In the first in a series of inspiring events, four speakers with very different experiences and personalities, yet with similar underlying tones, offered our audience of in-house lawyers a valuable insight into the perspective of some creative business leaders.
Ellis Watson is CEO of DC Thomson Publishing, and has been CEO or a main board director for a range of international companies – First Group, Syco, Celador TV, and a director at News International. At our London-based Enterprise GC conference, he gave what can only be termed a barnstorming keynote, advocating that general counsel embrace what they do best and make a true difference to their company as a key part of the leadership team.
MasterCard’s Tim Murphy discusses his return to legal after ten years in business roles.
The Chinese economy has been the engine for prosperity during a period of unprecedented growth in Asia over the past decade. But a marked slowdown is tempering confidence in the fiscal prospects for the region as a whole and producing a more stringent regulatory environment. GC spoke with leading in-house counsel in the region to test the sentiment on the ground and learn how they were dealing with the new challenges.
The two largest economies in the South Pacific have been remarkably stable through the GFC, but are there troubling waters ahead? GC speaks to some of the region’s leading in-house counsel to find out.
The inaugural Enterprise GC event brought together some of the brightest in-house legal minds from across the United Kingdom at Syon Park, for two days of discussions, key-notes and shared learnings to address the evolving needs of General Counsel in the contemporary business and legal environment.
The relationship between in-house legal and procurement has too often been far from productive. GC finds out how getting everyone on the same page can generate new efficiencies and a more effective method of purchasing legal services.
GC gets an inside look at an economy on the rise from members of The Legal 500’s GC Powerlist: Mexico.
GC finds out about what growing corporate interest in sustainability could mean for in-house lawyers from Ursula Wynhoven, CLO and chief of governance and social sustainability at the UN Global Compact.
Carlyle Kingswood Global talks to Royal Mail’s group general counsel, Maaike de Bie, on how the transition from public to private sector has impacted on the company’s legal department, and in particular how it manages its panel of external lawyers.
