A Strategic Guide To Managing the In-House Counsel Legal Function (3rd EDITION)

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A Strategic Guide To Managing the In-House Counsel Legal Function (3rd EDITION)

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A Strategic Guide to Managing the In-house Counsel Legal Function (THIRD EDITION)

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Over 180 pages of articles written by 22 leading international in-house counsel drawn from all industry sectors.

Determine how in-house counsel organise their legal requirements and allocate work to outside and internal counsel. Examine how the legal function is managed and the tools utilised to ensure that efficiencies are made to improve quality and timeliness of delivery using the most cost effective strategies.

Find out about:

Optimising value from the in-house legal function
The In-House Counsel as a Legal Risk Manager and Business Partner
Being a Lawyer in a Non-Legal Role
When a Small Legal Department Should Retain a Litigation Matter In-House
Mediation as a Dispute Resolution Mechanism
Leveraging Technology to Address Common Legal Department Tasks
The Secret to Great Enterprise Risk Management
Earnouts: Advantages, Disadvantages and How to Structure Them

Proactive Total Information Governance

Learn how:

To Convert your In-House Legal Department into a Profit Center
To Increase Your In-House Law Department"s Efficiency
Social Media Has Changed the Skills Required of the General Counsel Function
To Manage Legal and Compliance Teams
Foreign Companies Need to Understand How to Operate in China
To Establish an Effective Privacy Program
Draft Contracts and Negotiate in Multiple Languages

21 insightful Articles written by 22 leading in-house counsel from across the world all in one book

A Strategic Guide to Managing the In-House Counsel Legal Function

(THIRD EDITION)

CONTENTS

Legal Recoveries Programs: Converting The Legal Department into a Profit Center
Bryan Yeazel, EVP, CAO, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary, Stock Building Supply Inc, USA

Optimising Value from the In-house Legal Function
Claudine Boast, Commercial Counsel, Spectris plc, UK

Making the Leap: Being a Lawyer in a Non-Legal Role
Erika Ringseis, Manager, Compliance, Diversity & Mobility, TransCanada PipeLines Limited, Canada

Summoning the Muse
Todd Krieger, Senior Global Counsel, InterSystems Corporation, USA

Increasing Your In-House Law Department"s Efficiency: How Your Clients Can Help You
Axel Viaene, EMEA Legal Director, Corporate Counsel, Starbucks Coffee EMEA B.V., Netherlands

When a Small Legal Department Should Retain a Litigation Matter In-House
Bill Kruse, Vice President Legal & Associate Counsel, The Gallup Organization, USA

The Rule of Corporate Counsel
Jon Downes, General Counsel and Company Secretary, Ace Group, Australia

Mediation as a Dispute Resolution Mechanism in High Tech Industry Collaborations: A Look at Pharma and Biotech
Jukka Muhonen, Director, Global Business Dev.& Alliance Management, Orion Corporation, Finland

Has Social Media Changed the Skills Required of the General Counsel Function?
Derek Walsh, Counsel & Group General Counsel, Royal & Sun Alliance, UK

Legal and Compliance Teams Making it to the Start Line
Reshma McGowan, Assistant Vice President, Legal and Compliance, GSO Capital Partners LP, USA

Work Smarter, Not Harder: Leveraging Technology to Address Common Legal Department Tasks
John Price, Global Litigation & Compliance Counsel & Rebecca Schutt, Compliance & Records Manager (Global), CEVA Logistics, USA

Connecting Lawyers for the Legal Workplace of Tomorrow
Alexandre Menais, Group General Counsel, Atos International, France

The In-House Counsel as Legal Risk Manager and Business Partner: Are These Roles Compatible?
Massimiliano Carpino, Global General Counsel, GUCCI, Switzerland

The Big White Elephant: "Contract Management state of mind and road forward"
Martin Lonstrup, Senior Legal Advisor & Compliance, Maersk Group, USA

Contract Drafting and Negotiation in Multiple Languages
Pablo Cilotta, International Senior Legal Counsel & Head of Contract Management, Indura Systems, Argentina

The Law on Leads: Responsible Engagement with the Lead Generation Sector
Kate Wellington, Senior Lawyer, Which?, UK

The Secret to Great Enterprise Risk Management? Read Yertle the Turtle
Mark Ohringer, Global General Counsel, Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated, USA

Earnouts: Advantages, Disadvantages and How to Structure Them
Roque Romero, Regional General Counsel - Europe, Agility Logistics, UK

Lead, Follow or Get Out of the Way: Eyeing The Future: Proactive Total Information Governance®
Linda Sharp, Associate General Counsel, ZL Technologies Inc, USA

A Guide for In-House Counsels to Reduce Privacy Risks and Improve Customer Trust: A Framework to Establish an Effective Privacy Program
Shahab Ahmed, Director, Legal and Corporate Affairs, Microsoft, USA

Clarity on Key China Issues All Foreign Companies Need to Understand
Randall Lewis, Vice President, International Counsel, ConAgra Foods Inc., USA

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Contents

Page 1

Legal Recoveries Programs: Converting The Legal Department into a Profit Center

In-house lawyers are playing defense more than ever before. Large enterprises are often viewed as little more than well-heeled targets for the plaintiff’s bar. As a result, reasonable in-house counsel...Read more

Bryan Yeazel

Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer (Former GC), Stock Building Supply Holdings, Inc., USA

Page 9

Optimising Value from the In-house Legal Function

As organisations face increasing regulation, complexity and globalisation without corresponding increases in resources, the structure, management and resourcing of the organisation’s legal department becomes ever more important. In-house legal teams...Read more

Claudine Boast

Commercial Counsel, Spectris, UK

Page 21

Making the Leap: Being a Lawyer in a Non-Legal Role

Maybe the business unit you support as in-house counsel is so impressed with your work that they want you to join them. Maybe you work long hours and look longingly...Read more

Erika Ringseis

Manager, Compliance, Diversity & Mobility, TransCanada PipeLines Limited, Canada

Page 27

Summoning the Muse

Imagine that you are in-house counsel negotiating a large and complex international IT transaction. The parties are interested in doing business together and but cannot agree on one of the...Read more

Todd Krieger

Director of International Transactions and Senior Counsel, InterSystems Corporation, USA

Page 33

Increasing Your In-House Law Department's Efficiency: How Your Clients Can Help You

Increasing your in-house law department's efficiency. Today's businesses are operating in a challenging economic environment. It is increasingly difficult for companies to achieve their aggressive growth targets. Every function within...Read more

Axel Viaene

Group General Counsel & Company Secretary, GrandVision, Netherlands

Page 41

When a Small Legal Department Should Retain a Litigation Matter In-House

There will come a time, if you are in-house, when an issue will cross your desk that you just can’t help but want to take to trial yourself. Maybe the...Read more

Bill Kruse

Vice President - Law & Counsel, Regulatory Compliance Officer, The Gallup Organization, USA

Page 49

The Rule of Corporate Counsel

Australia has seen a significant growth in the number of corporate counsel over the last 20 years. Companies continue to recognise the value of cultivating legal expertise internally, from better...Read more

Jon Downes

General Counsel and Company Secretary, Ace Group, Thailand

Page 65

Has Social Media Changed the Skills Required of the General Counsel Function?

“Act in haste, repent at leisure” is perhaps a fitting mantra for any aspiring lawyer. Reflecting on a problem is significantly preferable to acting too quickly and giving advice which...Read more

Derek Walsh

Counsel & Group General Counsel, Royal & Sun Alliance, UK

Page 75

Legal and Compliance Teams Making it to the Start Line

The first part of this article is coming together as I sit on an 11 hour flight to Buenos Aires, the first stop on my way to Antarctica to run...Read more

Reshma McGowan

Vice President, Barclays, USA

Page 83

Work Smarter, Not Harder: Leveraging Technology to Address Common Legal Department Tasks

When implemented correctly, technology and technological developments can be leveraged to increase legal department efficiency and productivity, and can reduce legal department spend. Our article will describe how CEVA Logistics...Read more

Rebecca Schutt

Compliance & Records Manager (Global), CEVA Logistics, USA

John Price

Global Litigation & Compliance Counsel, CEVA Logistics, USA

Page 91

Connecting Lawyers for the Legal Workplace of Tomorrow

After two years into a three-year transformation program, Atos’ legal department, supported by its management team has created an integrated legal department which works effectively, each lawyer becoming an innovative...Read more

Alexandre Menais

EVP Group General Counsel, Atos International, France

Page 103

The In-House Counsel as Legal Risk Manager and Business Partner: Are These Roles Compatible?

With a view to reducing the gap between the perception of the legal office (both internally and externally) and its actual role (communicated and implemented) and mental attitude, I wrote...Read more

Massimiliano Carpino

Global General Counsel, Gucci, Switzerland

Page 109

The Big White Elephant: 'Contract Management state of mind and road forward'

I have worked in in-house legal departments as an in-house lawyer for almost 10 years in various industries both on the customer side as well as the supplier side mainly...Read more

Martin Lønstrup

Head of Compliance, Falck Global Assistance A/S, Denmark

Page 121

Contract Drafting and Negotiation in Multiple Languages

Having managed legal and contractual matters in multiple jurisdictions, I have heard over the past years many professionals based in the US and in the UK raising this usual question:...Read more

Pablo Cilotta

International Senior Legal Counsel & Head of Contract Management (EMEA & Latin America), Argentina

Page 125

The Law on Leads: Responsible Engagement with the Lead Generation Sector

In today’s marketplace, businesses must continually look for innovative ways to attract new customers in order to thrive. Technological advances have presented new opportunities for reaching individual consumers, but the...Read more

Kate Wellington

Lead Lawyer - Policy & Communications, Which?, UK

Page 137

The Secret to Great Enterprise Risk Management? Read Yertle the Turtle

Most companies now have fairly extensive enterprise risk management programs. Public companies even have to discuss in their disclosure documents how their programs work. But they obviously aren’t working all...Read more

Mark Ohringer

Global General Counsel, Jones Lang LaSalle, USA

Page 143

Earnouts: Advantages, Disadvantages and How to Structure Them

Mergers and acquisitions professionals often disagree on whether the use of earnouts is advisable for completing business acquisitions. Although earnouts can certainly help the parties complete a deal, experience has...Read more

Roque Romero

Regional General Counsel - Europe, Agility Logistics, UK

Page 153

Lead, Follow or Get Out of the Way: Eyeing The Future: Proactive Total Information Governance®

The current paradigm in eDiscovery revolves around the benefits of “predictive coding”, “automated document classification”, or any number of synonyms for this type of technology assisted review (TAR). This technology...Read more

Linda Sharp

Associate General Counsel, ZL Technologies Inc, USA

Page 159

A Guide for In-House Counsels to Reduce Privacy Risks and Improve Customer Trust: A Framework to Establish an Effective Privacy Program

The global climate around privacy is quickly evolving and privacy is a priority for regulators across the world. Privacy risks, when materialized, can lead to significant regulatory and legal sanctions,...Read more

Shahab Ahmed

Managing Counsel, Lead Privacy Counsel, Etihad Airways and Etihad Aviation Group, UAE

Page 165

Clarity on Key China Issues All Foreign Companies Need to Understand

I have lived and practiced law in Shanghai, China and throughout the world since 1997. I moved to China prior to its entry into the World Trade Organization (WTO) and...Read more

Randall Lewis

General Counsel, EHC Global, Canada