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Abstract
The function of the general counsel - and in wider terms, the legal in-house department - has undergone a remarkable change in recent years. Law as such is now understood as a valuable resource, not just as a limit on commercial activities, by businesses around the world. As a result, the way that the legal function is managed is coming under heightened scrutiny from the world of management.
This unique new handbook, produced in association with the International Bar Association, includes chapters by leading experts on a diverse range of topics, explaining how legal departments can best support the businesses they serve, devise astute legal strategies, collaborate with other departments to optimum effect and source the skill sets they need, among other things. The consulting editors, Chris Vaagt and Wolf Peter Gross, have both been advisers to legal departments since 1997.
The handbook has been compiled to reflect current changes and anticipate what may happen in the future. Readers - whether in-house counsel or private practitioners - will learn new and perhaps surprising lessons about the drivers for change in the traditional world of the business of law.
Chris Vaagt and Wolf-Peter Gross have put together a remarkable book containing valuable perspectives and contributions on the opportunities and challenges we face, as well as on potential strategies to lead the change more effectively and efficiently. Hergen Haas, General Counsel, Heraeus Group
Table of Contents
Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
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Front Cover | 1 | ||
Title | 2 | ||
Copyright | 3 | ||
Table of contents | 4 | ||
Part I. Introduction | 6 | ||
Introduction: challenges andopportunities for generalcounsel in the 21st century Wolf-Peter Gross Christoph H Vaagt Law Firm Change Consultants | 6 | ||
Part II. Strategy | 12 | ||
Integrating law and strategy: the value of legal astuteness\rConstance E Bagley\rYale Law School | 12 | ||
Strategy and the leveraging of legal resources Robert C Bird University of Connecticut | 36 | ||
The difference between carrying out legal work and adding value Abhijit Mukhopadhyay Hinduja Group | 48 | ||
Managing legal risk: a bridge too far for lawyers? Peter Kurer BLR & Partners AG | 58 | ||
Corporate governance issues Bruno Cova Paul Hastings | 72 | ||
Part III. Leadership | 88 | ||
New competencies expected of today’s general counsel E Leigh Dance ELD International LLC | 88 | ||
General counsel as innovation agent: the end of the‘Department of No’ Paul Lippe OnRamp Systems | 100 | ||
Lawyers at the revolution Kent Walker Google | 112 | ||
The case of PGGM: the transformational legal department Max Hübner PGGM NV | 124 | ||
General counsel: leaders in the legal arena Christian Rau DaVita HealthCare Partners, Inc | 136 | ||
Part IV. Organisation | 150 | ||
Managing workloads into the future: corporate legal operations efficiency Paul Smith Eversheds LLP | 150 | ||
Legal standard setters Jochen Deister DMZ Legal Carsten Reimann Xenion Legal | 162 | ||
The legal disruption dilemma: a case study on new service Filip Corveleyn Felix Rackwitz Tools4Legal GmbH | 174 | ||
The role of information technology in shaping and supporting global legal operations Scott D Rosenberg Project Leadership Associates | 186 | ||
Compliant customer data handling: a challenge for IT service providers Dennis Grabherr Hewlett-Packard Company | 204 | ||
About the authors | 218 |