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Pacific Shift | The Rising Tide of Tech

In-House Technology in Asia Pacific

As the Asia Pacific tech scene takes off, GC asks what tools the region’s general counsel are using to handle legal work.

Xae Hoyy Loh, general counsel and compliance officer, Pilmico International | In Conversation

In-House Technology in Asia Pacific

The challenge of managing a legal function remotely has forced GCs to think creatively. Xae Hoyy Loh, general counsel and compliance officer of agribusiness giant Pilmico International shares his insights.

Life during lockdown | Results From Our Survey

In-House Technology in Asia Pacific

GC asks Asia’s general counsel what lockdown has meant for productivity, team cohesion and the use of technology.

Zero-sum gain | Results From Our Survey

In-House Technology in Asia Pacific

The legal tech market is notoriously fragmented. Are law firms missing a business opportunity by keeping their expertise to themselves?

Falling angels | Freshfields Cum-Ex Repercussions

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It has been a difficult year for Freshfields. In PR terms it has been an annus horribilis, and the enormity of the challenge faced by the firm’s first female senior partner, Georgia Dawson, cannot be understated.

Der Freshfields-Skandal | Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

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When the German government says of a law firm that it ‘cannot conceive that new work will be placed there’, that firm has a major problem. Does that reputational damage threaten Freshfields’ global practice, and what questions does it pose to the firm’s new leadership?

Hector Garcia, lead of legal and compliance express centre LATAM and Canada, Bayer | In Conversation

GC Latin America Survey 2020

Building a new legal compliance division during a pandemic is not for the feint hearted. Hector Garcia, lead of legal and compliance express centre in LATAM and Canada at Bayer shares how he has managed the challenge of building a new brand new in-house legal team remotely.

Overview: Paraguay | Paraguay

GC Latin America Survey 2020

Contributed by Vouga Abogados

How to Secure Your Arbitration Funding – The Process and its Pitfalls | Arbitration in Latin America

GC Latin America Survey 2020

Contributed by Detlef Huber, Carpentum Capital

Overview: Peru | Peru

GC Latin America Survey 2020

Contributed by Vinatea & Toyama

In-House Technology in Asia Pacific

GC magazine teamed up WSG to survey over 100 of Asia Pacific’s leading general counsel, asking them about everything from the impact of Covid-19 on the legal team’s efficiency to their use of AI, how they find the right software (and the money to buy it), and their expectations of outside counsel when it comes to technology.

Women in Law: Latin America

In this GC magazine special edition, in partnership with Willkie, Farr & Gallagher LLP, we focus on profiling a group of trailblazing women in-house counsel across Latin America – women who have, in the face of quite significant challenges, broken through barriers and glass ceilings, and are paving the way for others to follow.

Their Voices

GC's latest collaboration with Clifford Chance, Their Voices: Insights from Today’s Rising Lawyers, chronicles the journeys and stories of a selection of the next generation of lawyers, revealing that the stereotypical, well-trodden pathway to law is far from the sole entry point to the profession.

Advice To My Younger Self: Reflections of Successful Women Lawyers

In Advice To My Younger Self: Reflections of Successful Women Lawyers, GC Magazine team worked with Clifford Chance to profile the professional journeys of some of its female partners and associates around the world, highlighting the diversity of pathways to success as a woman in law, and also to share practical learnings and tips

To help us understand just how the Covid-19 pandemic impacted businesses in the region, we spoke to over 100 of Latin America’s leading GCs regarding how their organisations adjusted to life during lockdown, what impact the situation had on the legal team’s ability to perform its day-to-day role, and which areas of their businesses’ operations were likely to be hit hardest.