Bharat Kumar Mehta, APM Terminals | Bahrain Profile | APM Terminals
Middle East Regional InsightMehta shares with GC the challenges of joining a company with a fresh legal department in an unfamiliar country and environment.
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Kingdom of Bahrain | Bahrain
Middle East Regional InsightDespite its size, Bahrain has fostered a thriving in-house community, with a well-developed role to play in a rapidly changing business environment.
The importance of supportive leadership | Crisis Management
Autumn 2019Sarah Nelson Smith is the regional general counsel for WeWork, an international company that transforms buildings into collaborative workspaces and communities. While in her previous role as European chief legal officer of KFC, she helped to steer the company successfully through the #chickencrisis of 2018, when a distribution failure led to the closure of the majority of KFC’s restaurants in the UK.
GC to C-Suite | Road Less Travelled
Autumn 2019GC sits down with Barclays’ Amol Prabhu to discuss his recent transition from in-house to the C-suite and find out how life as a lawyer prepared him for one in business, as well as his advice for lawyers looking to carve out a similar path.
Pascal Marti, Legal Director Europe, eBay International | In Conversation
Autumn 2019With more choice on the horizon for eBay customers, GC sits down with Marti to discuss the legal frameworks underpinning its new payments system, as a decades long partnership with PayPal draws to a close.
From start-up to established: Du-ing it the right way | Leading by du-ing
Autumn 2019Anneliese Reinhold has built and developed the legal team at du from the ground up. She talks to GC about her journey as counsel; from the inception of du, to its rise to one of the world’s most respected telecommunications providers.
Women in law: Switzerland | Breaching the gender divide
Autumn 2019Switzerland has consistently been praised for its economic stability, neutrality and robust financial sector. Yet its efforts towards achieving gender parity have historically lagged behind its European neighbours. GC speaks to leading corporate counsel across the country to shine a light on the barriers preventing women from rising to the upper echelons of the legal profession.
Risk and Litigation Survey 2019 | Risky Business
Autumn 2019GC partnered with Freeths to conduct a survey to assess the current risk landscape for businesses in the UK, with a particular focus on litigation and regulatory factors. The research considered the thoughts and opinions of more than 200 UK-based general counsel on assessing risk, as well as the various roles their organisation expected them to play in managing risk, and the structures in place to support them.
Horizons: Global trends in employment law Edition 4: The modern employee? Contingent workers and the future of employment | Contingent Workers
Autumn 2019The traditional employee/employer model is in a state of constant transformation. In the latest edition of Horizons, Eversheds Sutherland’s Diane Gilhooley takes a look at the opportunities, risks and challenges facing employers addressing the growing importance of the contingent workforce.
Searching for Stability | Iran’s Investment Potential
Autumn 2019With an abundance of natural resources and a large, highly educated population, Iran is primed to be one of the most significant economies of the future – if it can only overcome decades-old geopolitical roadblocks.