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General Counsel in the 21st Century: Challenges and Opportunities

General Counsel in the 21st Century: Challenges and Opportunities

Author: Christoph H. Vaagt; Wolf Peter Gros
Publisher: Globe Law and Business
ISBN: 9781909416772
Published In: September 2015
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
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The function of the general counsel - and in wider terms, the legal in-house department - has undergone a remarkable change in recent years.

Law as such is now understood as a valuable resource, not just as a limit on commercial activities, by businesses around the world. As a result, the way that the legal function is managed is coming under heightened scrutiny from the world of management.

This unique new handbook, produced in association with the International Bar Association, includes chapters by leading experts on a diverse range of topics, explaining how legal departments can best support the businesses they serve, devise astute legal strategies, collaborate with other departments to optimum effect and source the skill sets they need, among other things. The consulting editors, Chris Vaagt and Wolf Peter Gross, have both been advisers to legal departments since 1997.

The handbook has been compiled to reflect current changes and anticipate what may happen in the future. Readers - whether in-house counsel or private practitioners - will learn new and perhaps surprising lessons about the drivers for change in the traditional world of the business of law.

Table of contents

Part I. Introduction

New challenges and opportunities for the general counsel in the 21st Century

Part II. Strategy

Integrating law and strategy: the value of legal astuteness

Strategy and the leveraging of legal resources

Case study: the difference between doing some legal work and adding value

Managing legal risk: A bridge too far for lawyers?

Part III. Leadership

Expanding roles for general counsel: new competencies needed for the 21st Century

General counsel as innovation agents

Lawyers at the revolution