The Association of Corporate Counsel has named nine legal departments and seven of their external partners as its 2020 Value Champions with departments showing that technology is not always the solution for change and how innovation can expand throughout an organization.

This year’s champions are 7-Eleven Inc. and Perkins Coie; Applied Materials Inc. and Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe; Exelon Corp., HBR Consulting LLC and PERSUIT; Fir Tree Partners; Pearson and Morae Global Corp.; PineBridge Investments; TC Energy Corp. and Shook, Hardy & Bacon; VMware Inc. and QuisLex Inc.; and Whirlpool Corp.