Table of Contents

Part I. Introduction

New challenges and opportunities for the general counsel in the 21st Century
Christoph H Vaagt
Wolf Peter Gross
Law Firm Change Consultants

Part II. Strategy

Integrating law and strategy: the value of legal astuteness
Constance Bagley
Yale Law School

Strategy and the leveraging of legal resources
Robert C Bird
University of Conneticut

Case study: the difference between doing some legal work and adding value
Abhijit Mukhopadhya
Hinduja

Managing legal risk: A bridge too far for lawyers?
Peter Kurer

Corporate governance
Bruno Cova
Paul Hastings

Part III. Leadership

Expanding roles for general counsel: new competencies needed for the 21st Century
Leigh Dance
ELD

General counsel as innovation agents
Paul Lippe
OnRamp Systems – Legal By Design

Lawyers at the revolution
Kent Walker
Senior Vice President & General Counsel, Google

Proactive resource management: a personal learning journey
Max Huebner
PGGM NV

General counsel – leaders in the legal arena
Christian Rau
DaVita

Part IV. Organisation

Managing workloads into the future
Paul Smith
Eversheds

Legal standard setters
Jochen Deister
DMZ Legal
Carsten Reimann
Xenion Legal

The legal disruption dilemma: A case study on new service
Filip Corveleyn
Felix Rackwitz
Tools4Legal GmbH

How IT can support managing law in organisations
Scott Rosenberg
Project Leader Associates

Compliance in the area of data management
Dennis Grabherr
Attorney at Law

Reviews

Chris Vaagt and Wolf-Peter Gross have put together a remarkable book containing valuable perspectives and contributions on the opportunities and challenges we face, as well as on potential strategies to lead the change more effectively and efficiently.
*General Counsel, Heraeus Group*

General counsel, and those working with general counsel, will find this book interesting and helpful.
*PLC Magazine*