Team size: 4

How do you approach managing legal aspects during periods of instability or crises, and how does your legal strategy align with the broader business strategy to ensure the organisation’s resilience?

Zyte operates in the web scraping and AI space, which means we must navigate a labyrinth of ever-changing and unclear laws. As such, I have had to build a legal team that can effectively handle instability and changing regulations. We manage this by being very proactive and staying up to date on relevant legislation and case law. As changes come in, we ensure there is a dedicated person to understand the new legal landscape and provide clear and concise advice to the business. As a part of that advice, we must always remain mindful of balancing compliance with the needs of the business as a whole.

What do you think are the most important attributes for a modern in-house counsel to possess?

Agility, embracing change, and building efficient, lean teams. Every department across all companies is looking at how they can be more efficient with the team they already have. This means embracing AI and thinking about how we can automate repeatable and simpler tasks. In order to build a strong in-house team in this environment, you must embrace technology that will make your team more efficient, thereby giving your team space to focus on the more complex and higher-level tasks.