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
In conversation: Marcello Dolores, VP – Corporate Legal and Regulatory Affairs for Southern Europe, Discovery Networks Legal Business GC: How did you come to be at Discovery? Marcello Dolores (MD): I’m now in my seventh year at Discovery. I…
Facing The Inevitable: shaping the legal department and the law firm of the future Legal Business The Big Picture Change in business is inevitable and the in-house legal department is no exception. GCs, the teams they…
A fresh start for Spain Legal Business One would be forgiven for thinking that a sense of normality may be returning to Spain following a calming of…
In conversation: Marco Lorefice, Senior Oil and Gas and International Arbitration Lawyer, Edison SpA Legal Business GC: Could you tell me about Edison and about your role? Marco Lorefice (ML): Edison is the oldest European energy company.…
In conversation: Diego Manzetti, Head of Legal South European Zone, AIG Legal Business GC: What is your role at AIG, and how did you come to be here? Diego Manzetti (DM): I joined AIG…
Legal Operations: have you drunk the Kool-Aid? Legal Business For this quarter’s column, I’m going to take a look at legal operations, which appears to have replaced ‘innovation’ as…
In-house to in the house Legal Business Many were surprised when Darren Jones was elected Labour MP for Bristol North West – none more so than Jones…
The GC disrupted: eight trends redefining the role Legal Business We have long heard about the expectation that general counsel need to be more like business leaders rather than just…
Green investment – The colour of money Greg Hall Pressure for business to ‘go green’ has been building steadily for 20 years. What started as a minority concern has…
Client profile: Richard Price, Anglo American Hamish McNicol Shortly before Richard Price went in-house as group general counsel (GC) and company secretary at Anglo American, the legal team’s…
Sole-adviser relationships: Commitment issues Hamish McNicol Commitment. Marriage. Honeymoon. Divorce. Conversations about single-supplier legal advisory mandates are rife with relationship-strewn analogies. While no two arrangements are…
Aviation focus: Winds of change Catherine Wycherley Uncertainty seems to be the only thing lawyers working in Europe’s aviation sector can count on these days. The recent…
Client profile: Daniel Toner, Spire Healthcare Tom Baker Daniel Toner had done his research. Before an interview to become head of legal at Bupa Hospitals in 2006, he…
Gamification – the thoroughly modern way to redesign legal services Catherine Wycherley You may not have heard the term ‘gamification’, but the chances are you have experienced a form of it. Perhaps…
Trust me, I’m a lawyer… technology and the evolving role of GCs Catherine McGregor Academic and Thinkers50 honouree Rachel Botsman is focused on trust. Of late, that focus has looked at how technology has…
Virtual Fear and Loathing – Can GCs get law firms to collaborate on tech? Tom Baker Clichés abound over the stereotypical contrast between stuffy lawyers and progressive tech start-up gurus. Clearly law firms – whose liberal…
What ails the GC/law firm dialogue? Legal Business One of the big, big wins to law firms and our clients is if we could get a collection of…
Significant matters – Spring 2018 Legal Business Clifford Chance acquires Carillion volume business Uncertainty over the future of Carillion Advice Services (CAS) has ended after Clifford Chance…
Richard Foley, Pinsent Masons Legal Business The In-House Lawyer (IHL): How do you create a clearer picture of what Pinsents is doing on diversity?
Alphas Legal Business ‘You will have to go out and find the women – they won’t come to you,’ warns Travers Smith partner…
