IBA Annual Conference Rome 2018
7 Oct - 12 Oct 2018
Session Room D, Level -1
Session information
The rise of general counsels: impacts on the legal profession
Wednesday 10 October (1115 - 1230)
Session Room D, Level -1
Committee(s)
Young Lawyers' Committee
(Lead)
Corporate Counsel Forum
Description
In recent years, the international legal profession has faced the rise of general counsels. As the role of these in-house lawyers has evolved from cost-reducing and efficiency positions towards a risk management and decision-making status, new opportunities, not existing before, are arising in the legal profession. Law firms will not be the only holders of legal knowledge, and will face new paradigms for managing talent and selling legal services.
Session / Workshop Chair(s)
| Alberto Mata Rodriguez | CMS Albiñana Suárez de Lezo, Madrid, Spain; Co-Vice Chair , Young Lawyers’ Outreach Subcommittee |
Speakers
| Umberto Baldi | Fincantieri SpA, Trieste, Italy |
| Stephen Denyer | The Law Society of England and Wales, London, England |
| Fernando Jose Navarro | Ashurst LLP, Madrid, Spain |
| Joanna Weller | LexisNexis, London, England |