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Butterworths In-House Lawyers Handbook

Butterworths In-House Lawyers Handbook

Author: Ian Jones
Publisher: LexisNexis U.K.
ISBN: 9781405755504
Published In: December 2012
Format: Paperback
Jurisdiction: International, U.K. ? Disclaimer:
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Butterworths In-House Lawyers Handbook is the first and only text to bring together all the practical guidance, precedents, expert commentary and key source material for the in-house law department.

In-house lawyers in all types of institutions will benefit from the insights Ian Jones’ commentary provides. Butterworths In-House Lawyers Handbook covers all the key planks of the internal legal advisors’ role, from managing a legal team to handling the procurement process.

In today's world, in-house counsel in businesses and the public sector are expected to have a thorough understanding of the aims and activities of their institution, and relate that understanding to the advice they give their employer. Aside from this requirement, the in-house lawyer needs a high level understanding of a range of legal issues in multiple jurisdictions and to know how to access that information quickly. Butterworths In-House Lawyers' Handbook assists that by providing key precedents and accessible information on a range of the most common issues in core jurisdictions.

Butterworths In-House Lawyer also:

Helps in-house legal teams demonstrate their value to the business and especially to the FD
Butterworths In-House Lawyers Handbook provides comprehensive best practice guidance on the role of the in-house lawyer
Includes useful precedents
Is accessible and portable
Teaches you how to make decisions about the legal team and outsourcing/in-sourcing based on value to the business
Butterworths In-House Lawyers Handbook collates useful black letter sources, making it a one-stop shop
Is of use particularly to in-house lawyers newly managing teams
Benefits solicitors in private practice by providing unique insights into the world of clients

Part I - The Legal Advisor;
1. Introduction;
2. Persuader not advisor?
3. Professional Obligations under the various professional rules;
4. Managing an in-house department - an overview;
5. A crash course in corporate accounts - teaching hippos how to paint;

Part II - Governance;
6. Corporate Governance for In-House Counsel;

Part III - Managing External Lawyers;
7. Global Models and Procurement;
8. In life retainer management;
9. Termination;
10. Costs and how to manage them;

Part IV - Managing Your Team;
11. Supervisory Skills;
12. Methodologies for assessing size and focus of legal department;

Part V - Managing Your Company/What your Board wants from a Legal Department;
13. How to demonstrate value;

Part VI - Corporate Legal Knowledge Management;
14. Corporate Record Keeping - Do I really need all those bits of paper?
15. Training for your lawyers and training your business people;
16. Intranets, Extranets, Blogging and Twittering - a double edged sword;

Part VII - "It's the law Jim, but not as we know it!" - The Future;
17. The Future of Legal Services;
18. The Legal Services Act;

Part IX - Appendices;
Precedents

By Ian Jones, former Head of the Real Estate Legal team at BT plc, a post he held since April 2004. He is a solicitor with a broad legal experience, including property, corporate/commercial and insolvency. In 2001, he led the in-house BT Legal Team which completed the BT/Telereal sale and leaseback financing deal.