Change is constant and accelerating across all areas, from market challenges, legal regulations, and technological developments to ESG priorities and reputational considerations.
These factors directly influence a business’s viability and bottom line.
In-house legal teams play a central role in translating strategy into action, whether through mergers, disposals, partnerships, or other key initiatives. This exposure offers exciting opportunities to advise on critical legal matters, engage with decision-makers, and showcase the expertise of the in-house legal function.
At the same time, this level of involvement comes with responsibilities - balancing workload, maintaining wellbeing and navigating the personal and professional impact of organisational changes, including workforce reductions or role adjustments.
Speakers
Joining us will be two leading legal in-house leaders who will share their experiences.
Sam McGinty, Director of Legal Services, University of Nottingham
Sam has worked in the higher education sector for nearly 10 years. Before that he worked in both local government and private practice. Sam is an Executive Committee member of the Association of University Legal Practitioners (AULP). He is also a busy Dad and Husband.
Fiona Scattergood, Chief Legal & Governance Officer and Company Secretary, SSP Group plc and Group Executive Committee member.
Fiona oversees the Group’s legal, company secretarial, GRC (Governance, Risk & Compliance) and sustainability functions. She joined SSP in 2011 and has held her current role since February 2023.
An experienced solicitor and governance leader, Fiona has more than 25 years’ international experience advising listed and private companies across a broad range of sectors, with particular expertise in strategic M&A, joint ventures and corporate governance.
Before SSP, Fiona held senior corporate finance legal roles at Travers Smith LLP (London) and Herbert Smith Freehills LLP (Sydney). She is also the executive sponsor of SSP’s Neurodiversity and Disability Network.
Moderator
Elizabeth Duffy, Senior Director Client Engagement, Thomson Reuters Institute
Leading a team of subject matter experts, Elizabeth is responsible for delivering insights to clients and connecting the dots between the data and a client’s business.
She works closely with law firms, legal service providers, and legal departments globally. Elizabeth regularly leads custom research projects including client review and thought leadership programs and presents research results to the management boards and partnerships of AmLaw 50 firms.
The Thomson Reuters Institute brings together people from across the legal, corporate, tax & accounting and government communities to ignite conversation and debate, make sense of the latest events and trends and provide essential guidance on the opportunities and challenges facing their world today.
As the dedicated thought leadership arm of Thomson Reuters, their content spans blog commentaries, industry-leading data sets, informed analyses, interviews with industry leaders, videos, podcasts and world-class events that deliver keen insight into a dynamic business landscape. Visit thomsonreuters.com/institute for more details.
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