Start-up, scale-up or established player, the way in which financial services firms conduct business has always been influenced by customers, explains Growth Street GC Simon Coles ahead of his session at the In-house Financial Services Conference. Have customers changed the way financial services conduct business? Looking at how financial products and services are created, deployed and […]
Zurich Insurance GC, Edward Bridge talks to The Lawyer ahead of his session at the In-house Financial Services conference.
LendInvest GC Ruth Pearson talks to The Lawyer ahead of her session at the In-house Financial Services conference.
Fletchers Solicitors CEO talks to The Lawyer about the importance of ‘un-learning’ in the new world of technology.
Herbert Smith Freehills CEO Mark Rigotti talks to The Lawyer about the skills that law firms should be teaching graduates.
Just Group general counsel Joanna Nayler speaks to The Lawyer ahead of her session at the In-house Counsel as Business Partner Conference, in association with EY, about becoming an agent for change in the business. What is your one prediction for the progression of in-house lawyers? The role played by in-house lawyers is becoming ever […]
Post Office general counsel Ben Foat talks to The Lawyer ahead of his workshop at the In-house Counsel as Business Partner Conference, in association with EY, explaining the key considerations for transforming the legal function. What are the top three things businesses expect from their in-house lawyers? A strategic business partner that sees the bigger picture and […]
In our latest 60-second interview, Linklaters managing partner Gideon Moore talks to The Lawyer about developing cognitive diversity within the firm and the impact flexible working is having on traditional routes to partnership.
Mills & Reeve’s managing partner Claire Clarke speaks to The Lawyer ahead of her panel discussion at the Business Leadership Summit, addressing the distinctions between the ‘then’ and ‘now’ lawyers. What do you think the solution is to the ‘talent crisis’ the industry is currently experiencing? First, it’s important to try to understand some of the causes of […]
Matheson’s innovation manager Tom Connor explains his big prediction of where the future of legal technology will lead us and how the design function will be the next seat at the table, ahead of his panel debate around AI at the Business Leadership Summit. Do clients have unrealistic expectations of AI capabilities? The legal industry […]
Zopa senior counsel Victoria Matthews talks to The Lawyer ahead of her panel discussion at the In-house Counsel as Business Partner in Association with EY conference, explaining what sets in-house apart from the rest of the legal market. What is your one prediction for the progression of in-house lawyers? In-house lawyers deliver the best advice […]
Ashurst Digital Ventures partner and co-CEO Tara Waters talks to The Lawyer about whether digitalisation is a good thing for the future of the legal profession.
Ahead of the Business Leadership Summit, professor Claire McGourlay from The University of Manchester talks about preparing graduates for the world of law.
Laura Bygrave, Deloitte Legal’s new innovation lead talks to The Lawyer about the impact of AI on the legal industry and having more realistic conversations of AI capabilities, ahead of her session at the Business Leadership Summit on 25th September. Do you think the introduction of AI solutions will eventually decrease the number of employees […]
DWF Ventures managing director Jonathan Patterson talks to The Lawyer about equipping graduates with the right skills and finding talent outside of the legal industry, ahead of his session at the Business Leadership Summit on the 25th September. Is the education that graduates are receiving equipping them for the profession in practice? No, not completely. […]
Co-head of PwC’s NewLaw practice and partner Andrew Giverin talks to The Lawyer about the top inefficiencies in legal departments and the biggest challenge facing GCs at the moment, ahead of his roundtable session on the 2nd July. What are the top two inefficiencies you have observed in in-house legal departments? – Lawyers having to […]
UnitedLex’s CEO Dan Reed talks to The Lawyer about the impact of New Law arrivals on Big Law firms ahead of his session at the General Counsel Strategy Summit.
