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
Change is imminent Legal Business Alison Gaskins’ remit on joining Barclays’ legal department was formidable. Group general counsel Bob Hoyt told her in no uncertain…
Myths and millennials – separating buzzword from bunk Legal Business As the role of the general counsel in today’s modern corporation continues to evolve, the roles and responsibilities they are…
GC Powerlist: Ireland Teams Legal Business The recent launch of the GC Powerlist: Ireland Teams, hosted in association with McCann FitzGerald in Dublin, was attended by a…
Client Intelligence Report Legal Business Although the interactivity of the online database allows users to draw their own conclusions, The Legal 500 has sifted through…
GC Roundtable – business leader/business partner/lawyer? Legal Business That the role of the general counsel is becoming an increasingly senior and integral part of today’s businesses will be…
Shifting gears – maintaining relevance through revolution Legal Business I’m not a lawyer – I’m a race car driver. But before that, I was the general counsel of a…
A private function – the in-house counsel making their way in the thrusting world of private equity Kathryn McCann Working under the radar, in-house lawyers in the fast-paced world of private equity operate in a unique environment Unlike their…
GC Powerlist Ireland: A team effort Legal Business The launch party for our second GC Powerlist Ireland, this time focusing on teams, brought together the country’s strongest in-house…
GCs are seizing the day (from their advisers) Legal Business Can anything truly threaten the premier league of global law firms? Certainly the going has been more challenging since the…
Taught leaders Legal Business In 2012 the MBA degree established itself as the most popular subject of postgraduate education in the US, accounting for…
The art of leadership in Asia Legal Business ‘Becoming an in-house lawyer has not traditionally been a desirable career path for Asia’s top graduates,’ says Amy Ng, general…
The next step Legal Business Are in-house counsel ready to be business leaders? It seems a strange question to have to ask given the level…
Significant matters – Autumn 2016 Legal Business Panel roundup Unilever is currently carrying out an informal review of its panel firms, after the existing roster expired in…
The new order Legal Business Having seen Legal & General’s shares initially tumble on the Friday morning immediately after the UK’s vote to leave the…
Keep calm and… Legal Business In his recent book, The Inside Counsel Revolution, Harvard Law professor and former General Electric legal chief Ben Heineman argues…
New tools, new challenges Legal Business It is possible artificial intelligence will change all our working life immeasurably in the next 20 years. It might put…
Home House truths Legal Business Should you tweet? How do you relate to the mysterious breed of co-workers called millennials? How should lawyers navigate the…
Soft law, hard sanctions Legal Business It turns out that the next risk front facing business and promising to reshape the role of general counsel is…
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…
