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Business Legal Leaders

We examine how senior in-house lawyers are adapting to new business needs in a monthly series that culminates on September 20, alongside the FT list of top in-house lawyers.
This time: lawyers respond to cyber attacks

Lawyers take frontline role in business response to cyber attacks
Chief legal officers have crucial responsibility in dealing with security breaches
In-house lawyers grapple with ESG demands
Amid greater numbers of increasingly complex rules, legal teams are guiding businesses on sustainability
Wanted: in-house legal leaders who can interpret world events
Companies seek chief legal officers with an ability to assess geopolitical risk
Geopolitical upheaval recasts chief legal officer role
In-house lawyers tap new sources of expertise as pandemic and war create different types of risk