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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
Real People, Real Problems.. .Real Solutions
KCC (Kent County Council) Legal Services has thrown off the traditional mantle of public sector lawyers. Whilst remaining faithful to the needs of our core corporate client, we have undergone...Read more
Geoff Wild
Director of Governance & Law, Kent County Council, UK
From Sellafield to the States and back again: The journey of BNFL and the effect on its in-house legal services
This paper will discuss the development and ultimate decline of BNFL, a Government owned public limited company in the nuclear sector, and its in house legal team. It considers the...Read more
Sue Quint
Group Legal Director, Bnfl, UK
From Private Practice to In-house - Making the Transition
Most people think that being in private practice is much more demanding or difficult than being in-house. In many ways this is true, such as routine working hours, complexity of...Read more
Alice Chan
General Counsel, Pacific Century Premium Developments, Hong Kong