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A growing emphasis on corporate governance and compliance has given legal officers a key role in large companies. In an increasingly complex regulatory environment legal officers have acquired the status of strategic business partners for both executive teams and the board. As a result, a growing number of law firms and companies are turning to Egon Zehnder International to conduct senior level searches for legal officers and law firm partners, to conduct management appraisals and to design and implement talent management programs for legal departments and law firms.

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Change Leaders Will be the GCs of the Future

In the future, outstanding GCs will likely strengthen their skills in the two areas where they lag outstanding CEOs: market knowledge, and change leadership. Over the next decade, the so-called "soft skills" - those that address issues of people and the organization - will play a greater part in the general counsel's role than they have in the past, because organizations are increasingly diverse, international and collaborative.

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