Inside Track: For In-House Counsel, Risk Isn't Always a Bad Word
One of the great truisms in life is we often worry most when we know the least. Knowledge is empowering.
December 16, 2021 at 09:30 AM
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Risk and ComplianceWelcome to Inside Track, a briefing from Law.com editor and reporter Greg Andrews providing insights that help in-house counsel navigate their rapidly changing world. Have an opinion? Email me here. Want to be alerted to this dispatch in your inbox every Thursday? Sign up here. Note: Inside Track will be taking the next two weeks off and will return Jan. 9.
The IPO prospectus for the newly public electric-truck maker Rivian Corp. included 51 pages of "risk factors." It was enough to send any lawyer—even one inclined to think of a glass as half-full—into a panic.
But that's not how Rivian General Counsel Neil Sitron looks at the world. As he told me in November, "My job is to think through all the risks, but there is always a balance between risk and opportunity. Our job is to capitalize on the opportunities."
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