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Kommunal Landspensjonskasse (KLP) is Norway’s largest life insurance company, with capital under management exceeding NOK 500 billion. Henrik Hilseth-Hartwig successfully worked on implementing, monitoring and advising on new international legislation relevant for the KLP corporate group. ‘Since my employment in 2011, we have seen several large law initiatives (both domestic and international), that needed to be implemented and operationalised’. Compared to the role in an external law firm, Hilseth-Hartwig ‘would emphasise the value of learning the clients’ business operations, which is hugely advantageous when providing legal advice to the company. I believe that all in-house counsel value external counsel that remove workload, rather than bringing about more work on the control and follow up on provided advice. Brilliant legal advice is not sufficient if given in the wrong context’. This thought is something that he has adapted into his everyday life as an in-house lawyer, trying to always understand the commercial impact of legal actions.