Katja Roth Pellanda, appointed group general counsel in 2020, tells us about her the projects and how she’s reshaping the insurance company legal department
Simon Zinger, group general counsel at Dentsu, tells Inhousecommunityus.com his idea of an oath - similar to the one of Hippocrates for doctors - for all corporate lawyers, to elevate themselves to guides for positive change inside and outside their organizations.
This changes everything. That was the mantra back in 2008 when the financial markets collapsed, and the futurists in the legal field said that the relationship between clients and law firms was changed forever. No longer would general counsel pay exorbitant hourly fees to the big law firms. And the firms had better learn how […]
We talk to Brad Blickstein about how artificial intelligence legal software will affect in-house departments, and the evolution of in-house work. Legal departments aren’t immune to fads. General counsel look at what other legal departments are doing, and they talk to their counterparts at conferences. They often come away from these conversations with new ways […]
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Legal Industry
Endeavor’s deputy GC wears three hats in his dream job(s)
Riche McKnight has, for an in-house lawyer, a dream job. Perhaps we should say “jobs.” He’s the deputy general counsel of the colossal entertainment agency Endeavor. And he’s the general counsel of one of its divisions, the martial arts extravaganza, Ultimate Fighting Championship. As if that weren’t enough, McKnight is the global litigation chief for […]
After 17 years at the helm of Intesa Sanpaolo’s legal and litigation department, Elisabetta Lunati, one of Italy’s most influential corporate lawyers, retired this summer. The former group general counsel has remained available for any needs of the bank and with a little emotion tells our colleague at MAG, Rosailaria Iaquinta: “I owe a lot […]
Some legal departments are reactive—they handle litigation and the various legal matters that come into the inbox. Others are constantly rethinking how they work—for them, it’s constant revolution. BT plc’s legal department falls into this category. Its lawyers are constantly evaluating how they work internally and how they interact with both their clients and their […]
Jonathan Marsh’s attention is increasingly being diverted towards Iberia. In his role as international general counsel at the Paris-based energy company Total, Marsh (in the photo above) will soon be launching a process to create Total legal panels for different countries, including Spain and Portugal. Meanwhile, in his other major role, as president of the […]
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Microsoft president and CLO takes aim at administration for Huawei
Microsoft President and Chief Legal Officer Brad Smith was, at the time of his promotion, charged with changing the software giant’s tough reputation, either in litigation or how it competed in the marketplace. At the same time, Smith frequently speaks his mind on the day’s issues, from privacy to diversity in the legal profession. He’s […]
Efficient legal services. Reviewing the internal organizational machine and the system for assigning external mandates. It’s then mantra for legal affairs directors. But the approach varies from company to company. And the world ends up being divided between those who cut the issue with the ax and those who, aware of the importance of the […]
