Education role of GC set to grow

The role of General Counsel has been transformed in the last decade and will change further with education a main issue, according to a leading Canadian in-house lawyer.
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Education role of GC set to grow

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Writing in the Canadian Lawyer, Fédérique Desruisseaux, legal and corporate affairs manager at Sanofi Canada, the pharmaceuticals company, says: 'Education is likely to grow as a core responsibility of general counsel and their department, whether related to the compliance requirements or a tool enabling the empowerment of business teams.'  Ethics and compliance, she adds, were almost an 'add-on' in the past but are now 're-shaping the function of general counsel'.

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