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AIA’s Australia legal department is brimming with legal talent at all levels, and senior legal counsel Saul Lazar has drawn praise from nominators and colleagues alike for his talent, persistence and tangible business successes. Receiving several recommendations as a rising star in the Australian in-house legal industry, a colleague of Lazar who works with him directly explains how he provides ‘dedicated legal support’ on a broad range of matters and strategic projects ‘of relevance to AIA Australia’s retail business in a time of unprecedented regulatory change for our industry’. In dealing with these regulatory changes, the source explains how he has been ‘instrumental in helping the retail business anticipate the changes, respond, and continue to thrive and produce positive outcomes for our customers and partners’. In his time at AIA Australia, Lazar has formed close working relationships with a number of the key stakeholders within AIA Australia’s retail life insurance business. In the words of a nominator he has: ‘in the process developed an impressive understanding of the inner workings of the many facets of our business and a reputation as someone who can be relied upon to provide accurate, timely, relevant and highly commercial advice in respect of a broad range of issues, whether they arise in the ordinary course of our business or are in relation to key strategic projects and priorities’.