The first in GC and The Legal 500’s Corporate Counsel Summit series, which took place in september in new york, combined innovative management theory and cutting-edge legal developments.
GC’s mission statement is to bring innovative business theory to in-house lawyers. The seminar began by covering the latest developments in data privacy and cyber security. The focus was the relationship between personal and corporate security, and best practice lessons we can transfer from one to the other. This was especially topical in the light of the recent well-publicised leaks of personal photos of celebrities stored in the cloud, as well as data leaks at Target and JP Morgan. Jeremy Feigelson and David Sarratt of Debevoise & Plimpton presented an insightful and pertinent workshop on the issues.
Fresh from speaking to LinkedIn’s top customers in the Bay Area the week before, Karen Dillon, former Harvard Business Review (HBR) editor and co-author – with Clayton Christensen and James Allworth – of How Will You Measure Your Life? (a landmark examination of how high-achieving individuals can unintentionally sabotage their own personal and professional growth – and what they can do, instead, to thrive), presented a seminar workshop that encouraged managers and strategic thinkers to consider life and purpose.
Topics included:
- embracing change and opportunity in both your personal career and your management of others;
- understanding motivation and incentives beyond financial gain;
achieving fulfilment in family and personal life.
A number of the corporate counsel who attended said they were attracted by the fact that it offered a different approach to other events in the calendar, put forward innovative and fresh perspectives on their working lives, and that allowed them to consider their individual roles in much broader terms than simply as ‘someone who solves the legal problems.’
An afternoon discussion concluded with an informal networking dinner in the evening. Following a successful inaugural event, we will be working with business thinkers to produce business and management content for in-house counsel at future summits in the US in 2015, and globally thereafter.
Companies registered for the corporate counsel summit series include:
| JM Zell Partners | Xchange Technology Group |
| InSight Capital Partners | CBS |
| CBS | ING |
| Novartis | Spectrum Group Management |
| Aimia | The Robin Hood Foundation |
| Barclays | Time Warner |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co. | Goldman Sachs |
| Third Point Reinsurance | Kraft Kennedy |
| Iberdrola | ICON Investments |
| Virgin Galactic | AEGIS |
| A+E Networks | American Express |
| Semper Capital Management | Accretive |
| Honeywell | The World Bank Group |
| Capitol Petroleum Group | Con Edison |
| MRY | Ranieri Partners |
| BT | Burch Creative Capital |
| RB International Finance (USA) | Mount Sinai Medical Center |
| Silverstein Properties | Societe Generale |
| Transelec | Marker Financial Advisors |
If you would like to register your interest in future summits, or to suggest a topic for discussion, please email:
To discuss becoming a partner with us at a future event please contact:
Amy McDermott
T: +44 (0)207 396 5648
email: [email protected]
