GC Issue: Summer 2018

Joining Discovery Networks to set up its legal team in Italy six years ago, Marcello Dolores has seen the business flourish from a small pay TV offering to the country’s third largest network.

In business, change is inevitable: what, then, does the future hold for in-house counsel, their teams and the law firms that serve them?

Change is in the air for Spain. With ongoing disputes over the future of Catalonia symptomatic of an era of uncertainty in Spain, a fresh set of eyes will be tasked with regaining consensus following the ousting of Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy.

The legal department of iconic tyre-manufacturer Michelin has a strategy for success. Group general counsel Benoit Balmary talks GC through its eight-point legal manifesto.

Marco Lorefice shares his experiences of running pioneering price review arbitrations in the oil and gas sector, and how the legal department has proved pivotal to the company’s bottom line.

A leader in the legal team at Bombardier Transportation, Steinbrecher talks GC through the legal and business challenges of the rail industry in Europe.

AIG’s Diego Manzetti discusses the challenges of building a legal team from scratch and what might lie ahead for the insurance business.

On the brink of yet another set of elections this year, an era of uncertainty appears likely to continue in Italy – an unsettling prospect for the business community and in-house counsel alike.

In his latest column for GC, David Burgess, Publishing Director at The Legal 500, considers the role of legal operations within the wider legal community.

Lucia Giancaspro shares the challenges of establishing a compliance function and reorganising the legal team to fit within an expanding global business.