Gloria Sánchez Soriano, Head of Transformation – Legal Department, Santander Legal Business When our group general counsel, Óscar García Maceiras, joined two years ago, he came with the idea of renovating and…
Potential intelligence Legal Business Of all current technological innovations, artificial intelligence has undoubtedly generated the most hype, and the most fear. Wherever AI goes,…
Data Analysis: Part 1 Backing From the Business Legal Business When it comes to the implementation of technology for in-house legal departments, getting buy-in from the rest of the business…
Dr Volker Daum, General Counsel, B. Braun Group Legal Business We started using special legal software about five years ago. We work completely paperless and our system is based on…
Sarena Straus, Outside General Counsel and Legal Innovation Consultant Legal Business Not the usual route I started my career as a prosecutor, working with government for several years before I accidentally…
Nina Barakzai, General Counsel for Data Protection and Group Data Protection Officer, Unilever Legal Business GC: What are the main themes running through Unilever’s use of technology? Nina Barakzai (NB): Firstly, that tools should help…
Keeping your friends close Legal Business Unease with the anticipated digital and disaggregated future is real in many dusty corners of the legal profession, and with…
Data Analysis: Part 2 Big Budgets, Big Future Legal Business It’s no secret that general counsel are being asked to do more with less – in fact, that’s likely true…
Prof Christophe Roquilly, Dean for Faculty and Research, EDHEC Business School Legal Business The use of technology by in-house teams is evolving – particularly compared to what existed a few years ago, two…
Dr Alexander Steinbrecher, Head of group corporate, M&A and legal affairs, Bombardier Transportation Legal Business I would say that at Bombardier Transportation Group, we’re not using technology in the way we could be and should…
Emerging technology: Blockchain Legal Business The proliferation of blockchain technology has forced nearly every sector to re-examine traditional ways of doing business. Nowhere is the…
Professor Enrique Dans, Professor of Information Technologies and Systems, IE Business School Legal Business People tend to see technology as something that will allow them to get rid of the parts of their job…
Data Analysis: Part 3 Trickle-down innovation: redefining the firm-GC relationship Legal Business The pressure on general counsel to innovate could be having a trickle-down effect on the external legal advisers they instruct.…
Tobiasz Adam Kowalczyk, Head of Legal and Public Policy, Volkswagen Poznan Legal Business When I came to Volkswagen two years ago, I started auditing how we were handling cases and legal topics in…
A look ahead Legal Business Despite clear interest from the in-house community, the growth of legal tech hasn’t achieved the same blistering pace that fintech…
Data Analysis: Part 4 Positive Disruption Legal Business Much has been said about whether disruptive technologies could spell the end of the legal profession as we know it,…
Giulio Romanelli, Associate Partner, McKinsey & Company and John Pyall, Head of MGA Cockpit, Munich Re UK Legal Business GC: In the legal sector, many people describe the emergence of legal tech start-ups as ‘fintech’s little brother’. Could you…
Cristina Álvarez Fernández, Head of legal Europe, Cintra Legal Business We are exploring how to benefit from tools based on artificial intelligence within our legal department. We still haven’t found…
In conversation: Supriya Gogia, Legal Counsel, Asics Legal Business GC: Tell me about your role and how you came to be at Asics. Supriya Gogia (SG): Asics opened its…
Tencent On The Dollar Legal Business When Brent Irvin joined Tencent as group general counsel nearly nine years ago, the Chinese upstart company was already a…
