Corporate Counsel

Increasing legal’s risk appetite
There are numerous steps that in-house lawyers can take to ensure they are not seen by other business functions as a...
10 June 2025
By Jerome Doraisamy
Data protection risks and other ‘emerging threats’ to legal departments
For legal departments and in-house lawyers, the current market of digital transformation also means new emerging...
10 June 2025
By Lauren Croft
AI and legal tech are ‘only going to get better from here’
As attitudes around AI shift from scepticism to acceptance, the legal department of the future will look vastly...
27 May 2025
By Lauren Croft
Winners revealed for Corporate Counsel Awards 2025
Lawyers Weekly and principal partner Lawyers on Demand (LOD) and Consilio are thrilled to unveil over 30 winners for...
08 May 2025
By Lawyers Weekly
AI will breed deeper, smarter lawyer-client relationships
It is inevitable that relationships between law firms and in-house teams will evolve in the age of artificial...
07 May 2025
By Jerome Doraisamy
Resourcefulness key when faced with flat or reduced budgets (particularly in uncertain times)
With more in-house legal teams being forced to budget for uncertain times, being strategic about how resources are...
06 May 2025
By Jerome Doraisamy
Nine and SBS lawyers to speak at Corporate Counsel Summit 2025
Senior lawyers from both Nine and SBS are set to discuss the role of in-house lawyers in upholding legal and ethical...
22 April 2025
By Lawyers Weekly
Top emerging risks from Q1 in 2025
An unsettled regulatory and legal environment is chief among the headline concerns for businesses for the first three...
15 April 2025
By Jerome Doraisamy
Legal teams looking to provide value through tech-driven efficiency, report says
A new report highlights how general counsel and their law departments are moving to showcase value and enable business...
08 April 2025
By Jerome Doraisamy
ABC names Nine executive counsel as new GC
The national public broadcaster has appointed the executive counsel at Nine Entertainment as its new general...
08 April 2025
By Jerome Doraisamy
Regulatory action as a deterrent likely, says senior legal counsel
Ahead of the Corporate Counsel Summit 2025, Shanaz Khan, senior legal counsel at Colonial First Estate, explores how...
08 April 2025
By Lawyers Weekly
PayPal Australia and Colonial First State senior lawyers join Corporate Counsel Summit line-up
Elizabeth Briggs, senior director – legal at PayPal Australia, and Shanaz Khan, senior legal counsel at Colonial...
01 April 2025
By Lawyers Weekly
Heads of legal increasingly taking charge on cyber matters, research shows
A new survey has revealed that more chief legal officers are putting their hands up to lead on matters pertaining to...
25 March 2025
By Jerome Doraisamy
Royal Women’s Hospital GC to speak at 2025 Corporate Counsel Summit
Danielle Corden, general counsel at Royal Women’s Hospital Melbourne, will discuss takeaways from the PwC scandal at...
25 March 2025
By Lawyers Weekly
TransPerfect Legal senior director to discuss in-house AI at 2025 Corporate Counsel Summit
Tom Balmer, Asia-Pacific director at TransPerfect, joins the impressive speaker line-up at this year’s Corporate...
21 March 2025
By Lawyers Weekly
Active Super fined $10.5m for greenwashing
The Federal Court has penalised Australian superannuation fund Active Super $10.5 million for misleading conduct about...
18 March 2025
By Jerome Doraisamy
Telstra legal executive joins Corporate Counsel Summit 2025
Andrew de Celis, legal executive – product and propositions at Telstra, will unpack artificial intelligence (AI) in...
18 March 2025
By Lawyers Weekly
Finalists revealed for Corporate Counsel Awards 2025
More than 190 finalists have been selected for the annual Corporate Counsel Awards 2025, being hosted by Lawyers Weekly...
18 March 2025
By Lawyers Weekly
Details of alleged settlement for ousted chief legal counsel to stay secret
A chief legal counsel ousted from Super Retail Group has failed to convince a court to toss out a suppression order...
12 March 2025
By Naomi Neilson
Gender pay equity ‘not just a moral imperative’, CLO says
Improving a business’s gender pay gap requires structural resets, board leadership, and good governance, according to...
11 March 2025
By Jerome Doraisamy