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Line to the top: more GCs than ever now reporting directly to their CEO, research finds

Line to the top: more GCs than ever now reporting directly to their CEO, research finds

More heads of legal than ever now report directly to their CEO, according to new research which also found evidence of clients rethinking their relationships with external law firms due to their political stances.

The findings are contained within the Association of Corporate Counsel’s annual Chief Legal Officers Survey, which surveyed more than a thousand chief legal officers and highest-ranked legal executives around the world, covering 20 industries.

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