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
So demanding – are contract lawyers business delivering for clients? Legal Business Contract lawyer businesses have hugely expanded in recent years with law firms increasingly entering the market. But are clients getting…
Client profile: Suzanne Wise, Network Rail Kathryn McCann The rail company’s GC on the challenges of working in a highly specialised industry. Suzanne Wise first thought it was…
Deal breaker to deal maker Legal Business Lawyers are commonly viewed as deal breakers who protect their clients right out of deals. General counsel would be wise…
From client to colleague: the John Lewis partnership Legal Business It’s mid-December when I pay a visit to John Lewis, and as I’m waiting in the foyer of the aptly…
The company man Legal Business “Does the company lawyer hold a job or does he practise a profession?” This is a question posed by Jacques…
Revolution! How a GC unified processes and rolled out a bespoke IT system Legal Business GC: When you joined HBO Europe in 2011, you undertook a review of the company’s legal systems. Could you tell us…
As the ship went down Legal Business In the summer of 2008, Cambridge-based infrastructure software firm Autonomy Corporation [now HP Autonomy] began working on a US acquisition.…
Searching for value Legal Business How much can an in-house lawyer affect the value proposition of an organisation? That’s quite a big question. I would…
The 5-minute financial analyst: financial markets Legal Business Debt and equity are the two options a company has when choosing how to finance itself. In debt financing, the…
Dinner with GC: London Legal Business Participants Catherine McGregor, editor-in-chief, GC magazine Orijit Das, European general counsel and vice president, Genpact Sarah Davis, group commercial legal director, Guardian…
The man who invented management Legal Business Businessweek gave Peter Drucker the moniker “the man who invented management”. He has long been considered one of the most…
More than money Legal Business There’s an oft-quoted remark by Theodore Roosevelt saying, “Appraisals are where you get together with your team leader and agree…
GC Power List 2015: The Team Elite Legal Business Menu It’s the ‘decade of the lawyer’. Law firms beware RPC: The pace of change is frightening The A-Teams –…
Client profile: Alistair Asher, The Co-operative Group Kathryn McCann The group’s general counsel on bringing the member-run organisation back from the brink After spending 34 years at Allen &…
Good sports – the in-house counsel getting on the pitch in top-flight sports Legal Business Tough regulation and increasingly lucrative commercial deals have allowed in-house lawyers to flourish in sport. Legal Business scouts out the…
GC Power List 2015: The Team Elite Legal Business Menu It’s the ‘decade of the lawyer’. Law firms beware RPC: The pace of change is frightening The A-Teams –…
It’s the ‘decade of the lawyer’. Law firms beware Legal Business Our third annual GC Power List report looks more like a state-of-the profession piece than its two predecessors. While the…
The A-Teams – In Pursuit of Excellence Kathryn McCann The 2015 Legal Business GC Power List puts the strength and depth of top in-house legal teams under the spotlight.…
Boardroom Horizons: The Market View Legal Business Top-level general counsel give their views on what marks out an exceptional in-house legal team in a risk-driven global economy.…
Beyond the 50 Legal Business The Power List 2015 settled on 50 exceptional legal teams but there is a wealth of talent in the employed…
