About

Responsible both for DXC Technology’s Asia legal team and its worldwide transactions, governance, IP and technology team, Paul Lanzone has many opportunities to demonstrate his significant legal and business talent, honed through a number of senior in-house legal positions. In addition to an interim role as general counsel of Virgin Mobile Australia, Lanzone has operated as executive director of legal for UBS Investment Bank UK, managing counsel for Australia and New Zealand at HP and vice president and associate general counsel for Hewlett Packard Enterprise in Singapore before beginning his current role in April 2017. When picking particular highlights of his career, the range of achievements he recalls provides an insight into why he is regarded as among the leading lights of the Southeast Asian in-house legal scene: ‘Running legal change in London for UBS Investment Bank globally was a particular highlight. Being at the intersection of law and change management running 12 major projects for the Bank over four years taught me the power of change and the need for people, process and technology improvements for in-house legal departments in support of the business. Similarly, my work on the development of DXC’s FastTrack legal principles and modular contract, which recently won the global International Association for Contract and Commercial Management 2018 Innovation Award for Operational Improvement, is a project I am particularly proud of being part of. Finally, I would mention my role in the development of BriefBox as a general counsel department management tool. In this, we designed and built the first true whole of department management legal tool for general counsel. There is a lot of hype around shiny legal tech right now but it’s a lot harder to figure out the minimum number of tools able to provide the maximum utility for your legal department’. Alongside these technological innovations, Lanzone has been proactive in developing the internal processes and techniques used by the individuals within his teams. As well as the development of standard forms within the transactions team, he has designed new processes and running approvals of parent company guarantees and bank guarantees within the governance team and has been instrumental in the adoption of new tools as part of his role as chair of the technology committee. Lanzone mentions that he considers the success he has enjoyed throughout his career has been helped immensely by strong mentors and those around him, with his current position being no different: ‘All of this work hasn’t been done single-handedly, it has involved a great team of talented people I’m proud to work with. We are very excited about the next phase. There is so much to do!’