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Managing an International Legal Department
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Managing an International Legal Department

Richard Norman
Schulthess, 2011

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Consultant Richard Norman explains the strategic concerns of a multinational corporation’s legal department, including cultural fit, administration, personnel development and other managerial issues. He covers business strategy, outside staffing, and internal legal staff coaching and training. He presents this material quickly, with useful charts, bullet points, summaries and lists. To get the most from Norman’s manual, you should have a solid grounding in management and in the practice of corporate law. His conclusions may be illuminating for attorneys considering the transition from private or government practice to an in-house counsel position. getAbstract recommends Norman’s advice to general counsels who head in-house legal departments, and executives who work with them, particularly those whose firms operate in multiple countries.

Take-Aways

  • The general counsel develops and leads the in-house legal department, and determines its relationship to other departments and to outside counsel.
  • The general counsel sets the legal department’s long-term direction by assessing the company’s needs and developing a legal team capable of meeting those needs.
  • Different organizations have different structures that, in turn, create varied legal needs.

About the Author

Richard Norman guides teams in creating and managing in-house legal departments. He created the “What In-House Lawyers Need” program, known as “WIN,” for DLA Piper.

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