Evelein is Unilever's second
legal operations director and says his role mirrors the progression of the modern GC: «In the past, the life of a GC was a bit simpler, but with all the challenges at the moment they realise life is more complicated!
At the conference
a legal operations director for a communications company described it this way:
Duncan Ward,
legal operations director at Badenoch & Clark, says: «We anticipate that this will slow down even further over the next six months, particularly in transactional law.»
Duncan Ward,
legal operations director at Badenoch & Clark, says: «Fixed fees and means testing are making it more difficult for legal aid family practices to generate revenue.
Not exact matches
Monitoring employment law requirements in all states where GFI has employees, managing state
legal notices in Namely, working with
director of
operations and general counsel to ensure overall compliance, and ensuring all state filing requirements are met for new employees.
While former CIA
Director William Colby was publicly taking the line that the President has constitutional power to conduct covert
operations, Colby himself had approved an internal CIA study which found that, prior to the 1974 Foreign Assistance Act, there were no
legal or constitutional grounds for covert action without the advance approval of Congress.
Mr. Perelman serves as the Chief
Legal Officer for ACC and its Board of
Directors, and manages Board and Executive Committee
operations.
The Board of
Directors brings specific experience in the development of academic programs, teaching and administration, financial
operation, and
legal issues of charter schools and other community non-profits.
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Mr. Perelman serves as the Chief
Legal Officer for ACC and its Board of
Directors, and manages Board and Executive Committee
operations.
Collaboration is a key component of the role, said Lisa Konie, senior
director of
legal ops at Adobe, adding that the art of multitasking and being adept at juggling many things is indicative of most professionals in
operations roles.
The analysis, produced by the Corporate
Legal Operations Consortium and LawGeex, reveals that law degrees remain the most common route to becoming a director of legal operat
Legal Operations Consortium and LawGeex, reveals that law degrees remain the most common route to becoming a
director of
legal operat
legal operations.
Those
legal departments, with the
director of
legal operations, wield a purchasing power of US$ 50 billion.
The most common stepping stone to a
director of
legal operations is a general
legal role or general counsel (54 per cent) or paralegals (10 per cent), while 24 per cent have previously held a role of
director of
legal operations in a different company or have been promoted from a position of senior manager in
legal operations.
In this video, Royal Mail
director of
legal operations Sarah Barrett - Vane discusses how the «old school» approach is changing and how specially trained relationship partners are becoming increasingly prominent.
The «Anatomy of a
Director of
Legal Operations» study analyzed 235 profiles of current directors of legal operations on Link
Legal Operations» study analyzed 235 profiles of current
directors of
legal operations on Link
legal operations on LinkedIn.
The research finds that 71 per cent of
directors of
legal operations have a law degree, but
legal training is not essential — the remaining 29 per cent of those in the role have no formal
legal expertise.
One of these is the expectation the graduates will work for a couple of years before they go on a big OE (overseas experience), says Davis, who is
director of engineering and head of the New Zealand
operations for the company, which provides software for the
legal industry.
Half of the respondents were either the
director of
legal operations or the
director of electronic discovery.
Catherine is also the
director of the section of ACC for
legal operations professionals, and the ACC Law Department Executive Leadership programs for the heads of
operations of very large
legal departments.
She later accepted a position as Executive
Director with a national
legal services placement firm, directing the
operations of the company's headquarters office, and then also took on the role of Vice President for Recruitment and Placement, managing all corporate employees across five offices nationwide.
«It's a business book,» Denis,
director of
operations,
legal affairs with SNC - Lavalin in Montreal, explains, calling relying on statistics and working with economists and lawyers to develop a good baseball team fascinating.
The tender process, which is being organised by
operations legal director Saswata Mukherjee, is part of a push by the UK company to formalise its relationships with its major external counsel.
In this spirit, Connie Brenton set up technology certification opportunities for her in - house
legal team at NetApp, Inc., where she serves as the
legal department's senior
director of
operations.
Other heads of
legal interviewed for the report include Royal Mail group GC Maaike de Bie, BT GC Chris Fowler, National Grid GC and global head of
operations Mohammed Zain Ajaz, and Vodafone Global Enterprise
legal director Kerry Phillip (pictured), who says that many law firms now using AI have begun to offer such services to their clients.
Organised by the
Legal Support Network, the event is aimed at practice managers and
directors, heads of
operations and heads of finance at small and mid-tier law firms.
• Acting for the Claimant in (R on the application of Tirkey) v the Lord Chancellor & the
Director of
Legal Aid Casework (2017), a challenge to the
operation of the statutory charge (led by Peter Oldham QC).
Victories have been relatively peripheral but have included (subject to appeal) challenges to the residence test (R (Public Law Project) v Lord Chancellor [2014] EWHC 2365 (Admin), [2015] 2 All ER 689) and the
operation of the exceptional funding provisions (R v Lord Chancellor (Gudanaviciene)[2014] EWCA Civ 1622, [2015] 3 All ER 827, R (Letts) v
Director of
Legal Aid Casework and Lord Chancellor [2015] EWHC 1965, [2015] EWHC 1965).
As
Director of Strategic Consulting for the Counsellink business for nearly two decades, Ms. Satkunas regularly advises corporate
legal departments on how they can improve
operations in the
legal department by making data - driven decisions.
Jeff Harvey, Community
Legal Services»
director of
operations, said that pro bono work, in which local attorneys partner with the organization to donate their time, fills a critical gap.
More and more companies with large in - house teams now have
legal operations managers and
directors responsible for managing outside counsel, budgets and creating efficient processes.
Sarah Barrett - Vane,
director of
legal operations at Royal Mail, says:» We used to have a pot of money that went to law firms, but now it goes anywhere and we're quite supplier agnostic.»
Other key names include Jon Harris, who recently acted for Beaufort as the broker in numerous secondary fundraising matters by AIM - listed companies, and
legal director Ross McDowall, who advised Kier on a wide array of property, environmental and planning law issues with regards to its
operations in East Ayrshire.
Global Law Experts has become a valuable tool for business leaders, in - house counsel, high net - worth individuals,
operations directors, investors, accountants, banks, and the general population looking for quality
legal advice in all corners of the world and in all relevant fields.
The recent decision by Shell Oil's
Legal Director, Donny Ching, to consolidate «back office» tasks in a single offshore center — one where Shell lawyers will work side - by - side with legal operations (legal ops) personnel — is illustra
Legal Director, Donny Ching, to consolidate «back office» tasks in a single offshore center — one where Shell lawyers will work side - by - side with
legal operations (legal ops) personnel — is illustra
legal operations (
legal ops) personnel — is illustra
legal ops) personnel — is illustrative.
Writing in an article in Corporate Counsel last week, Dan Currell,
director of client solutions at Novus Law and Aaron Kotok,
legal practice leader at CEB, assessed the state of
legal department
operations.
Trace Blankenship regularly advises chief executives, senior management, boards of
directors and entrepreneurs on strategy, execution and
legal requirements of significant business transactions, complex leadership and ownership decisions and day - to - day
operations.
Chris is the founding
Director of
legal and professional service sector retained advisors and thought leaders Kingsmead Square, advising on strategy,
operations, transformation and smart implementation of business plans.
In his role as Chief
Legal Counsel and Policy Director to former Delaware Governor (and now U.S. Senator) Thomas R. Carper, Tom supervised all legal operations for the governor's office, developed the governor's policy and legislative agenda, and implemented the legislative stra
Legal Counsel and Policy
Director to former Delaware Governor (and now U.S. Senator) Thomas R. Carper, Tom supervised all
legal operations for the governor's office, developed the governor's policy and legislative agenda, and implemented the legislative stra
legal operations for the governor's office, developed the governor's policy and legislative agenda, and implemented the legislative strategy.
Last October, former
director of
legal for retail, customer
operations, intellectual property and data protection, Hayley Stallard, took up the role.
Unlike some of the other teams highlighted in this year's GC Powerlist, RB chooses not to operate with a
director of
legal operations.
A 25 - year veteran in the sales, technology and
legal fields, Scott is NightOwl Discovery's
director of sales
operations.
Todd previously served as Executive
Director and Global Head of
Legal Business Solutions for JPMorgan Chase & Co., where he managed legal department operations, including the selection and spend management of outside counsel and other legal service providers, as well as the creation and implementation of strategic cost and relationship management prog
Legal Business Solutions for JPMorgan Chase & Co., where he managed
legal department operations, including the selection and spend management of outside counsel and other legal service providers, as well as the creation and implementation of strategic cost and relationship management prog
legal department
operations, including the selection and spend management of outside counsel and other
legal service providers, as well as the creation and implementation of strategic cost and relationship management prog
legal service providers, as well as the creation and implementation of strategic cost and relationship management programs.
Brenton, who is president of the organization and
director of
legal operations at NetApp, said they organized to network, share best practices, and exchange information about technology.
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Speaker: Michael D. McCarthy Executive
Director,
Operation Legal Help Ohio
Law firms are typically organized around partners, who are joint owners and business
directors of the
legal operation; associates, who are employees of the firm with the prospect of becoming partners; and a variety of staff employees, providing paralegal, clerical, and other support services.
Procurement professionals and
directors of
legal operations would do well to pool their resources
As
Director of Strategic Consulting at LexisNexis, Kris leads the team's efforts to advise corporate
legal department managers on improving
operations with data driven decisions.
The Executive
Director will uphold a culture of collaboration and transparency to ensure
operations consistently support exceptional quality services, which in turn meet the civil
legal needs of low - income people, empower them to transform their lives and assure equal access to opportunities and justice with an appreciation for the barriers low - income people face.