GC Issue: Summer 2017

GC spoke with New Zealand’s Minister of Trade, Todd McClay, for his view on the increasing prominence of Asia Pacific globally and the role of trade in regional growth.

As Asia Pacific continues to provide the engine for growth of the global economy, GC sits down with representatives from the realms of academia, business, law and politics, to unpack competing attempts to unify the region from an economic and regulatory standpoint, as well as the implications of growing geopolitical uncertainty.

McKinsey’s crisis response team has helped companies around the world to confront the unimaginable – a major crisis threatening their very future. GC speaks with McKinsey’s crisis response leader, Mihir Mysore, about the unique role in-house legal departments play in times of crisis and distils key coping mechanisms from McKinsey’s practice.

GC visits Lego’s new Singapore headquarters to learn how its new way of working is transforming the legal team’s relationship with the business.

Digi Telecommunications general counsel Ola Hanson details how businesses in the sector are getting creative to establish new revenue streams, as well as the role legal can play in supporting the company through a prolonged period of change.

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.