Corporate Counsel

Corporate Counsel

Navigating ESG: How law departments can evolve to meet the challenges

Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) initiatives have become a focal point for businesses, with legal teams...

21 November 2023

By Emma Musgrave

Corporate Counsel

Responding to a ‘paradigm shift’ in contracting

Recent amendments to the Unfair Contract Term regime may cause tension between law departments trying to avoid...

21 November 2023

By Jerome Doraisamy

Corporate Counsel

Half of GCs not qualified to be directors

More than half of Australian general counsel, including those on boards, do not have “sufficient” knowledge,...

21 November 2023

By Naomi Neilson

Corporate Counsel

Corporate Counsel Summit 2024 launches

Registrations have opened for the Corporate Counsel Summit 2024, being produced in conjunction with principal partner...

16 November 2023

By Malavika Santhebennur

Corporate Counsel

How lawyers can kick impostor syndrome to the kerb

Mentorship programs and self-advocacy could help lawyers “dim away” the impostor syndrome, a human resources...

14 November 2023

By Malavika Santhebennur

Corporate Counsel

Why in-house teams should think commercially about tech

Forming a business case could help in-house teams justify larger tech budgets to procure the systems they need, a legal...

13 November 2023

By Malavika Santhebennur

Corporate Counsel

Submissions open for Corporate Counsel Awards 2024

Nominations and submissions have opened for the Corporate Counsel Awards 2024, which will be held on 2...

09 November 2023

By Malavika Santhebennur

Corporate Counsel

AI can help legal departments with ‘digital transformation’

While artificial intelligence (AI) has streamlined repetitive and mundane tasks for in-house counsel, a lack of...

07 November 2023

By Lauren Croft

Corporate Counsel

Former Ingram Micro senior legal counsel joins FCW Lawyers

FCW Lawyers has bolstered its Sydney office with the addition of a new principal lawyer, who was formerly a senior...

07 November 2023

By Lauren Croft

Corporate Counsel

Tech can help in-house lawyers ‘make a big impact’ with minimal effort and spend

Despite efficiency being high on the priority list of legal departments, technology remains a key challenge for...

31 October 2023

By Lauren Croft