Legal Business

GC: Some of the issues faced by a company such as yours are literally untested – how do you begin…

Legal Business

Once upon a time in New Mexico, there was a lawyer who was really, really good, or really, really bad,…

Legal Business

In the Middle Ages, map makers would often depict a place where ships could sail off the end of the…

Legal Business

Most of you can shut your eyes and easily visualise the moon. You’d be able to ‘see’ the ‘face’, the…

Legal Business

People go in-house for a variety of reasons, such as wanting to be more involved on the business side, and…

Legal Business

Building structure Catherine McGregor: How does department structure impact on the motivation and incentives of your staff and direct reports?

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My team primarily provides legal services to the largest-scale commercial transactions, bond and securities issues, divestitures, joint ventures and M&A.…

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On 24 March 2015 Legal Business held the GC Power List 2015 reception, sponsored by RPC, Barclay Simpson and Thomson…

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BAT’s western Europe GC on the trials and tribulations of working in a controversial industry Most general counsel (GCs) working…

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The internet and the emergence of a global market for high-end series has ushered in a golden age of TV…

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Contract lawyer businesses have hugely expanded in recent years with law firms increasingly entering the market. But are clients getting…

Kathryn McCann

The rail company’s GC on the challenges of working in a highly specialised industry. Suzanne Wise first thought it was…

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Lawyers are commonly viewed as deal breakers who protect their clients right out of deals. General counsel would be wise…

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It’s mid-December when I pay a visit to John Lewis, and as I’m waiting in the foyer of the aptly…

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“Does the company lawyer hold a job or does he practise a profession?” This is a question posed by Jacques…

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GC: When you joined HBO Europe in 2011, you undertook a review of the company’s legal systems. Could you tell us…

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In the summer of 2008, Cambridge-based infrastructure software firm Autonomy Corporation [now HP Autonomy] began working on a US acquisition.…

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How much can an in-house lawyer affect the value proposition of an organisation? That’s quite a big question. I would…

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Debt and equity are the two options a company has when choosing how to finance itself. In debt financing, the…

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Participants Catherine McGregor, editor-in-chief, GC magazine Orijit Das, European general counsel and vice president, Genpact Sarah Davis, group commercial legal director, Guardian…