GC role expanding, says incoming CCCA chief

Heather Innes, a senior lawyer at General Motors, says that competition for GC posts is increasing as the role itself becomes broader and more complicated.
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Ms Innes, global process leader, international trade law and chief privacy officer at General Motors Canada, is becoming the new chair of the Canadian Corporate Counsel Association. She says: 'You’re seeing some in-house counsel staff grow and the role is expanding dramatically. Whereas historically we may have addressed very specific legal issues, now we have legal issues as well as compliance issues and the regulatory environment is much more complex and global in nature and that’s going to attract some very talented candidates.' Source: Canadian Lawyer

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