Team size: Five

What has been the number one challenge that has impacted you over the past year?

I believe that the biggest challenge that we had was to balance the advances in technology, AI, digitalisation and others, with a profession that is profoundly conservative. At the same time, legal departments have their hands full keeping up with the pace of change and rising complexity in the business and political spheres. Organisations are constantly reconsidering their business models and look at opportunities to restructure; this may also lead them to consider a range of strategies, from splitting out activities or geographies, to other critical decisions. Legal teams should keep on top of these plans so they can properly advise on the risks and implications, to help ensure that the business strategy can be executed in accordance with its expectations.

In which ways have you attempted to bring the legal department closer to your business colleagues?

We at Roche CCAV are currently working all together with one outcome: to ensure success in everything we do. From a legal department’s perspective, we partner with innovation to drive positive impacts on the business strategies and outcomes, participating closely, and providing a different approach to challenges that we, as a company, might encounter.