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In-House Legal Counsel and Enterprise Risk Management
No investment can be effective in the long term without proper risk management, and the outcomes of inadequate risk management turned out to be expensive. So from a certain perspective...Read more
Zhang Jianbin
In-House Counsel, China Telecom, China
Managing an International Legal Department
Managing a legal department comes with a certain set of challenges. Managing a legal department across multiple sites adds to the challenges. Managing a legal department across multiple sites spanning...Read more
Diane Rodgers
General Counsel, AIG Canada, Canada
A Simple Yet Effective Guide to Managing a Team
There is a wealth of books on management techniques in every bookshop as well as a plethora of academic research into this area. Even if one had the time to...Read more
Rachel Cunningham-Day
Director Legal, Markit, UK
In-House Counsels Should be More Engaged with the Business They Represent
I recently attended a seminar organised by the Commerce & Industry London Group called Enhance your Influence. I truly enjoyed it and thoroughly recommend it to any in-house counsel as...Read more
Dan Rhodes
In-House Counsel, Pitney Bowes, UK
Law as business in the UK and the third legal community
Two hundred years or so ago the industrial revolution and explosion of commerce lead to the legal profession of the attorney or solicitor joining that of the bar. The...Read more
Mike Butcher
General Counsel and Company Secretary, Veolia Environment UK Limited, UK
Managing Reward Satisfaction of In-House Counsel: Lessons from an empirical study of in-house Counsel in Australia
Perceptions of remuneration and reward can play an important role in employee behaviours, motivation, engagement, performance, retention and ultimately organisational productivity. They can also call into question the alignment between...Read more
Michael Johnston
Group Head of Employee Relations & Special Counsel , Westpac Banking Corporation , Australia
Telecommunications: The challenges of In-house Legal Departments in an environment of constant technology innovation and regulatory changes.
Law schools usually teach future lawyers to work based on a very important tool: case law, that is, the collection of reported cases and their decisions that throughout the years...Read more
Ricardo Lagreca
Legal Manager, Sky Brasil Serviçosa., Brazil
Challenges and opportunities for corporate counsel in a distressed market
Current stresses in markets and the daily industry and worldwide financial developments generated by such stresses raise specific challenges for corporate counsel which I have attempted to detail below in...Read more
Catherine Kearns
Vice President - Legal, ORIX Aviation Systems Limited, Ireland
The independence of the in house lawyer - a warning from history
I recall that my strict adherence to Solicitors Code of Conduct by describing my employers as “my client” , in the conduct of written correspondence on behalf of my employers,...Read more
Anthony Philpott
Barrister, Barrister (Direct Public Access and Authorised Litigator) UK - AP Legal Direct , UK
How law firms can develop more effective client relationships
General Counsel today, in addition to the traditional myriad of responsibilities, are business unit managers, in much the same way as line management. Accordingly, General Counsel are also responsible for...Read more
Brian Swartz
EVP, Legal & Commercial, Aecon Group Inc., Canada