The jewel in the crown of The Legal 500’s in-house focused events calendar, Enterprise GC, took place on 25 and 26 April at Syon House in West London. It saw elite UK general counsel and heads of legal come together to learn and engage with each other in a professional but light-hearted environment.
ESG imperatives have never been more at the fore for partners, GCs, or indeed any professional with exposure to related reputational risk. A webinar, hosted by The In-House Lawyer and sponsored by Travers Smith brought together partners, experts from in-house, the Bar and a crisis-management guru for a diverse and challenging debate on the ESG-related …
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Clare Francis, Pinsent Masons: We want to look at the change agenda and what that means for GCs, especially given the unprecedented events that have hit us over the last two or three years which have really disrupted business. Given that our clients are looking at things differently, having different priorities in the boardroom, and …
Tumultuous is possibly an understatement when describing the past few years, not least the global Covid-19 pandemic proving a major game-changer socially, culturally, economically and politically. Significant shifts in all these categories of life have had profound employment law implications, pushing it ever higher up the corporate agenda.
Andrea Coscelli’s leadership of the Competition and Market Authority (CMA) has been highly consequential. Since his appointment in 2016, the agency has become one of the most interventionist competition agencies in the world, challenging more than 30 transactions, including transactions that had little nexus to the UK and, in some cases, had been approved by …
‘The current market is very different to what it was like this time last year. There are many more opportunities for investors to be looking at, and that will only become greater as the year develops.’
I was interviewed last year about how our legal department coped with the pandemic hit. I talked about how we adapted to remote work far better than expected, and the big role that tech played in making it all pretty seamless. That type of story is well told now. But, let’s be honest, there are …
In 2019, I felt compelled to launch a podcast that went beyond case updates and tackled some of the increasingly complex and challenging issues that HR and legal teams are facing. At the time, the media was aflush with issues such as the Harvey Weinstein allegations, the #MeToo movement and LGBTQ+ rights and this was …
New Law is as a breed still a lot better at promise than delivery, particularly on claims of providing better value than law firms.
Enterprise GC returns with ESG, crisis management and legal tech on the agenda Enterprise GC, the marquee two-day general counsel event hosted by Legalease, returned to the prestigious Hilton London Syon Park for its fifth year on 25 and 26 April 2022.