Our Thinking

Reports

16 min read

The Rise of the Millennial Lawyer

As we head towards the 2020s, we are in a transition between generations of legal leadership – the Boomers giving way to the Millennials.

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Articles

5 min read

Legal ops & tech mythbusters

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Articles

6 min read

Better contracting for in-house teams

Recently, LOD hosted a Peer Chat with several UK-based GCs that focused on the topic of in-house contracting. The conversation covered the challenges, the strategies and some tips on how to improve your contracting function. The focus clustered around six central issues for leaders to consider.

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Articles

9 min read

How to manage regional legal teams

Across all the markets that LOD operates, we’ve seen a steady rise of in-house legal leaders who are responsible for multiple countries. The rise of regional legal leaders can broadly be attributed to large, fast-expanding or merging companies looking to centralise their legal function. Being in charge of legal teams across multiple jurisdictions and cultures brings a whole set of different challenges that typically aren’t taught at law school or learned at law firms.

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Articles

10 min read

How do you manage an exhausted in-house legal team?

We’re connected to thousands of in-house legal teams around the world. Whether large or small, there’s one constant that we’re hearing: teams are showing signs of burnout.

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LODcast

21 min listen

Multi-disciplinary teams for in-house legal

This episode of LODcast explores the world of multi-disciplinary teams in the context of in-house legal departments.

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LODcast

29 min listen

Business thinking for in-house counsel

This episode focuses on bringing business thinking into the world of in-house counsel.

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