Ready for anything Legal Business Days after the August bank holiday weekend, the former head of the British Civil Service, Gus O’Donnell, returned to Whitehall…
Artificial bad, intelligence good Legal Business Paul Gilbert argues that AI has become a marketing gimmick that obscures the shortcomings of legal teams. The words ‘artificial…
The governance dilemma Legal Business Stefan Stern forecasts that GCs will be forced to address a renewed attempt to fix what ails governance in UK…
Perspectives: Geoffrey Timms Legal Business I’ve been lucky. I didn’t always want to be a lawyer. I used to party a lot; I liked going…
Perspectives: Geoffrey Timms Legal Business I’ve been lucky. I didn’t always want to be a lawyer. I used to party a lot; I liked going…
Getting real – the seven deadly sins of risk factors Legal Business It is a sporting truism that it is far harder to be axed from the England football squad than it…
Getting real – the seven deadly sins of risk factors Legal Business It is a sporting truism that it is far harder to be axed from the England football squad than it…
Brexit proofing – protecting the UK securitisation market Legal Business UK collateralised loan obligation (CLO) managers have adapted their risk retention structures in response to the EU referendum vote, effectively…
Debt finance in the UK – still open for business? Legal Business The UK has long prized its reputation as an attractive place to do business. Successive governments of all persuasions have…
‘Trust the lawyers’ won’t cut it Legal Business The report, Mapping the Moral Compass, is the second stage of an initiative to assess the ethical approach of and…
Working smarter Legal Business Let’s start with an assumption: we will reach peak in-house. Though the in-house profession has hugely expanded over the last…
The lexicon of inefficiency Legal Business It is not easy to be an in-house lawyer. Thank goodness, however, because if it was why on earth would…
If it is lonely at the top for your CEO, sort out your reporting lines and help Legal Business Can Dave Lewis save Tesco? Will Bob Dudley turn BP around? Journalists and financial analysts ask these questions, and headline…
Perspectives: Dan Fitz, BT Legal Business I love my career. I haven’t loved it at all times. Over the years it was tough. But over time…
Lost in translation Legal Business ‘There’s a serious danger of a regulator trying to regulate something that it doesn’t understand,’ says Kingfisher group general counsel…
Who do you think you are? Legal Business I’ve been advocating for some time that the ‘Trusted Adviser’ description of in-house counsel and GCs has the potential to…
A new vision for general counsel Legal Business I want to give you an overview of my theory about the inside counsel revolution. It is clear it has…
The big uneasy Legal Business It is the business issue that has dominated headlines for months and represents for UK plc a potentially far more…
Change partners Legal Business IHL: What initiatives has Microsoft and its legal department pioneered to promote ethnic diversity? Mary Snapp: Microsoft’s legal department has…
None so zealous Legal Business ‘I believe very strongly in leading by example,’ says Nokia global head of litigation Richard Vary. Although his legal team…
