis
Manager, Compliance, Diversity & Mobility , TransCanada PipeLines Limited, Canada
Consigliere, Juggler and Business Partner - Today's In House Lawyer
“…I don't want a Lawyer to tell me what I cannot do; I hire him to tell me how to do what I want to do.”
J.P. Morgan’s thoughts...Read more
Faiz Chapra
General Manager Legal, Engro Corporation, Pakistan
Lawyering in the Online Gambling Sector Part 2 - Non-legal Aspects of the In-house Work
Being an in-house lawyer does not only require top class knowledge of a requisite number of different areas of law but also an in-depth understanding of the products sold by...Read more

Martin Lycka
Legal Counsel , The Betfair Group , UK
Getting to the Heart of The Business: How Legal is Moving up The Value Chain: Driving Efficiency and Effectiveness in a Global Legal Team
In the post financial crisis world of greater regulatory scrutiny and a stronger focus on corporate governance and compliance, the enforced modus operandi for many legal and regulatory teams is...Read more

Ruth Daniels
General Counsel, CPA Global Management Services Limited, UK
Work Smarter, Not Harder: Leveraging Technology to Address Common Legal Department Tasks

When implemented correctly, technology and technological developments can be leveraged to increase legal department efficiency and productivity, and can reduce legal department spend. Our article will describe how CEVA Logistics...Read more

John Price
Global Litigation & Compliance Counsel, CEVA Logistics, USA

Rebecca Schutt
Compliance & Records Manager (Global), CEVA Logistics, USA
Connecting Lawyers for the Legal Workplace of Tomorrow
After two years into a three-year transformation program, Atos’ legal department, supported by its management team has created an integrated legal department which works effectively, each lawyer becoming an innovative...Read more
Alexandre Menais
EVP Group General Counsel, Atos International, France