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Corporate crises are on the upswing. A faster-paced R&D cycle, improved but riskier technology, 24-hour news… the list of triggers…

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Policing in-house counsel The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) launched a consultation in January on whether in-house lawyers at finance houses…

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Consider this a call to arms or an acknowledgement that I can use all the help I can get but…

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Alex Speirs: Now less than a year out from the UK’s scheduled withdrawal from the EU, how would you characterise…

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Edward Murray, 60, co-founded Allen & Overy (A&O)’s derivatives practice in 1991 while still a senior associate and was until…

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The penultimate session of the 2018 Commercial Litigation Summit drew a large audience to hear the views of the most…

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UK Immigration – Rumsfeld déjà vu Known knowns, known unknowns, unknown unknowns and… There are few UK organisations where EU…

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In recent years there have been markedly increased levels of scrutiny from regulators over the sharing of sensitive information between…

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Pressure for business to ‘go green’ has been building steadily for 20 years. What started as a minority concern has…

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The In-House Lawyer profiles some of the start-ups bringing a fresh perspective to the legal tech industry     Daniel…

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In a quiet east London street off the bustling Brick Lane, a few doors from a sign tagged ‘Vegan Hair Salon’ is…

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Clichés abound over the stereotypical contrast between stuffy lawyers and progressive tech start-up gurus. Clearly law firms – whose liberal…

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Storyteller. Ninja. Scrum Master. Brand Champion. Evangelist. The modern commercial world has created many new genres of work, but sometimes…

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To kick off the debate, Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) M&A partner Stephen Wilkinson introduced guest speaker Tom White, head of…

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Commitment. Marriage. Honeymoon. Divorce. Conversations about single-supplier legal advisory mandates are rife with relationship-strewn analogies. While no two arrangements are…

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Uncertainty seems to be the only thing lawyers working in Europe’s aviation sector can count on these days. The recent…

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Alex Novarese, The In-House Lawyer: Will the UK legal system be more or less trusted post Brexit? Andy_Tyler_Photography_Legal_Business_Roundtable_08.02Abhijit Mukhopadhyay, Hinduja…

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The global M&A market is booming. Bill Mordan, general counsel at FTSE 100 drug-maker Shire, would know. Shire’s board recently…

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You may not have heard the term ‘gamification’, but the chances are you have experienced a form of it. Perhaps…

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EDF and Co-op overhaul panels Big six energy supplier EDF Energy has almost halved its external advisers in a panel…