About

The Modern Times Group (MTG) is an international entertainment company dealing in the production, sale and broadcasting of entertainment. Karen Rønde the head of legal and public affairs at MTG brings an ‘interdisciplinary approach that you don’t often come across’. This is owing to Rønde’s multifaceted background not only as a lawyer at Bech-Bruun, but as a journalist and politician, after which she became the first lawyer to join MTG in Demark. Rønde is widely praised for ‘establishing a powerful position for the legal in-house department and is highly respected both internally and by external counsel’. Her main goal for the establishment of the legal department on behalf of MTG was to ensure that the ‘legal department is a business partner and together with the commercial teams, create greater value for the business’. She has been successful in her approach in dealing with disputes that assist the business as a partner rather than solely as a backroom advisor, moreover, she has trained the department in a proactive manner that allows the business to be prepared for when new legislation or practices need to be implemented. Rønde has a vision that allows her to connect all her past experiences to her current role: ‘politics, legislation and disputes are connected and some will get public mention. Since I am deeply involved in all parts, we try to have a common thread in all what we do, and that is to be professional’. Her ability to connect her experiences makes her a fantastic in-house lawyer that has had demonstrable effects on those that interact with her, with one such colleague praising ‘Karen has strong legal competences, an ability to navigate in a highly political environment and is a very skilled communicator’.