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Stories about how corporate legal departments are restructuring and finding creative new ways to manage budget and outside counsel spend, leverage technology and work with their outside counsel more efficiently.
By Rick Mitchell | May 24, 2024
France has adopted bills that would give in-house legal professionals limited confidentiality protection but the French Conference of Bar Association Presidents—which encompasses about half of the country's lawyers—opposes the proposals.
8 minute read
By Jack Womack | April 18, 2024
The combination of Allen & Overy and Shearman & Sterling goes live on 1 May, with the former Middle East head acting as senior partner.
2 minute read
By Maurice MacSweeney, director of legal finance at Harbour | March 26, 2024
Harbour's Maurice MacSweeney says firms that prioritise innovation in pricing, new tech, and external finance, will end 2024 in good health.
5 minute read
By Jack Womack | December 19, 2023
The appointments include new heads in Dubai and Riyadh.
2 minute read
By Charlotte Johnstone | November 27, 2023
The exits follow the Paris office's shift towards life sciences, tech, private assets and private capital, as arbitration teams across the industry continue to be conflicted out of lucrative cases.
2 minute read
By Trudy Knockless | October 30, 2023
A newly released survey found departments also are trying to save money by switching from large law firms to smaller ones, and by leveraging artificial intelligence.
2 minute read
By Habiba Cullen-Jafar | October 19, 2023
Meanwhile, Tesco has added one extra firm to its previously single-firm legal roster.
2 minute read
By Jack Womack | October 11, 2023
Deloitte Legal's total lawyer headcount in the UK has also increased and is now comparable with some of the country's Top 50 law firms.
3 minute read
By Jack Womack | Paul Hodkinson | October 4, 2023
The firm inked an alliance with KWM China in July and had been expected to take on the vast majority of the lawyers from across five offices in Europe and the Middle East.
3 minute read
By Jennigay Coetzer | September 21, 2023
'We continue to be involved even in countries where politically speaking there are issues,' explains Linklaters' recently-appointed head of Africa, Justin Faye.
4 minute read
By Mike Evers | June 3, 2024
Relocation has become more challenging for companies post-pandemic. Great candidates who became accustomed to hybrid or remote work arrangements are less enthusiastic about uprooting. The degree of difficulty in successfully recruiting non-locals has risen considerably.
3 minute read
By Abbott Martin | May 30, 2024
The legal job market remains competitive and one third of in-house legal staff are actively looking for new roles outside of their current organization. Fortunately, general counsel and Heads of Legal Operations have the means to retain lawyers without breaking the department budget.
6 minute read
By Aleeza Furman | May 13, 2024
"There was something liberating about losing $30 million," Ryan said. "It gave us a lot of impetus to make big and fast changes."
4 minute read
By Trudy Knockless | May 7, 2024
"Over time, as we're uncovering more data about people's qualifications and how well they've done on other matters with our folks, we'll see more and more focus toward the individual," said Jessica Williams, director of legal operations at FanDuel.
6 minute read
By Chris O'Malley | April 23, 2024
"Legal can't just shut the door and say, 'I'm on a phone call,'" said Lenor Marquis Segal, senior litigation counsel at Hitachi Energy USA.
4 minute read
By Greg Andrews | April 22, 2024
"There are times you have to say, 'You can't do this.' But that can't be every time," said Theresa Shea, general counsel of Utz Brands.
5 minute read
By Diana C. Manning, Benjamin J. DiLorenzo and Kyle A. Valente | April 18, 2024
This article discusses the contours of closing out a file by sending a closing letter (also referred to as an end-of-engagement letter) and examines the potential consequences that may flow from failing to properly communicate the end of an engagement to a client.
5 minute read
By Trudy Knockless | April 17, 2024
GCs see adopting technology and more efficient processes as crucial to freeing up their time so that they can stay on top of risk management and strategically advise fellow colleagues and the board, FTI Consulting and Relativity say in a report.
3 minute read
By Trudy Knockless | April 8, 2024
"As GCs prepare their departments to be tomorrow's value center, they will need to be as ready to advise the business on these future issues as they are comfortable today advising on labor and litigation matters," Thomson Reuters says in a recently released report.
3 minute read
By Maria Dinzeo | April 3, 2024
"As more people leave, there's more work to do, causing more people to leave. It's a potentially vicious cycle that can, ultimately, spin out of control," said a report from Axiom and Wakefield Research.
3 minute read
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