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Nils Lavista-Wiesch has instigated significant and wide-reaching changes in his role at Callax Telecom, a telecoms company that presents itself as a cheaper alternative to existing providers. From what he describes as a ‘rudimentary legal department’ that has primarily been dealing with ‘the coordination of legal queries’ and mostly carried out ‘subject matter research before handing over to external counsel’, the department now ‘actively manages and carries out legal proceedings and contract design wherever possible’. But his work at Callax features a range of other aspects as Callax is not only a telecoms company but also owns energy provider Stromio and gas supplier gas.de: a particular challenge as all these companies operate in highly regulated markets. But Lavista-Wiesch has not only been able to restructure the legal department but also counts a number of successful court proceedings among his achievements, matters that by settling have ‘stopped anti-competitive methods and reorganised the market environment’.