Legal and Compliance Risk

Zusatztext Back in big law, an experienced client has at last written a thorough and insightful book - Legal and Compliance Risk. For many years, its author, Peter Kurer, was general counsel at UBS. Later, he was chairman of the global bank. He knows his opinions. In a work packed with theory and practical tools, the focus is on risks that flow from legal failures and compliance breaches. These risks are subjects on which in-house lawyers readily opine in op eds, blogsand at conferences. It is refreshing now to have a fully developed and authoritative text. Klappentext Offering analytics, management tools, real-life examples, and practical advice in a user-friendly format, this is an accessible guide to managing legal risk for board members, senior managers, and professionals dealing with legal risk in and for global companies. Zusammenfassung Offering analytics, management tools, real-life examples, and practical advice in a user-friendly format, this is an accessible guide to managing legal risk for board members, senior managers, and professionals dealing with legal risk in and for global companies. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1 Manifestations and roots of legal risk; 2 A board room strategy to manage legal risk; 3 Legal risk governance: the quest for integration; 4 Operations and core processes to manage legal risk; 5 Experts, advisors, and the importance of communication; 6 Beyond lawyering: technology and outsourcing; 7 Behaviour: towards the new frontier; Conclusions

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Offering analytics, management tools, real-life examples, and practical advice in a user-friendly format, this is an accessible guide to managing legal risk for board members, senior managers, and professionals dealing with legal risk in and for global companies.

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Introduction; 1 Manifestations and roots of legal risk; 2 A board room strategy to manage legal risk; 3 Legal risk governance: the quest for integration; 4 Operations and core processes to manage legal risk; 5 Experts, advisors, and the importance of communication; 6 Beyond lawyering: technology and outsourcing; 7 Behaviour: towards the new frontier; Conclusions