About

Dr Benno Quade started his employment with Software AG in 2012, as corporate counsel, before he assumed the role of senior vice president global legal and general counsel heading the global legal department, IP and technology alliances at the company. His recent work highlights the central role he plays in company projects: ‘In Q4 2018, the strategy refresh project was assigned to me and I managed the Strategy Refresh Project of Software AG, called Helix, successfully’. He has also made his mark on the company’s digitalisation initiatives: ‘Working on the design and setup of a complex IoT-Joint Venture with four Machinery Companies called ADAMOS was a main highlights due to gaining experience of the power of digital collaboration.’ He explains, ‘the same goes for my digital legal department strategy and the development of more than 20 legal apps. I learnt that creativity can help a legal department not only to scale, but also to substantially transform the internal and external perception. We have implemented a consistent and comprehensive digital legal strategy and have transformed the legal function into a role model of digitalisation. Since then, we own data as legal department and can offer full transparency on processes, SLAs and other areas. This has motivated other departments to digitalise as well’. Someone who is enthusiastic about the benefits of in-house counsel to their companies, Dr Quade concludes succinctly that ‘lawyers can do more than legal’.