Legal Business

When Brent Irvin joined Tencent as group general counsel nine years ago, the Chinese upstart was already a tech wunderkind,…

Legal Business

When Brent Irvin joined Tencent as group general counsel nine years ago, the Chinese upstart was already a tech wunderkind,…

Richard Moorhead

Being risk savvy and commercially aware is the equivalent of ‘leaning in’ for today’s in-house lawyer. Can one do this…

Hamish McNicol

‘I wrote my own resignation letter twice in the first six months,’ Matt Wilson, Uber’s associate general counsel (GC) for…

Tom Baker

Tom Baker

Sabine Chalmers was concerned about coming back to the UK. Absent for more than two decades, most recently in the…

Tom Baker

Alongside the oft-spouted rhetoric of ‘more for less’, in-house lawyers are more frequently bringing work in-house and trying to wean…

Tom Baker

Despite clear progression in the use of non-legal business professionals within in-house teams, general counsel (GCs) often still see ‘legal…

Tom Baker

For all the rampant spin around alternative legal suppliers, it is safe to say general counsel (GCs) have been less…

Tom Baker

In-house legal teams have become more sophisticated over the last 20 years but, according to many general counsel (GCs), the…

Hamish McNicol

Legal spend is the second-largest ‘cost centre’ for £21bn global banking giant Barclays. This tantalising statement is in the bank’s…

Alex Speirs

When Brent Irvin joined Tencent as group general counsel (GC) nearly nine years ago, the Chinese upstart was already a…

Alex Novarese

Nailing the issue of what makes a high-performing in-house function, with the emphasis on operational sophistication, has become the Holy…

Alex Speirs

‘You have to, to serve these markets, re-imagine how money can be managed and moved, because there’s going to be…

Legal Business

Pearson revisits adviser panel Pearson has elected to consolidate its legal adviser panels into new ‘general’ and ‘preferred’ rosters, moving…

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…

Legal Business

Leading a global legal team is a complex role and many general counsel could be forgiven for spending all their…

Legal Business

‘A good general counsel should do three things,’ says National Grid’s Alison Kay: ‘Manage the legal requirements of the business,…

Legal Business

‘There’s a palpable sense of innovation in the legal industry,’ says Casey Flaherty, founder of legal technology consultancy Procertas. ‘But…

Legal Business

For general counsel struggling to manage the administrative and regulatory burdens of the role, a head of operations has become…