Joanne Windh is the Senior Paralegal at Microsoft in Toronto. We sat down with her to talk about how one of the largest tech companies invests in its legal department... read more →
Mimi Bowen is the legal operations officer at Sun Life Financial in Toronto. We caught up with her to discuss the challenge of bringing business skills to in-house legal departments... read more →
In May, the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada (FCAC) released its Report on Best Practices in Financial Consumer Protection, to update the country’s financial consumer protection framework. We interviewed Senior Legal... read more →
Natalie McFarlane, Senior Legal Counsel at Simplex Legal, recently shared her views on a changing legal services market and on the challenges facing in-house legal departments. In your role, what... read more →
For those that might not have read the first part of this post, I’m chiming in on the dynamic between business people and in-house legal teams and offering some advice... read more →
For businesses operating in today’s global economy, the tax challenges are many. Complex laws, increased regulatory scrutiny, a growing compliance burden, and having to handle ever increasing volumes of data... read more →
Envie de re-tomber en amour avec la pratique du droit? Nous continuons de grandir au Québec et nous recherchons des avocats d’expérience, mais surtout des gens passionnés et intéressants avec... read more →
I’m one of the founders of Simplex Legal, a national firm that provides in-house legal support to businesses. I’m also not a lawyer (or a “non-lawyer” as we are... read more →
A lawyer’s time is expensive, as anyone who has reviewed a legal bill knows. It’s why bringing legal work in-house is often viewed as a way to save costs on... read more →
A lawyer’s time is expensive, as anyone who has reviewed a legal bill knows. It’s why bringing legal work in-house is often viewed as a way to save costs on... read more →