Enterprise GC 2025: tackling burnout, managing board relations and future proofing in-house legal teams Georgina Stanley
‘I’ve called firms and asked why someone isn’t a partner yet’ – the female GCs shaking up PE Georgina Stanley
Eye of the storm Legal Business GCs of insurance companies are braced for the knock-on effects of globe-spanning forces like coronavirus and climate change.
Reputation preserved Legal Business The demand for brand management advice for corporates has grown into a lucrative field of legal advisory work in recent…
Chicken run Legal Business Sarah Nelson Smith is the regional GC for WeWork. In her previous role as European chief legal officer of KFC,…
Scrum time Legal Business The latest way the tech sector could impact law comes not in the form of software, but project management. Can…
Risk management survey 2020 – Crooked timber Legal Business Sexual misconduct, data breaches, Brexit and the coronavirus – the risk registers for law firm compliance managers are becoming longer,…
In-house: The client perspectives Aminah Karim Dan Webster, group general counsel at Harrods, discusses what it takes to advise one of the world’s most recognisable department…
The Client Profile: Sonya Rogerson, Bank of China Anna Cole-Bailey Born in Hong Kong to an English father and a Chinese mother but raised in Australia, Sonya Rogerson’s passion for…
The BT interview – ideas from the bath Hamish McNicol Legal Business (LB): Eighteen months in the group general counsel role, what have been some of the key projects since…
The imagination gap – Meet the GCs on the frontline of the climate change battle Catherine Wycherley Rising temperatures and sea levels, shrinking ice sheets and sea ice, extreme weather events. They’re all mainstays of today’s news…
Interview with: Kresna Panggabean and Benny Bernarto, TNB & Partners Legal Business GC: What do you see as the main points that differentiate TNB & Partners from your competitors? Kresna Panggabean (KP):…
In Conversation: Rupert Skellett, General Counsel, Beggars Group Legal Business GC: Tell us about your pathway into law? Rupert Skellett (RS): I initially read English Literature at University and ended…
In Conversation: Dan Webster, Group General Counsel, Harrods Legal Business GC: Tell me about your pathway into law? Dan Webster (DW): I studied law at the London School of Economics…
In Conversation: Alex Scudamore, head of legal, Wimbledon – The All England Lawn Tennis Club (Championships) Limited Legal Business GC: Could you tell us about your pathway into law? Alex Scudamore (AS): I read French and German at Bristol…
In Conversation: Ria Sanz, Executive Vice President, General Counsel, Compliance and Company Secretary, AngloGold Ashanti Legal Business GC: Could you tell me about your current role, and your journey to where you are now? Ria Sanz (RS):…
In Conversation: Othelia Langner, head of legal and compliance (Southern Africa and SSA), Medtronic Legal Business Othelia Langner is speaking in her personal capacity, and not on behalf of Medtronic. GC: Can you tell me about…
All in the mind Legal Business What makes executives tick? What goes on underneath the corporate veneer? What draws people to their professions in the first…
Banking on legal Legal Business Henk Crouse was the first general counsel for HSBC in Africa, having taken the role upon the bank’s first entrance…
Changing Gears Legal Business In the coming decades, fully autonomous vehicles are set to take over the mainstream. A 2017 study released by Intel…
Beauty’s Black Market Legal Business With the cosmetic beauty industry valued at US$532bn worldwide (according to a 2019 report by retail researcher Edited), the beauty…
2020 ACC CLO Survey: Key Findings Legal Business The Legal 500 is a proud member of the Association of Corporate Counsel Alliance, and the latest survey of chief…
