Introduction

In 2012, KPMG published "Beyond the Law", a global study of how General Counsel (GC) are turning risk to advantage, which was based on a telephone survey of GCs around the world. This 2014 analysis explores more fully some of the findings of the previous study and consists of in-depth interviews with GC and other senior counsel in Europe, North America and Asia-Pacific. The 2012 analysis found that GC were being called upon to play a more important role in how businesses operate and to move from being a pure legal counsellor to a business advisor. The study highlighted some of ...