The Seventh Annual General Counsel Report

Part 1: Entering the Unfazed Era

More risk. More work. Surprisingly less panic.

The challenges for modern legal teams are bigger than ever: rising regulatory demands, geopolitical disruption, data risk, rapid technology shifts … the list goes on and on. Yet, today’s legal leaders aren’t rattled. They’re focused.

Part one of The Seventh Annual General Counsel Report explores how the role of the general counsel has fundamentally evolved – and why steadiness has become the defining trait of modern legal leadership.

Drawing on in-depth interviews with chief legal officers across industries and regions, this year’s report reveals how legal departments are responding to unprecedented demand without losing their footing.

Read part 1 to learn:

• How general counsel are managing 20+ expanding areas of legal demand
• Which legal issues have become the most demanding areas of work
• Where risk is consuming the most time and attention – and how priorities have shifted from previous years
• How AI has impacted general counsel’s relationship with outside providers

Read part one to see what it really means to lead legal in the Unfazed Era.