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How not to get Lost in Translation: A Beginners Guide to In-House Lawyers Setting up Legal Functions in Japan


Challenger’s Head of Legal, Product - Andrew Goldstein and Senior Legal Counsel, Jarrod Brooks discuss some of the legal and other challenges they faced in connection with expanding beyond borders...Read more

Jarrod Brooks
Senior Legal Counsel, Challenger Limited, Australia

Andrew Goldstein
Head of Legal, Product, Challenger Limited, Australia
Making it Stick: How to Provide Legal Advice that Influences Business Decisions

As attorneys, determining the most risk-averse legal advice to give to our business partners often comes naturally. After all, we have both academic and professional experience in considering legal questions.
But...Read more

Joshua Axelrod
Brand Counsel, Celgene Corporation, USA
The Proactive Approach to Intellectual Property
In-house counsel play a crucial role when developing and managing a company’s intellectual property portfolio. For example, through leading in the development and management of an effective and robust intellectual...Read more

Richard Sedory
General Counsel, Wastequip, USA
Metric Programs for In-house Counsel Work
Numbers don’t tell a story. We tell a story about the numbers.
In-house attorneys are under increasing pressure to produce numbers – metrics - which measure their work. The pressure comes...Read more
Suzanne Miller
Director and Managing Counsel, HP Inc., USA
PEP Talk: Dealing with a Politically Exposed Person on your Team

The concept of Politically Exposed Person (PEP) figures prominently in the know-your-customer due diligence required of financial institutions in the fight against bribery, corruption, money laundering and terrorism finance. By...Read more

Jürg Gassmann
Principal, Gassmann Consulting, Ireland
Legal Implications of Sustainable Value Chains for the Multi-National Company


Evolving international regulations are driving sustainability innovation and improvement in many value chains. Additionally, business-to-business relationships are further creating voluntary self-regulatory influences. This is impacting and complicating supply chain decisions...Read more

Deborah Eldridge
Law Professor, Saint Petersburg College, USA

Wende Huehn-Brown
Professor, Saint Petersburg College, USA
Client Centricity & the In-House Lawyer 
The practice of law has evolved, particularly given the advent of significant technological advances, enhancements, and the evolving nature of the business world. Twenty years ago, first year law students’...Read more

Kari Loeser
Senior Counsel, Jazz Pharmaceuticals , USA
In-House Counsel as a Business Partner: A Middle East Perspective

In a constantly developing commercial landscape, the role of the In-house lawyer is also adapting. Not only are in-house lawyers in every industry expected to know the law, but also...Read more
Asim Habib
Senior Legal Counsel, Abb , UAE
The Challenges In-House Lawyers Face Today 
A few years ago it was quite simple to be an in-house lawyer. Basically, the lawyers were hired to manage litigation, give advice and counsel to support all areas of...Read more

Claudia Marufuji
Legal Director, Flextronics International Tecnologia , Brazil
How Legal Departments can Strategically Contribute to Corporate Success

“Historically, the in-house counsel position was considered a dusty professional legal service essentially dealing with dispute resolution; rarely was the in-house counsel expected to be involved in strategic thinking”....Read more

Christian Haitz
Group Chief Legal & Compliance Officer , Heritage B, Switzerland