Scrum time – Can agile project management deliver for GCs? Alex Speirs Business is full of buzzwords, and among the buzziest of the last few years is ‘agile’. The traditional project management…
From start-up to established: du-ing it the right way Alex Speirs Of the two telecoms operators in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), du – officially Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company – is…
GC to C-suite – How one veteran lawyer crossed the floor Alex Speirs For many lawyers, much of the draw to move in-house is the opportunity to play a more direct role in…
Start-ups in India – Reaping what you sow Alex Speirs 2018 was a good year for Indian entrepreneurs. The world’s third-largest start-up ecosystem saw its base expand by 12-15% and…
Project India – Meet the GCs charged with building on a vast scale Alex Speirs As the world’s second most populous country, India accounts for 17.5% of the world’s population. And it is rapidly catching…
State of play – In-house tech perspectives Alex Speirs Between the reams of paper (literal and virtual) spent discussing how technology will affect the legal profession and the thousands…
Three GC perspectives on change Alex Speirs Gloria Sánchez Soriano, head of transformation – legal department, Santander When our group general counsel (GC), Óscar García Maceiras, joined…
Corporations with benefits – Assessing the rise of US public benefit companies Alex Speirs When looking for good in the world, corporate governance law is not the most obvious place to train your eye.…
Tom Johnson, Federal Communications Commission Alex Speirs I have always been attracted to public service. A number of my colleagues from my time at Gibson Dunn had…
No more firsts – Reflections of the first female counsel to the White House Alex Speirs There can be few legal roles in the US of as much significance and substance as White House counsel. And…
Asia GC perspective – Tencent on the dollar Alex Speirs When Brent Irvin joined Tencent as group general counsel (GC) nearly nine years ago, the Chinese upstart was already a…
Special territory: Fintech in Hong Kong Alex Speirs ‘You have to, to serve these markets, re-imagine how money can be managed and moved, because there’s going to be…
Grieve on Brexit: No great advantage Alex Speirs Alex Speirs: Now less than a year out from the UK’s scheduled withdrawal from the EU, how would you characterise…
The new space race Alex Speirs ‘For the eyes of the world now look into space, to the moon and to the planets beyond, and we…
Banking on change Alex Speirs When the global financial crisis struck in 2008, the impact reverberated far beyond the traditional financial centres of the West.…
