Leigh Dance

June 20, 2016 | Corporate Counsel

What do people in your in-house legal function currently do? How do they spend their days? Having the answers will be a key input in guiding how your legal function may want to change.

By E. Leigh Dance

11 minute read

May 19, 2016 | Corporate Counsel

Three excellent conferences designed for global in-house counsel are coming up in the next three weeks. Here's a preview, with tips at the end on how to reap the greatest benefits from your conference experience.

By E. Leigh Dance

6 minute read

May 09, 2016 | Corporate Counsel

This Global In-House column introduces our first in-house profile. Each spotlights an in-house counsel from around the world with an international role. We begin with Nick Hornung, group general counsel and company secretary of Dubai World.

By E. Leigh Dance

6 minute read

April 28, 2016 | Corporate Counsel

In-house counsel are so busy doing that they can't make time to reflect. This article looks at what you're missing and gives seven specific ways to introduce regular reflection into your demanding days.

By E. Leigh Dance

9 minute read

March 23, 2016 | Corporate Counsel

Yesterday it seemed ironic that I had just written a Global In-House column addressing how to deal with uncertainty in emerging markets. Who would have thought that I'd so soon be tested, right in my own comfortable Western European old-country backyard?

By E. Leigh Dance

8 minute read

March 22, 2016 | Corporate Counsel

Providing clear legal advice in new jurisdictions for your company can be as challenging as a black hole is deep.

By E. Leigh Dance

9 minute read

March 07, 2016 | Corporate Counsel

It's becoming harder for global counsel to get good information. Let's look closer at what makes it difficult, why it's so important, and what you can do about it.

By E. Leigh Dance

5 minute read

February 18, 2016 | Corporate Counsel

Global in-house lawyers must start taking actions to stem the continuous growth of hours on the job.

By E. Leigh Dance

7 minute read

February 01, 2016 | Corporate Counsel

In part 1 of a two-part series, you'll read about ways that global in-house counsel are lightening workload as they improve performance.

By E. Leigh Dance

6 minute read

January 12, 2016 | Corporate Counsel

Given multiple natural disasters, horrific extremist violence and the BRIC downturns in 2015, it would seem there's a lot for counsel to fear this year. But for global in-house lawyers, the horizon looks sunny.

By E. Leigh Dance

5 minute read