Banjo Loans appoints first-ever CLO

Online lender for small businesses Banjo Loans has added a lawyer with 18 years of experience as its inaugural chief...

28 April 2025

By Lauren Croft

Geopolitical tension a ‘significant and rising’ concern for in-house counsel, survey finds

In a world increasingly shaped by geopolitical tensions, new research highlights how these challenges are at the...

05 November 2024

By Grace Robbie

In-house lawyers should have a ‘continual improvement mindset’

For in-house counsel and legal departments, making small “incremental” changes can help their legal function become...

20 August 2024

By Lauren Croft

Implementing GenAI when ‘every business is a digital business’

The “phenomenal” rate of innovation means that for in-house teams, the ways that generative AI can be used within...

25 June 2024

By Lauren Croft

Data protection skills ‘key’ for in-house roles

As the demand for data security and privacy expertise continues to evolve, in-house legal teams face new challenges and...

28 May 2024

By Lauren Croft

Clients ‘craving solutions’ in fast-growing area of ESG

In a recent conversation with Lawyers Weekly, Hamilton Locke’s head of ESG, Michael Tooma, reflected on the rapidly...

02 April 2024

By Lauren Croft

Lessons from the rugby field for litigation team leaders

When seeking inspiration to be a better leader of a litigation team, playing rugby may not be what first comes to mind....

26 March 2024

By Lauren Croft

Balancing competing priorities as a legal department leader

In the current market, being a general counsel comes with a number of competing responsibilities and challenges – but...

19 March 2024

By Lauren Croft

‘More fires to put out’: Challenges keeping this GC up at night

When it comes to managing a team in an agile business, this GC says that open communication is of the utmost importance...

13 February 2024

By Lauren Croft

The transforming landscape of in-house legal work

A significant shift is being witnessed in the daily operations of law departments – and, in an increasingly digital...

31 January 2024

By Lauren Croft

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

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

‘If you don’t fail, you’re not going to be able to grow’

Young lawyers should be expanding their horizons as much as they can – whether that’s through mentors outside of...

16 October 2023

By Lauren Croft

In-house lawyers need ‘an entirely different way of working’ to combat talent shortages

As in-house legal teams are forced to do more with less and continually drive efficiency, general counsel have...

10 October 2023

By Nathanielle

Adding headcount in-house won’t fix ‘unmanageable’ workloads

Understanding and intelligently reallocating legal spend is a key issue for in-house legal teams and general counsel...

03 October 2023

By Lauren Croft

The ‘shift’ in the number of in-house roles being offered to grads

While going straight into an in-house role from law school has historically been considered a more alternative career...

26 September 2023

By Lauren Croft

‘Keep challenging yourself every day’

Believing in her organisation’s purpose has been “incredibly motivating” for this head of legal, who’s been...

19 September 2023

By Nathanielle

Legal departments should drive the ‘core values’ of their organisation

While the branding of an organisation can be instrumental in its success, that branding has to extend throughout the...

12 September 2023

By Lauren Croft

Majority of in-house counsel adopting AI despite challenges

Despite a number of challenges around adopting legal tech and AI, more than 60 per cent of in-house counsel are...

29 August 2023

By Lauren Croft

Moving back to private practice after 11 years in-house

After working in-house for over a decade, this BigLaw partner decided to move back to private practice – a move he...

29 August 2023

By Lauren Croft