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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
How to Sustain the Unstainable - Coping With a Blizzard of Demands

Despite the long hours and relatively high rates of burn out within the legal profession, there is often still a lack of support for in house lawyers working under extreme...Read more

Richard Reade
General Counsel, Coats Group, 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
Mr. Mc Namara’s Legacy: Payment Cards as one of the Greatest Financial Devices of all Times 
This paper intends to provide an overview of the basics around payment cards as a financial product, commonly offered by banking entities and payment service providers, which hopefully is helpful...Read more

Sancho Guibert
Associate General Counsel, Citibank, Spain
Branding for Legal Departments: What, When, and How?

Many legal departments do branding exercises once in a while. It often consists of a workshop (or a series of workshops) to define the department’s identity, mission, vision, and values;...Read more

Antoine Henry de Frahan
Managing Director, Frahan & Associates, Belgium
Lawyers, General Counsels & Boards – The Next Level of Partnership

Global headhunting firm Korn Ferry describes today’s general counsels (GCs) as bringing more to the table than just their legal knowledge and expertise. The GC role requires the individuals to...Read more

Jeffery Tan
Group General Counsel & Chief Sustainability Officer , Jardine Cycle & Carriage Limited, Singapore
ESG - General Counsels as the Watchdog, Champion or Leader?
When the Bank I work for commenced its most recent annual strategy process, I was asked by the CEO to create the strategy for the Bank in response to two...Read more

Richard Bryan
General Counsel, Cambridge & Counties Bank Limited, UK
Indian Corporates & the General Counsel

Where do we begin? Do we talk about the various stages through which the evolution of in-house counsel has been? Or, do we first look at the corporates who thought...Read more

Prasanna Mysore
Lawyer, Arbitrator, Mediator., India

Amba Prasad
Head of Legal Services, L&t Construction, Larsen & Toubro, India
The General Counsels Changing Role in ESG Transformation within the Mining and Extractives Industries
The concept of ‘Sustainability’, also known as ‘ESG’ (environmental, social, and governance) has become not only a global buzz word, but has functioned as a compass for companies across industries,...Read more

Victoria Usova
Group Legal Counsel, Central Asia Metals, UK
Lawyer Leaders, Kindness & Mental Health
As our world emerges from the global COVID-19 pandemic that has transformed (and in some cases ravaged) the lives of many at every level, many leaders and those they lead...Read more

Jeffery Tan
Group General Counsel & Chief Sustainability Officer , Jardine Cycle & Carriage Limited, Singapore