On 13–14 March of this year, GC magazine, Legal Business and The Legal 500 hosted ‘Enterprise GC’, our annual conference for leading general counsel. For those who couldn’t be there, we cover some of the key presentations.
GC partners with LexisNexis to examine why in-house legal teams and law firms are poles apart in their understanding of value – and identifies new ways to come together.
Catherine McGregor shares insights on innovation from general counsel and business thinkers around the world, in the first of a regular column.
General counsel for tech wunderkind RedMart, Christopher Chan discusses leaving the comfort of Washington DC to join a startup in Singapore – establishing its legal department and guiding its acquisition by Alibaba-owned e-commerce giant, Lazada.
GC magazine, together with Hogan Lovells Lee & Lee hosted the second annual ASEAN Horizon Summit on 20 April 2017, in Singapore. Bringing together general counsel, business leaders and prominent figures from the legal space, the summit explored the challenges and opportunities for businesses operating in South East Asia.
Proactive companies and evolving regulatory requirements are prompting a major change in the corporate social responsibility stakes. GC talks to general counsel from a pair of prominent Asian firms to learn more.
On 23 February 2017, The Legal 500 launched its first iteration of the GC Powerlist in Southeast Asia. The reception, held at the iconic Raffles Hotel in Singapore, brought together over 100 in-house lawyers from across the region.
Joining Heineken as part of the global beer giant’s merger with Asia Pacific Breweries in 2012, regional legal director Geraldine Lim talks about the challenges of operating in an industry as highly regulated as alcohol, in a region as diverse as Asia Pacific.
Business process services company, Conduent, talks to GC about establishing a sustainable compliance function by incorporating intelligent technology, automation and big data analytics into enterprise risk management.
Leading the legal function for LafargeHolcim in Asia Pacific, regional general counsel Patrick McGlinchey talks to GC about the Asian complexities involved with integrating a pair of global building behemoths to become the world’s largest building materials company.
