Working in a centralized legal department, providing legal advice for global business

In-house legal departments serve as the company’s guardians of risk mitigation and internal regulations, balancing the boundaries set by applicable laws and the company’s individual risk portfolio with the company’s...Read more

Svenja Partu
General Counsel, thyssenkrupp Polysius GmbH, Germany
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
Lawyers, Loneliness & Mental Health
In a world that seems more connected than ever, loneliness remains a prevalent silent issue affecting individuals across all walks of life. While technology has brought people closer through digital...Read more

Jeffery Tan
Group General Counsel & Chief Sustainability Officer , Jardine Cycle & Carriage Limited, Singapore
Covid-19 - Trends and Impact on Labor Market
When Covid-19 spread around the world no one could predict the extension and the impact on global economy.
As an unprecedent event, the world had to adapt and learn very quickly...Read more

Claudia Marufuji
Legal Director, Flextronics International Tecnologia , Brazil
Future of Work in an Age of Automation, Artificial Intelligence and Technology 
I wrote this article to create greater awareness of the interconnection between work and technology and as a small contribution towards the wider, collective efforts for a human-centric future with...Read more

James Lau
Singapore
Putting CISG-Based Sales Terms and Conditions into Practice
When an international company grows through the acquisition of small independently run businesses, ingrained and traditional procedures are not easily standardized. In the case at hand, standardizing sales terms and...Read more

Cathy Lynn Danzer
Compliance Counsel, Danzer Holding AG, Austria
LGBTQ Diversity & Inclusion in the Legal Profession: The Basics and Beyond

In the past decade, much has changed for those who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, or queer (LGBTQ). LGBTQ characters are frequently featured in movies, broadcast and cable television...Read more

Wesley Bizzell
Senior Assistant General Counsel and Managing Director of Political Law & Ethics Programs, Altria Client Services , USA
2 Essential Personality Traits In-House Counsels Need to Thrive and Succeed in an Age of Artificial Intelligence and in a Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and Ambiguous World
Having set out my perspective on the impact and implications of artificial intelligence, machine learning and technology on the legal profession in Asia, and having highlighted the need for...Read more

James Lau
Singapore
How In-House Counsels in Asia can Thrive and Succeed in an Age of Artificial Intelligence and in a Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and Ambiguous World
Having set out my perspective on the impact and implications of artificial intelligence, machine learning and technology on the legal profession in Asia, let me share my own personal...Read more

James Lau
Singapore
Legal Perspectives on Predictive Maintenance: A Case Study

The “fourth industrial revolution” is impacting manufacturing systems, leading conventional industry into an hyper-connected world of sensors, metrics and data flows inside and outside the factories. Such augmented complexity goes...Read more

Corrado Druetta
Senior Legal Counsel , COMAU S.p.A., Italy