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General Counsel Excellence - Strategic Legal Leadership Training
Sector:
Corporate Legal – Leadership
Technical Focus Area:
Legal Strategy & Leadership
Modular Syllabus
About the Course
This executive course develops strategic legal leadership capabilities, covering how general counsel and senior legal leaders move beyond legal advisory work to become trusted strategic partners to the business. It is designed for senior legal leaders and those preparing for general counsel roles.
Participants examine board advisory practice, legal risk prioritization, and leadership of the legal function, drawing on comparable organizational experiences. The programme builds the executive presence and strategic judgment needed to lead a legal function confidently at the highest level.
Learning Milestones
By the end of this course, participants will be able to:
- Apply strategic legal leadership principles.
- Position the legal function as a strategic business partner.
- Advise the board on significant legal and governance matters.
- Prioritize legal risk across competing organizational demands.
- Lead and develop a high-performing legal team.
- Communicate legal risk clearly to non-legal executives.
- Navigate stakeholder relationships at the executive level.
Professional Audience
This executive course is ideal for senior legal leaders, including:
- General counsel and legal directors
- Senior in-house lawyers preparing for GC roles
- Deputy general counsel
- Legal function heads
- Board and audit committee members
The Strategic General Counsel Role
- Evolution of the general counsel role
- Balancing legal risk and business enablement
- General counsel relationships with the CEO and board
- Building executive credibility as legal counsel
- Common pitfalls in the GC transition
Course Dates & Prices
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