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At SGL Carbon, a carbon products manufacturer, the day to day legal business is carried out in-house, even though the company has 40 plants in Europe, North America and Asia as well as subsidiaries in over 100 countries and its shares have been listed at Deutsche Börse’s MDAX since 1995. Not surprising, Kamper values his work because of its ‘variety of topics’ which enables him to ‘personally initiate and direct things’. A particular challenge in a globally operating company where most of the work is done in-house is the ever changing nature of arising matters which also requires to constantly incorporate international aspects into the legal work. Outside counsel ‘should listen more closely’ as it is ‘external expertise coupled with organisational insights which guarantees the successful completion of projects’.