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Julian Homerstone – Virgin Atlantic

The transatlantic airline’s GC talks to The In-House Lawyer about what it takes to advise one of the world’s most high-profile carriers amid a global pandemic.

The shape of things to come

While we all willed Covid-19 to merrily disappear at the stroke of midnight on 1 January, in 2021 we are still very much living in volatile and unpredictable times. Though tempered by vaccine rollout efforts, the convergence of Brexit and the pandemic has created the perfect storm for white-collar crime to rise in the UK, …

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Leadership in law in crises requires a human touch

General counsel and other senior in-house lawyers should not be afraid to show their human side when leading their teams through crises and seeking to deliver on business objectives, prominent figures in the legal market have agreed.

In-house technology in Asia Pacific: zero sum gain

Legal tech is becoming big business in the Asia Pacific region, so much so that the Singapore Academy of Law (SAL) has opened a legal tech accelerator. But much of the industry’s focus remains on selling to law firms. For GCs and in-house legal teams, making sense of the myriad systems can be a daunting …

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In-house technology in Asia Pacific: life during lockdown

What have we learned since March 2020? For Amar Sundram, head of legal at RBS in India, it is that talk of lawyers being an uncreative species was greatly exaggerated.

The gender agenda: the firms making progress on diversity

‘Institutional male dominance is hard to shift – it isn’t enough to want to change; sometimes these things are structural,’ says Travers Smith disputes partner Caroline Edwards of the difficulties women lawyers can face trying to build their profile in the legal market and the directories that reflect it, including The Legal 500.

Time flies and why in-house legal matters

New Law is as a breed still a lot better at promise than delivery, particularly on claims of providing better value than law firms.

The board of the future: altered priorities | DAC Beachcroft

Thank you very much to those who completed the Board of the Future survey. Your involvement has given us some valuable insights into the quality and focus of leadership. A measure of any board’s worth is its flexibility and ability to respond to change and challenge. The survey shows a significant altering of priorities, particularly …

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Transacting with troubled companies: navigating stressed, distressed, and insolvent acquisitions | Latham & Watkins

The Covid-19 pandemic has brought about significant challenges for many businesses, and a heightened risk of financial difficulty and insolvency. While the number of formal insolvencies has been relatively low thus far, troubled businesses may be forced to pursue accelerated asset disposals, or may themselves present an attractive investment opportunity for new equity stakeholders capable …

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What to do if you get detained in China for white-collar crime | Zhong Lun Law Firm

We understand that it would be frustrating to get detained in China (or elsewhere indeed), but it doesn’t mean that you can do nothing about it – you still have the chance to not get formally arrested or prosecuted, or obtain a not-guilty verdict under the PRC criminal law regime. The key is to act …

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