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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
Managing an Effective Investment Bank Legal Department
The role of an investment bank legal department head who manages both financing and capital markets transactions is twofold. It is in the first instance a defensive role, focused on...Read more
Hubert de Vauplane
General Counsel, Credit Agricole S.A., France
In-house Legal Counsel in a Bank: Tasks and Chances
With this article we intend to show the role of in-house legal counsel in an Italian bank, with a particular focus on the specific problems it has to face in...Read more
Luca Bonzanini
General Counsel, UBI Banca S.c.p.a., Italy
Implications of Counterfeiting and Piracy for European Competitiveness, Innovation, Economic Growth and Job Losses
Over the years, counterfeiting has become the greatest threat to established trademarks, and therefore brands, across all industry sectors. In the late ‘80s, it was viewed together, with its big...Read more
Richard Heath
Managing Director, Richard Heath (Ip) Associates, UK
Managing External Legal Resources
In today's world, obtaining the best legal support from both internal and external resources is a constant challenge. During the past ten years it has become the norm for this...Read more
Richard Tapp
Former: Company Secretary and Director of Legal Services, Carillion, UK
Pitfalls of Email Marketing
This article touches on several subjects related to the use of commercial email in today's business environment. First, it addresses the current state of advertising and marketing via email. Second,...Read more
John Lawless
Corporate Counsel, Omega World Travel, USA
Restructuring In-House Counsel's Utilization of Law Firms: Reducing Legal Spend without Increasing Risk
Traditional assumptions underpinning the outsourcing of all aspects of cases to law firms by in-house counsel should be revisited in view of recent seismic changes in the legal environment. Law...Read more
Mark A. Cohen
Chief Executive Officer, Legal Mosaic, UK
Mark Besser
Chief Technology Officer/Partner , Qualitas Knowledge Management, USA
How To Run Your In-House Legal Department Like a Profit Center
I have always had a love of business, even when I knew I wanted to be a lawyer. Reality set in at my first in-house position, during the height of...Read more
Susan Diehl
Partner, Trinitas Advisors, USA