By Varsha Patel | December 1, 2021
The current chief legal officer will step down in March 2022.
Corporate Counsel | Video
By Abigail Harris | November 18, 2021
Andrew Etkind, Vice President and General Counsel at Garmin Ltd, discusses how he attracts and retains talent within the in-house team. He also outlines what the notion of vision and purpose means to him.
By Jessica Seah | November 2, 2021
Other recent notable hires have been made by Watson Farley & Williams in Hong Kong and Norton Rose Fulbright in China.
Corporate Counsel | Best Practices
By Seth Darmstadter | September 15, 2021
Given the current state of law firm economics and the surge in demand for legal services, those in charge of corporate legal departments would be wise to reframe their fiscal mandates. Instead of looking to take a hatchet to their budgets for outside counsel, GCs should be focused on optimizing the legal spend and viewing their lawyers and law firms as assets to be leveraged. But how can GCs derive a return on their legal spend investments?
Corporate Counsel | Best Practices
By Lucy Bassli | September 14, 2021
Contracting is all about process for legal teams. Process is vital to improving contract lifecycle management because all contracts go through some form of a life cycle which itself, is a process.
By Zack Needles | September 1, 2021
OCGs are becoming increasingly prevalent. They're also becoming increasingly varied and complex, leading many law firms to either waste time trying to reconcile them all or to just ignore them altogether. Needless to say, neither of those scenarios is ideal for a healthy law firm-client relationship.
Corporate Counsel | Expert Opinion
By Louise Firestone and Memme Onwudiwe | September 1, 2021
The pandemic caused a re-evaluation of many traditional beliefs about work, school, and the need to adapt to an ever-changing environment. It also resurfaced conversations within the legal industry on the best way to train lawyers. In this article, we propose changes we believe will improve legal education and create further opportunities for new lawyers.
Corporate Counsel | Best Practices
By Lucy Bassli | August 30, 2021
The legal department is generally perceived as the "blocker" – slowing down contracting and thus, the business. They are seen as the people to avoid or else, the contract may fall into a black hole... So the question becomes: who in legal does the review?
By Zack Needles | August 17, 2021
We asked readers: Should law firms be conducting client feedback surveys/interviews or is their usefulness overblown? And, for those in favor of firms seeking client feedback, what are some best practices to make sure that what the firm gets back is honest and actionable?
By Dan Clark | August 16, 2021
Simon Zinger, group general counsel at Entain, wants to reduce the number of law firms on the global company's panel. He's looking at what additional value law firms are willing to deliver, beyond efficient rates.
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