Deal breaker to deal maker

William Weisel, former GC of four publicly-traded, multinational high-tech companies in Israel (Scitex Corporation, ADC Teledata, Gilat Satellite Networks and Lumenis), unpicks the stereotype of “lawyers as deal breakers”, explaining how corporate counsel can re-brand as deal makers.

Legal Business · 1 April 2015 · 9 min read

Lawyers as dealmakers

Lawyers are commonly viewed as deal breakers who protect their clients right out of deals. General counsel would be wise not to dismiss this notion – justified or not – and we can to respond to it on multiple levels.

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Lawyers as dealmakers

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