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Earnouts: Advantages, Disadvantages and How to Structure Them
Mergers and acquisitions professionals often disagree on whether the use of earnouts is advisable for completing business acquisitions. Although earnouts can certainly help the parties complete a deal, experience has...Read more
Roque Romero
Regional General Counsel - Europe, Agility Logistics, Switzerland
Innovation Starts with Legal: How In House Lawyers can serve a Company beyond a Traditional Legal Role




Have you ever had a project that involved business issues, challenged the status quo and pushed your legal skills to the limit? You are not alone. In fact, there are...Read more

Nishat Ruiter
General Counsel, TED Conferences, USA
Richard Anthony
VP Managing Assistant General Counsel, CA Technologies, Australia
Sharyn Dodson
VP Managing Assistant GC, CA Technologies, UK
Thomas Konowalczyk
VP Associate GC, CA Technologies, Germany
Charles Blackburn
VP Managing Assistant GC, CA Technologies, USA
Becoming a True Partner to the Business
CEOs and directors today demand a general counsel who operates as a partner to the business, as involved in strategy formulation and execution as any member of the company’s senior...Read more

Julie Preng
Managing Director, Legal Specialty Practice, Korn Ferry, USA
In-house v. Outside Counsel: Best of both worlds
Gone are the days when in-house counsels send out all relevant cases to just one outside counsel, with whom it had a good and solid relationship built over years and...Read more
Lisette Leuftink
Corporate Legal Counsel, Transavia Airlines C.V., Netherlands
Great Expectations: The Changing Role of In-house Counsel and the Rise of the Legal Business Executive
Within the legal community there has been increased commentary on the changing nature of the role played by in-house counsel inside the businesses they serve. At the same time, those...Read more
Vicki Bradin
Associate General Counsel, Misys, UK
Lead, Follow or Get Out of the Way: Eyeing The Future: Proactive Total Information Governance®
The current paradigm in eDiscovery revolves around the benefits of “predictive coding”, “automated document classification”, or any number of synonyms for this type of technology assisted review (TAR). This technology...Read more

Linda Sharp
Associate General Counsel, ZL Technologies Inc, USA
Managing the Decline - The Role of the General Counsel in a Faltering Company
In the current complex business environment, the vast majority of companies who must sell themselves to preserve some remaining value, or those who fail to sell and experience either a...Read more
Mitch Baruchowitz
General Counsel, Abadi & Co. Group, USA
Entry to the Russian Market. First Step. First Challenge
The World Trade Organization (WTO) is an international organization based on the principles of liberalism and which its main aim is to regulate the rules of international trade. One of...Read more
Olga Kulikova
Senior Counsel, Nord Imperial (ONGC group), Russia
Training Courses for International Legal Departments
Managing an International Legal team spread out across various regions, countries and time zones comes with a unique set of challenges. How can a manager inspire the team to a...Read more
Diane Rodgers
General Counsel, AIG Canada, Canada
General Counsel: Challenge to Stay Focused in a World of Organizational Distractions, Limitations and Restrictions
The General Counsel of any organization plays a vital role in the success—or failure—of the organization, and his or her responsibilities legitimately span the full spectrum of that organization’s activities...Read more
Bruce Ortwine
General Counsel (retired), Americas; Adviser, Global Legal and Compliance (Retired), Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Limited and Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc., USA