Forty percent of European Chief Legal Officers (CLOs) have reported increased costs due to internal investigations, 11% higher than the global average of 29%, according to the 2025 ACC Chief Legal Officers Survey. The report, released by the
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A comprehensive survey from Thomson Reuters has uncovered significant challenges facing in-house legal departments, with mounting financial pressures driving strategic transformations across corporate legal teams. The 2024 State of the Corporate Law Department&
How new legal roles are shaping career paths, strategic agility and work-life balance A significant trend is emerging across Swiss law firms: the increasing presence of general counsels (GC) and counsels within firm structures. This
Alejandro Bes (pictured), joins Axmed as its new general counsel, effective today. Alejandro Bes’ career path Bes began his legal career as an associate at Freshfields in Spain. He later transitioned to an in-house role,
Alexander Lacher has been appointed Fortuna Life Insurance’s new CEO. Lacher is also general counsel of Generali Group Switzerland. He has been member of the management and taking over the department of Legal &
Clariant has announced the appointment of Judith Bischof as General Counsel as of 1 September 2022. She succeeds Alfred Münch, who retires after twelve years in this position. As General Counsel, Judith Bischof will be a
As they look to transform in the wake of complex digital and regulatory change, legal departments across the globe are facing a mounting list of operational challenges. It emerges from the 2021 EY Law Survey, conducted
General counsel (GC) who spend more time on executive activities (strategic work and supplying business guidance) are more effective than those who spend less, according to Gartner. The “executive” GC are more likely to achieve
The gender pay gap between general counsel around the world persists. This was revealed by the "In-house counsel compensation survey 2020" published by the Major, Lindsey & Africa law firm
Only 29% of the 110 in-house leaders at global companies who participated in Morrison & Foerster’s survey examining the business impacts of the coronavirus outbreak see data security as a major risk, while just 18% said privacy was
