Often times, external counsel and in-house counsel are at odds with each other in their respective expectations. In a fast paced, social media and artificial intelligence (AI) driven marketplace, the issues faced by clients are often a case of first instance and require adept, out-of-the-box thinking. This session will discuss how in-house and external counsel can help achieve commonality of interests to help the business team move forward. The discussion will touch upon the following points.

• Courting Corporate Counsel • Top 10 dos and don’ts
• A fast changing global regulatory environment and the consequent challenges for in-house counsel
• The blurring divide between legal and commercial – why outside counsel need to get into the shoes of internal counsel
• AI and how it can change legal practice
• Cybersecurity – the severity of the threat and how external counsel can help
• Anticorruption and risk management