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The rise of the lawyer statesman – A new vision for general counsel

The rise of the lawyer statesman – A new vision for general counsel
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7 June 2016
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In the closing address of the 2016 Enterprise GC summit, GE veteran Ben Heineman laid out his vision for general counsel as lawyer statesman and charted the revolution remaking global law

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