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The company man | Legal privilege for in-house lawyers

Spring 2015

GC takes a look behind the company curtain in European countries where corporate counsel are denied the professional status and legal privilege afforded to private practice lawyers.

From client to colleague: the John Lewis partnership | Retail: in-house management

Spring 2015

GC meets with Amy Holt, senior commercial lawyer at UK retailer John Lewis, to discuss how the commercial legal team works with the business, and the company’s unique partnership structure.

Deal breaker to deal maker | Lawyers as dealmakers

Spring 2015

William Weisel, former GC of four publicly-traded, multinational high-tech companies in Israel (Scitex Corporation, ADC Teledata, Gilat Satellite Networks and Lumenis), unpicks the stereotype of “lawyers as deal breakers”, explaining how corporate counsel can re-brand as deal makers.

How to be Chief Executive of your own career | Business Thinking

Winter 2014

It’s been a tough road to the top, but you’ve made it. What happens if the view isn’t good enough? Former editor of Harvard Business Review Karen Dillon considers how those who have achieved the role of GC can keep the journey going.

Where are all the Lawyer-CEOs? | Business Thinking

Winter 2014

GCs are quick to trumpet their intimate understanding of business needs.

The 5-minute financial analysis | Business Thinking

Winter 2014

How much is your company worth?

From client to colleague: Network Rail | In-House Management

Winter 2014

In the first of a series profiling legal departments that are pioneering innovative Ways to meld legal with business, GC meets with UK rail infrastructure company Network Rail’s Natalie Jobling, Cathy Crick and Dan Kayne.

Revolution! | In-House Management

Winter 2014

How A GC radically reorganised the legal department.

The world’s greatest management thinker: Clayton Christensen | Business Thinking

Winter 2014

Inspired by our specially commissioned piece by Karen Dillon, co-author with Christensen of How Will You Measure Your Life, we present a quick guide to this seminal business theorist.

What I wish I’d known: moving in-house | Career Path

Winter 2014

Corporate counsel from around the globe pass on their top tips for the first few months in the job.

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.