Significant matters – Winter 2019 Legal Business Lloyds primed for new year panel shake-up Lloyds Banking Group is looking at slimming its UK roster with a number…
Whatever happened to PRIME? Legal Business ‘Forgive my ignorance, can you tell me what you mean by PRIME? What is it exactly?’ asks one partner at…
Whatever happened to PRIME? Legal Business ‘Forgive my ignorance, can you tell me what you mean by PRIME? What is it exactly?’ asks one partner at…
Cutting teeth Legal Business What are the key priorities and challenges in the first 100 days of being a GC? This was the main…
Cutting teeth Legal Business What are the key priorities and challenges in the first 100 days of being a GC? This was the main…
Under the influence Legal Business Being risk savvy and commercially aware is the equivalent of ‘leaning in’ for today’s in-house lawyer. Can one do this…
Under the influence Legal Business Being risk savvy and commercially aware is the equivalent of ‘leaning in’ for today’s in-house lawyer. Can one do this…
From monkey to organ grinder Legal Business Sabine Chalmers was concerned about coming back to the UK. Absent for more than two decades, most recently in the…
From monkey to organ grinder Legal Business Sabine Chalmers was concerned about coming back to the UK. Absent for more than two decades, most recently in the…
Tencent on the dollar Legal Business When Brent Irvin joined Tencent as group general counsel nine years ago, the Chinese upstart was already a tech wunderkind,…
Tencent on the dollar Legal Business When Brent Irvin joined Tencent as group general counsel nine years ago, the Chinese upstart was already a tech wunderkind,…
Significant matters Legal Business Pearson revisits adviser panel Pearson has elected to consolidate its legal adviser panels into new ‘general’ and ‘preferred’ rosters, moving…
The discerning customer Legal Business In April last year, US-based tech services provider DXC Technology was formed following the merger of The Hewlett-Packard Company’s enterprise…
Going places Legal Business Leading a global legal team is a complex role and many general counsel could be forgiven for spending all their…
Hired help Legal Business ‘A good general counsel should do three things,’ says National Grid’s Alison Kay: ‘Manage the legal requirements of the business,…
The innovation illusion Legal Business ‘There’s a palpable sense of innovation in the legal industry,’ says Casey Flaherty, founder of legal technology consultancy Procertas. ‘But…
Journey into the unknown Legal Business For general counsel struggling to manage the administrative and regulatory burdens of the role, a head of operations has become…
The team in I Legal Business Nailing the issue of what makes a high-performing in-house function, with the emphasis on operational sophistication, has become the Holy…
Point break Legal Business Legal spend is the second-largest ‘cost centre’ for £21bn global banking giant Barclays. This tantalising statement is in the bank’s…
Across boundaries Legal Business Alex Novarese, The In-House Lawyer: How do people feel about the service from law firms? Simon White, Cognizant: There are…