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Being not Just a General Counsel but also a Commercial Advisor
I am glad to share my experience and the challenges I am facing today, as the general counsel of a pharmaceutical company but not only that. I have been an...Read more

Viola Teppati
Corporate Lawyer and Key Account Manager, Contrad Swiss SA, Switzerland
Compliance Red Flags: What Companies Should Look Out For in Times of Change



Although we know that compliance is everyone’s responsibility, we also understand that company personnel are focused on their primary roles and responsibilities, and because of this, compliance requirements may not...Read more

Fabiana Lacerca-Allen
Chief Compliance Officer, Cipla, USA

Tatiyana Akers
Associate Director, Compliance, Aimmune Therapeutics, USA
Laura Hamm
Sr. Director, Corporate Compliance, Aimmune Therapeutics, USA

Brenda Crabtree
Director, Compliance Auditing and Monitoring, Aimmune Therapeutics, USA
In-House Counsel as Ethical Leaders
Ethical practices, and the need for directors and executives to consider more than a business’ bottom line when making decisions, has been a popular conversation of late. Community expectations of...Read more

Marion Hemphill
General Counsel , Australian Red Cross Blood Service, Australia
The “Ethics” of the Corrupt
C.S. Lewis is quoted as saying that education without values, as useful as it is, merely serves to make man a more cleverer devil. It is our own individual ethics...Read more
Howard Snoyman
Head: Legal and Ethics, Discovery Health Medical Scheme, South Africa
Keeping Pace: Updating Your Code of Ethics for the 21st Century Economy
It’s been said that the average person breaks the law -- unwittingly, of course! -- at least once a day. Civil liberties lawyer Harvey Silverglate claims it’s more like three...Read more

Christopher White
General Counsel & COO, AdvaMed, USA
In-house Counsel’s Role in Responding to a Data Privacy Breach
Every week more privacy and data security incidents are making headlines. Regardless of the quality of your organisation’s security controls and practices, if you have not already had to respond...Read more

Marion Hemphill
General Counsel , Australian Red Cross Blood Service, Australia
Tears and Cheers - Preliminary Legal Analysis on Patient Groups in China
Patient groups, also known as patient organizations, are non-profit organizations which focus on the interests of majority patients with a particular disease or condition. The roles and activities of patient...Read more

Xiangjun Kong
Head of Strategic Partnership (Previously Head of Legal), Sanofi China, China
Brexit: The In-House Counsel as Change Catalyst


As 2019 begins we are no clearer to knowing what Brexit will look like on 29 March 2019. With less than three months until the anticipated Brexit date, organizations of...Read more

Miriam Caley
Head of Legal - Ireland, Optum , Ireland
Clare O’Hare
PhD student, University of Notre Dame, Ireland
Benefits of a Global Mindset to the Administrative Backbone of an Intellectual Property Department 
The backbone of a well-functioning Intellectual Property department is made up of three major elements: the people, the systems and the processes that connect those people and systems.
This paper...Read more

Maja Schmitt
Head of Global Administration, Dsm , Netherlands
The Pros and Cons of Hiring Independent Contractors in an
Era of Regulatory Change

In today’s work-life balance driven culture, modern companies know that attracting great talent means embracing a variety of work styles and employment relationships. Along with that understanding is the knowledge...Read more

Katharine Dunn
General Counsel, Rising Medical Solutions, LLC, USA