In-house Legal Operations
Soft skills shine in a fractured, AI-driven legal world, GCs say at IBA’s 23rd annual global M&A conference
Corporate legal leaders from Sony, Coursera, Hitachi, ITOCHU and Standard Industries say listening skills and judgement will drive success as legal departments confront geopolitical volatility, AI disruption and changing expectations
LexisNexis and Luminance strike AI partnership to target in-house legal teams
Deal will enable mutual customers to access LexisNexis legal content directly inside Luminance’s contract drafting tool
Majority of in-house legal teams still stuck in pilot phase of AI use – survey
Axiom study shows just under a third of legal departments have implemented AI at scale
Singapore Convention Week 2025 sets to unite global legal community
Landmark week of events to spotlight collaboration and innovation in international dispute resolution.
Storytelling is key to brand differentiation – key takeaways from Luxury Law Summit London
Delegates heard from luxury luminaries like former Vogue editor Alexandra Shulman and celebrated designers Julien Macdonald and Karen Millen
Legal operations pioneer Mary O’Carroll joins Goodwin as COO
Google’s former director of legal operations helped found CLOC
Who won Luxury Law Awards 2024 – and why
The top brands, law firms, legal teams and individuals honoured at Luxury Law Summit London
AI, NFTs, Stradivarius violins and a fashion revolution at Wimbledon: more key takeaways from Luxury Law Summit London
Maura O’Malley reports from London’s premier luxury law conference, which explored how the sector is innovating
BT Group offers automatic panel spot to firm that makes best use of AI
Latest roster reduced from 15 to 11 firms; carrot of free place for most tech-savvy firm offered for next review
US ski resort operator Vail Resorts promotes deputy to GC
Julie DeCecco will replace David Shapiro, who is leaving the company later this month
Around the house: ABB poaches Holcim’s legal head as latest GC, US firetruck-maker REV Group ends GC hunt
This week’s roundup of top in-house moves also includes appointments at Falcon’s Beyond, S&S Activewear, Amarin and The Oberkotter Foundation
Around the house: Albertsons taps CVS Health for new GC, Coursera promotes deputy GC to head legal team
This week’s roundup of top in-house moves also includes appointments at G1 Therapeutics, Rockland Trust Company, Skyryse and Uplight
GCs dissatisfied with law firms' flexible resourcing, technology says report
Law firms should leverage technology to improve responsiveness and help clients extract value from data, says new report from Simmons & Simmons
Greenwashing risk is only going to increase: Debevoise & Plimpton's Ulysses Smith on the challenges of new ESG rules
ESG guide editor Ulysses Smith discusses the evolving ESG landscape and what that means for clients
How legal departments can partner with their business to lead on ESG
Legal teams should help join the dots on ESG issues across all parts of the business, writes KPMG's Stuart Fuller