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A Lawyer’s New Year Resolution Working to Overcome Sustainability Fatigue

Now that the year-end festivities are behind us, one should be refreshed, renewed, and reinvigorated to start the new year.
That’s the theory.
For those who are involved in sustainability matters (be...Read more

Jeffery Tan
Group General Counsel & Chief Sustainability Officer , Jardine Cycle & Carriage Limited, Singapore
Transform Your Legal Department with Legal Design
According to Daniel Pink in a Whole new mind, “Mastering of design, empathy, play and other seemingly “soft” aptitudes is now the main way for individuals and firms to stand...Read more

Severine Chaudru
EMEA Legal & Compliance Manager, Steelcase Inc., France
Lawyers Doing Good in the Community
Lawyers are not always cast in positive light. Often unfairly.
One of William Shakespeare's most famous literacy lines is the sentence from Henry VI, Part 2, Act IV, Scene 2,...Read more

Jeffery Tan
Group General Counsel & Chief Sustainability Officer , Jardine Cycle & Carriage Limited, Singapore
Tackling Change from Within an In-House Legal Function


Different Different, But Same: the Magic Mix for Change to be a Catalyst for Success
“Same Same, but Different” is an expression heard regularly in Thailand (and elsewhere), often used when...Read more

Maximilian Henkensiefken
Head of LEG Technology Operations, Amadeus, Germany

Sandra Kilbourne
Chief Risk & Compliance Officer and lead Operations & Transformation in LEG, Amadeus, Germany

Diana Kraft
VP & Deputy General Counsel, Amadeus, Spain
Lawyers, Workplace, Mental Health & Psychological Safety
In 2022, the European Union agency for occupational safety and health (EU-OSHA) conducted its ‘Flash Eurobarometer – OSH Pulse survey’, interviewing over 27,000 employed workers on the phone across all...Read more

Jeffery Tan
Group General Counsel & Chief Sustainability Officer , Jardine Cycle & Carriage Limited, Singapore
Building an Elite In-house Legal Department
I have served in three general counsel roles in different industries over the past 27 years, including most recently for two decades with CF Industries (NYSE:CF). CF is an international...Read more

Douglas Barnard
EVP, Corporate Development and Legal Advisor, CF Industries, USA
The Art of Managing Within, Easier Said Than Done
Businesses of all sectors and sizes require legal advice and risk management. Over time, in-house legal / corporate legal has evolved tremendously from traditional and low on tech department to...Read more

Vikram Pakki
Manager, Legal, Colt Technology Services India Private Limited., India
Creating Effective and Sustainable Outside Counsel Relationships
One of the most important challenges facing international in-house counsel is building and sustaining effective relationships with outside counsel across multiple jurisdictions. By “effective” I mean those which result in...Read more

Michael Fawlk
Founder & CEO, Exemplify Consulting LLC, Switzerland
Negotiating Commercial Agreements

Home advantage is an oft-quoted adage which might work well in the sports world, but might be a false friend in negotiations. In blunt terms, it’s really hard to walk...Read more
Christopher Parr
Director, The Legal Director, UK
Don’t Waste All your Lawyer’s Time on Legal Matters
Hire In-House General Counsel, Because You are Adding Four Key Workhorses All in One
1. A broad technical expert in all the engineering and science aspects of your company.
2. An unconventional...Read more
Paul Grahovac
Building Envelope Codes, Standards and Field Support, General Counsel, Director of New Business Develo, PROSOCO Inc, USA