The Expanding Role of the General Counsel

In today’s business world, the general counsel is seen as more than just a company’s lawyer. General Counsel need to be strategic business partners and leaders to add value to the organizations they support. In this one-hour webinar, Melba Hughes and Jonathan Wylie sat down with Shyam Reddy of BlueLinx Holdings Inc. and Matt Flannery of Icahn Automotive Group LLC to share how the role and responsibilities of the GC continues to expand. They discussed:

• The functions the office of the GC is being asked to lead
• The increased responsibilities of today’s GC
• The drivers of this expansion
• The additional skills necessary for this expanded role