GC Powerlist: Mexico Legal Business In a world experiencing both economic and political upheaval, North America remains a relative bastion of stability and prosperity globally,…
Riding the wave: how engaging with corporate sustainability can help GCs to demonstrate value Legal Business GC: Can you tell me about the UN Global Compact and what ‘sustainability’ means for businesses? Ursula Wynhoven (UW): The Global…
Perfect panelling for the post-public post Legal Business Royal Mail is rather like Unilever House, the grand 1930s neoclassical Art Deco building it inhabits on the north side…
What 18 years in-house taught me about how to advise clients Legal Business In late 1998, I stepped onto the seventh floor of Eleven Madison Avenue in New York City. I was interviewing…
GC Roundtable: Business as usual? Middle East Legal Business With a fall in commodity prices prompting fiscal pressures for businesses around the globe, it comes as no surprise that…
Focus on… Xerox Legal Business In 1981, Xerox devised and released the first computer (though Charles Babbage and Ada Lovelace might well disagree on this…
Who do you want to be? Legal Business I meet and spend time with many GC’s from both large, and not so large, organisations. It can be an…
Being uncomfortable Legal Business Any kind of change is a hard and often emotional process. There is generally a certain amount of challenge and…
Quantitative research analysis Legal Business In order to make the survey representative of the UK economy, we collected responses from a variety of job titles,…
Shaping diversity: part one Legal Business Strategic benefits These days, however, the landscape is not merely one of ‘greed is good’ and ‘may the best man…
Shaping diversity: part two Legal Business Initiatives In our quantitive survey of 250 in-house lawyers in the UK, agile or flexible working was perceived to be…
A CEO’s perspective on diversity and inclusion Legal Business Most of us agree that there is a clear business case for embedding diversity and inclusion deeper in our business.…
Shaping diversity: part three Legal Business The role of the in-house lawyer One thing which interested us in this research is how much the lawyer in…
Diversity – the external counsel perspective Legal Business The people in any business are the critical element in providing a competitive edge. As you will see in this…
Diversity toolkit Legal Business One aspect we felt was key in approaching this project was to have a certain amount of practical guidance. We…
Interview: Prash Naik, general counsel – legal, compliance and governance, Channel 4 Legal Business Prash Naik (PN): The 360° Diversity Charter was launched in January 2015, and it’s part of a five-year plan that puts…
Interview: Funke Abimbola, general counsel and company secretary, Roche Legal Business Funke Abimbola (FA): The focus of my diversity work has been within the legal profession, not Roche as a whole, because…
Interview: Michael Coates, head of legal UK and associate general counsel, Shell and Alan Buchanan, global vice president for HR – global functions, Shell Legal Business GC: Are there any diversity and inclusion initiatives specific to the legal team at Shell in the UK and globally? Alan…
Interview: Lawson Crawford, director of legal, UCL Business Plc Legal Business By diversity I mean all characteristics of identity including age, sex, race, gender and ability. It is strategically beneficial to…
Interview: Sarah Davis, group commercial legal director, Guardian Media Group Legal Business As a small legal team, it is easier to implement initiatives. Yes there are processes in the organisation, but there…
