Ahead of her panel session at the Business Leadership Summit, professor Claire McGourlay from the The University of Manchester speaks to The Lawyer about better preparing graduates for the new world of law and what the legal roles of the future will be. Is the education that graduates are receiving equipping them for the profession in […]
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.
Our latest 60 second interview features EY partner and UK law leader for Financial Services Matthew Kellett, who talks to The Lawyer about innovation as a buzzword and technology myths and truths, ahead of his session at this year’s In-house Financial Services conference. Is innovation really just a buzzword? What does it mean to be […]
MarketInvoice head of legal and compliance Eoin O’Reilly talks to The Lawyer ahead of his session at the In-house Financial Services conference. What can be done to fortify the UK’s position as the global leader of fintech? I actually think we’re doing a lot of things right in the UK to create an environment where […]
Brewin Dolphin’s head of legal Alissa Foale talks to The Lawyer about her function’s biggest challenges and how she thinks financial services will transform in the coming years.
Ahead of this year’s In-house Financial Services conference, The Lawyer talks to Simon Coles, general counsel at Capital on Tap, about the challenge of managing his time as sole counsel, how he collaborates with the wider business and what he’s most excited about in the fintech space. What are the greatest challenges facing your in-house function? […]
In our latest 60 second interview, LV= general counsel Chris Griffin talks to The Lawyer about his function’s contribution to delivering transformational change, their biggest ongoing challenge and the role his panel firms play in helping his team keep up with technological change ahead of his session at this year’s In-house Financial Services conference. What […]
Ahead of her session at this year’s In-house Financial Services conference, The Lawyer talks to Ruth Pearson, general counsel at LendInvest, about why it’s important for legal functions to be agile and how her team manages to keep apace with change while prioritising innovation. What is the role of the in-house function in delivering change projects? In-house […]
Following his involvement as one of the 30+ speakers at our recent Managing Risk and Litigation conference, Jenner & Block’s co-chair of international arbitration Charlie Lightfoot talks to The Lawyer about amends to the UK’s Arbitration Act, the most common drafting error of arbitration clauses and trends emerging in international arbitration. Some commentators have suggested […]
Jenner & Block partner Jason Yardley, one of the 30+ speakers at last year’s Managing Risk and Litigation conference, talks to The Lawyer about the newly established commercial courts across Europe and their potential impact on English Commercial Courts, and whether costs will have a greater impact on London as a preferred forum for international disputes. Will […]
FTI Consulting director Nina Bryant talks to The Lawyer about the evolving global regulatory developments in privacy.
Gowling WLG’s head of commercial, employment, pensions and projects Michael Luckman talks to The Lawyer about the evolving expectations of clients, the steps in-housers should take to be more strategic and the skills that will be in demand for the law department of the future ahead of his session at this year’s In-house Counsel as Business […]
EY partner and UK law leader for financial services Matthew Kellett talks to The Lawyer about the key challenges of in-house transformation programmes and successful change management ahead of his session at this year’s In-house Counsel as Business Partner in association with EY. What are the main challenges in mapping the legal function’s transformation journey? The […]
Shoosmiths partner David Jackson talks to The Lawyer ahead of his session at In-house Counsel as Business Partner 2018 in association with EY.
