Janet Taylor-Hall, chief executive of Cognia Law, a legal services provider, sums it up: “The legal department was often seen as a hallowed black box where no one really understood what they did.” Already playing greater roles in shaping and influencing the rest of their companies, in-house lawyers are branching out into new and important areas of business — such as environmental, social and governance (ESG) commitments. “If we look at ESG, that has changed the role of the general counsel (GC) and they became very relevant during the Covid-19 pandemic,” says Taylor-Hall. Read More...
Janet Taylor-Hall, chief executive of Cognia Law, a legal services provider, sums it up: “The legal department was often seen as a hallowed black box where no one really understood what they did.” Already playing greater roles in shaping and influencing the rest of their companies, in-house lawyers are branching out into new and important areas of business — such as environmental, social and governance (ESG) commitments. “If we look at ESG, that has changed the role of the general counsel (GC) and they became very relevant during the Covid-19 pandemic,” says Taylor-Hall.
