Welcome to lawyerland | The lawyer's mindset
What’s the view like from Lawyerland? Paul Teta, vice president and general counsel of international trading and marketing company Kolmar Americas, probes the unique lawyer mindset.
Flying solo | Flexible engagement
Considering working on a more flexible basis of engagement? Why not start your own business? One high-flying GC-turned-entrepreneur takes to the skies on a venture that redefines the limits of getting commercial.
The linkedin legal department – pushing the boundaries | Technology, innovation, law
‘Every individual is now an entrepreneur, whether they recognise it or not.’ So said Reid Hoffman, one of the founders of LinkedIn. In such a culture of innovation, what does the ideal legal department and in-house lawyer look like? GC caught up with Mike Callahan, LinkedIn’s GC, to discuss the risks and rewards of working at the law’s new frontiers and how to find lawyers who are up to that challenge.
Learning how to be good from the ‘bad’ guys | Balancing ethics and business
He may seem the ultimate anti-hero, but could lawyer Saul Goodman, of Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul, actually be a role model for in-house lawyers? (warning: contains spoilers).
Here be dragons: starting a legal function from scratch | Asia: in-house team management
GC talks to founders of legal departments in Asia about the risks and rewards of drawing up the blueprint for an uncharted legal function.
The dark side of the moon | The value proposition
Why you need to examine the dark side of your company’s moon to really add value.
In-house got talent? Bay area GCs on hiring | Technology, innovation, law
At the end of April, GC, in association with recruitment consultants MLegal, gathered together a range of Bay Area corporate counsel for drinks, dinner and discussion about talent management.
Playing it forward: team structure and motivation | GC Roundtable: team structure
At the end of May, in association with Iken, GC gathered a group of GCs and heads of legal together in London to discuss how they structure their teams to bring out the best in them and prepare the next generation for the top legal role.
In-house life – Leslie Zhang Cnooc | In-house life
As director of the project management division and legal department at China National Offshore Oil Corporation [CNOOC], Leslie Zhang has presided over some sizeable transactions – not least the company’s $15.1BN acquisition of Nexen Inc.
Doing it differently | Gender diversity initiatives
GC explores what corporate counsel can do to further diversity – in their in-house legal department, the wider organisation, or throughout the business world. We pick the brains of general counsel across the globe about programmes they’ve pioneered or adopted to create a diverse workplace. In the first in a series of case studies, this issue we look at gender diversity.
