The Role of the General Counsel in Canada: Leading Practices in Law Department Management

Leading Practices Profiles Download pdf September 2009

This Leading Practices Profile describes the structure of law departments and the role of general counsel in Canada in providing in-house legal services to support multinational businesses. In-house counsel from eight companies reveal how their in-house legal departments are structured and operate, and how they manage the various functions of their law departments, including compliance, technology, retention of outside counsel and providing value to the corporations
they serve.

Keywords:  Department Management; Law Department Metrics