A Complete Guide to: Managing the In-house Counsel Legal Function

A Complete Guide to: Managing the In-house Counsel Legal Function

Over 160 pages of articles written by leading in-house counsel about issues affecting in-house counsel today.

 29 insightful Articles written by 34 leading in-house counsel from across the world all in one book

Find out about:

• The latest thinking on negotiating external legal fees
• Communicating, Motivating, Retaining staff
• Managing Reward Satisfaction of In-House Counsel
• Utilising the appraisal system
• The impact the "cloud" will have on data security
• When the U.S. can exercise jurisdiction abroad
• The issues of compliance for international groups
• What does it mean to be an in-house lawyer?
• Anticipating Reputational risk of your business
• The most appropriate processes for the protection and exploitation of IP

 Learn how to:

• Run your In-house Team like a Profit Centre
• Lead a Global In-house Team Get Value from External Legal Providers
• Make the Transition from Private Practice In-house
• Formulate an IP Strategy
• Manage Dawn Raids
• Manage Risk Prepare for Nationalisation
• US Jurisdiction Abroad
• Corporate Governance

Contents

A Simple Yet Effective Guide to Managing a Team

Rachel Cunnningham-Day, General Counsel, SwapsWire, UK

Managing an Effective Investment Bank Legal Department

Hubert de Vauplane, General Counsel, Calyon, France

How To Run Your In-House Legal Department Like a Profit Center

Susan Diehl, Vice President , General Counsel and Secretary, Holcim Ltd, USA

Challenges and Opportunities for Corporate Counsel in a Distressed Market

Catherine Kearns, Associate General Counsel, ORIX Aviation, Ireland

From Private Practice to In-house – Making the Transition

Alice Chan, General Counsel, Pacific Century Premium Developments, Hong Kong

One Day of Leading a Global Legal Team

Edith Shih, General Counsel, Hutchinson Whampoa, Hong Kong, China

How Law Firms Can Develop More Effective Client Relationships

Brian Swartz, SVP, Legal & Commercial, Aecon Group Inc, Canada

Managing Reward Satisfaction of In-House Counsel:

Lessons from an Empirical Study of In-house Counsel in Australia

Michael Johnston, Counsel & Head of Employee Relations Legal, Westpac Group, Australia

In-House Legal Counsel and Enterprise Risk Management

Zhang Jianbin, Head of Legal Department, China Telecom Corporation Limited, China

“Thank you for your co-operation”

A practical Perspective on Managing Dawn Raids and Regulatory Investigations

Frank Govaerts and Paul Van Reesch, General Counsel, Coca Cola, Belgium

In-house Legal Counsel in a Bank: Tasks and Chances

Luca Bonzanini, General Counsel, UBI Banca S.c.p.a., Italy 

The Role of the In-house Lawyer in a Russian Bank.

Central Bank of the Russian Federation (CBR) Regulatory Environment

Stella Gukova, Head of Legal and Compliance, ZAO Sumitomo Mitsui Rus Bank, Russia

Cloud Computing in Asia: Perspectives for In-House Counsel

Antony Cook, Associate General Counsel, Microsoft Corp, Singapore

John Galligan, Regional Director of Internet Policy, Asia Pacific, Microsoft Corporation, Singapore

Challenges of Antitrust Compliance for Global Companies

Jean-Yves Trochon, Group Deputy General Counsel, Lafarge Mep, France

Can you Prepare for Nationalization? 10 Things That YOU Can Do NOW!

Gastón Bilder, Former General Counsel, Empresa Petrolera Chaco SA , Bolivia

Formulating an IP Strategy

Nicola Proudlock, General Counsel and Company Secretary, Snell & Wilcox Group, USA

United States Jurisdiction Abroad

Fabiana Lacerca, Senior Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer, Mylan, USA

Reach of U.S. Hands Across the Waters May Impact

Susan Friedman, Senior Vice President & Employed Lawyers Practice Leader, Marsh Inc, USA

Situation in India as compared to other countries with specific reference to

Corporate Governance in US situation in India

Vivek, Sadhale, Company Secretary and Head - Legal, Persistent Systems, India

Fees and Value in Legal Services

Kathryn Britten, Vice President and General Counsel, BDO Stoy Hayward, UK

Deepak Malhotra, Vice President and General Counsel, InBev, UK

Agreeing Terms of Business

Marie Daly, Head of Legal and Regulatory Affairs, Irish Business and Employers Confederation, Ireland

What the buyers think…

Richard Tapp, Company Secretary & Legal Director, Carillion plc, UK

Establishing a Value for Fees

Benjamin Dornic, Senior Vice President - General Counsel China, Lafarge China, China

Pricing Schemes

Steven Glazer, Administrative Law Judge, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, USA

Purchasing Legal Services in India and the Middle East

Bala Balakrishnan, In-House Counsel, Symbiosis Institute of Business Management, India

A Successful Litigation Outsourcing Model

Ricardo Lagreca Siqueira, General Counsel, SKY Brasil Serviços Ltda, Brazil

Managing the Costs for a Financial Institution such as ours is Key to Success in such Challenging Times

Omar Haydar, Principal - Legal, Capivest, Bahrain

Structuring a Fee Relationship

Sam Snider, Vice President & Lead Acquisition Counsel, LexisNexis, USA

 

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