By Sian Simpson
Business
Behind the veil of in-house legal with Legal Leaders Champion Helen Doukas
Helen Doukas, Head of Legal and Regulatory at Airways and previous Senior Legal Counsel at Uber, shares some of her legal bes...
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By Sian Simpson
Business
Behind the veil of in-house legal with Legal Leaders Champion Stephen Drysdale
Taking the pain away. That is Stephen Drysdale’s simplified description of what in-house legal teams do. Essentially th...
By Sian Simpson
Business
Behind the veil of in-house legal with Legal Leaders Champion Theo Kapodistrias
Clarity comes with perspective. Theo Kapodistrias discusses having a birds-eye view of the organization from a legal point of...
By Sian Simpson
Business
Behind the veil of in-house legal with Legal Leaders Champion Kate Sherburn
Reinforcing that the in-house legal team are there to help, not to negate is how Kate Sherburn ensures the business engages l...
By Connor Amor-Bendall
Business
Getting a grip on legal cost management
Inflation is making itself felt in the business world. Mitigating its impact is increasingly important. Adam Wardel, Chief Le...
By Sian Simpson
Business
The entrepreneurial lawyer mindset
The working lives of in-house lawyers and private practitioners are markedly different. What about the differences between th...
By Connor Amor-Bendall
Business
Quantifying legal value
Nicholas Bliablias, ex-lawyer, and now legal operations expert, believes we can change the perception of the in-house functio...
By Sian Simpson
Business
The art of managing startup legal risk
With risk comes reward. Perhaps this is the plotline of every successful startup’s story. Mitigating risk early with le...
By Sian Simpson
Business
The business skillset every General Counsel needs
Thriving in-house legal departments build value and get results for their organization, through an integrated and practice de...
By Connor Amor-Bendall
Business
Understanding the business is paramount for in-house counsel
What does the business want from their in-house counsel? Ex GM, Legal for UK/EMEA now GM of Partnerships Michael Green shares...
By Connor Amor-Bendall
Business
Venture Capital or Private Equity: How investors affect in-house legal teams
In-house lawyers are attracted to the challenges and legal complexities of startups. However, the work experience vastly diff...
By Connor Amor-Bendall
Business
How to run your legal department like a business
Leading and running an in-house team is no small feat. Alex Petrie believes if you approach your in-house team like you would...
By Connor Amor-Bendall
Business
A good reputation is like money in the bank
Having a good reputation is integral to business success, yet reputation is hard to quantify and easy to lose. In other words...
By Connor Amor-Bendall
Business
Legal leader relationship dynamics
Lauren Zajac, Chief Legal and Compliance Officer and Corporate Secretary of ExtraHop, highlights the importance of investing ...
By Christoper McGavin
Legal Technology
A Goldilocks approach to legal operations
Legal operations isn’t a magic band-aid. Like any successful business endeavor, reaping the full rewards of a legal ope...
By Connor Amor-Bendall
Change
A history of in-house counsel
The profession of in-house lawyers has endured many ups and downs during its relatively brief history. General Counsel and th...
By Connor Amor-Bendall
Legal Technology
Technological awakening: the digital world is no longer just an accessory.
The pandemic has had many downfalls, but it also has provided some unexpected silver linings. For Pier Luigi M. Lucatuorto, P...
By Tim Boyne
Legal Technology
An open letter to lawyers, from legal technology
An open letter from technology to lawyers. Dear lawyers, we need to work on our relationship, which is why I’m penning this l...