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In-House Lawyers are Evolving From Legal Brain to Corporate Conscience
For decades, the General Counsel (GC) occupied the periphery of corporate life: a risk-averse technician of contracts and compliance. Those days are gone. In an age of regulatory scrutiny, geopolitical...Read more

Jeffery Tan
Group General Counsel & Chief Sustainability Officer , Jardine Cycle & Carriage Limited, Singapore
AI and IP Strategy – The On-Going Transformation of Innovation and Value Creation



This article is based on the panel discussion “IP Strategy and AI – Industry Perspective,” which Sonja London moderated at the Helsinki IP Summit 2025.
The discussion brought together IP...Read more

Pirke Fustinoni
Vice President IP & Tech Legal, Metso Corporation, Finland

Sonja London
Founder, Advisor, Fearless IP, Finland

Mika Timmerbacka
Director of Intellectual Property, UPM-Kymmene, Finland

Heidi Adler
Director, Intellectual Property Rights, ORION Corporation, Finland
Arbitrator and Performance Standards in Multiparty Arbitrations
Much of the action and decisions in multiparty construction arbitrations are rooted in the arbitral tribunal’s performance. The arbitral tribunal’s performance standards are contextualised of the arbitrator’s case management skills...Read more

Dimitrios Athanasakis
Vice President - Corporate Counsel, Hill International N.V., Netherlands
The rationality of legislators and business realities in M&A processes – the changing role of in-house lawyers – from advisors to strategic partners.jpg&w=256&q=75)
The current regulatory environment in the European Union, but also in Poland, poses challenges for businesses that go beyond the traditional legal framework. Dynamic legislative changes, often introduced without public...Read more
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Magdalena Kawczynska
Legal Director/CEE&Baltics , Ayvens, Poland
Herding Cats – Engaging External Counsel
In this article I explore the challenges and opportunities faced by in-house lawyers in effectively engaging and working with their private practice counterparts. Managing professionals working together in a law...Read more

Clive Davies
Legal Business Consultant, Clive Davies Consulting, UK
Visa-based labor migration in modern Russia: Maintaining an open labor market under external restrictions
Labor migration has long been a normal and necessary part of any country's economy. For many countries, it means not only an influx of labor, but also access to knowledge,...Read more
Anastasia Maslova
Lawyer, LEVINE Bridge LLC, Russia
Addressing Mental Health in the Legal Workplace of Tomorrow
Mental health in the legal workplace has become a critical issue in recent years, with increasing awareness of its impact on productivity, employee wellbeing and organisational resilience. As workplaces evolve...Read more

Jeffery Tan
Group General Counsel & Chief Sustainability Officer , Jardine Cycle & Carriage Limited, Singapore
In-House Counsel’s Roles, Responsibilities and Accountabilities to the Board of Directors
There may be attempts by other senior management to unduly influence, or even control, in-house counsel, such that in-house counsel may reasonably believe that their professional legal duties and obligations...Read more

Richard Leblanc
President, Boardexpert com Inc, Canada
Good Licensing Practices

Over the last few centuries, groundbreaking inventions have changed the way we live, travel, and communicate. From the transition from horse-drawn carriages to modern trains and electric scooters, to the...Read more

Marta Barba
Marketing and Business Intelligence Director, Fractus S.A, Spain

Josep Pujals
Licensing Director, Fractus S.A, Spain
Deal Structuring – Practical Considerations

In recent years, the mergers and acquisitions (M&A) landscape in India has undergone a marked transformation, both in volume and in complexity. There has been a noticeable rise in corporate...Read more

Vikas Agarwal
Co-Founder, LegaLogic Consulting, India
Prachi Khatri
Senior Legal Advisor, LegaLogic Consulting, India