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‘One day Alice came to a fork in the road and saw a Cheshire cat in a tree. “Which road…

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Twenty years ago the idea of any person instructing the Bar other than a private practice solicitor was frowned upon.…

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Working long hours, expected to be available at all hours, and labelled a cost-centre. Such are the pressures of life…

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In June 2014 the government extended flexible working rights to more than 20 million employees across the UK in a…

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The energy group’s upstream legal chief discusses general counsel’s role as a risk partner and that £47bn deal As BG…

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In-house teams instructing the Bar has gone mainstream over the last ten years. LB assesses how far direct access can…

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‘Some are born great, some achieve greatness and some have greatness thrust upon them’, muses Malvolio, a steward in Shakespeare’s Twelfth…

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Collaboration in Big Pharma might seem like anathema for some who think of the regular patent litigation headlines that the…

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We started our discussion, which was held in association with recruiters Mlegal, by considering the big picture – how the…

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Tim Murphy has worked for MasterCard for 16 years. Starting out as an in-house lawyer, he then spent over ten…

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‘Big data’ is becoming a buzzword in all walks of business life, and legal is no exception – whether that…

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The explosive economic growth of Turkey’s economy, which started in 2001 and peaked between 2002 and 2007 with the establishment…

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Korin Neff, senior vice president and corporate compliance officer, talks about leadership and development at Wyndham Worldwide.

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Victor Topadze became group legal director at Russian classifieds business Avito in 2012. He saw his team grow from a…

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GC: What initiatives has Microsoft and its legal department pioneered to promote race and ethnic diversity within its workforce? Mary Snapp…

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Last year, GC magazine ran a series of features on in-house lawyers around the world involved in diversity initiatives, both as role…

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‘Risk comes from not knowing what you’re doing.’ So said Warren Buffett. But when it comes to deciding who knows…

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Incorporating Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden, the GC Powerlist: Nordics countries share common history and economic values. With small populations,…

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Unless you manage a multinational team, you probably don’t know that at 1:30pm in London it is 7:00pm in Bangalore…

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Moving in-house When I left private practice in 1992 there was a misconception that moving in-house was somehow a second…