In my role as Product Marketing VP of the Global Legal Segment for IntraLinks, I just completed an international speaking tour to engage General Counsel around the world about their most pressing needs. The goal was to have a conversation about how IntraLinks for Corporate Legal Management can provide solutions for those needs.
It truly was a global tour over the past month. I participated on a panel on technology solutions at the ACC Europe annual conference in Berlin, where I had the opportunity to share perspectives with in-house counsel from across Europe over the course of three days. IntraLinks led a panel at the ALM Corporate Counsel event in New York City, where I served as moderator and heard the viewpoints from General Counsel in the United States. And IntraLinks hosted a dinner event at the Savoy Hotel in London for a thought leadership discussion on risk readiness with senior corporate counsel based in the United Kingdom.
I recently attended and presented at the Argyle Chief Legal Officer Leadership Forum at the New York Athletic Club in New York City. Approximately 200 senior General Counsel from large corporations across multiple industries were at the event. The purpose was for these thought leaders to share ideas through speeches, panels and networking about the most pressing issues they face today.
The one topic that seemed to come up throughout the day was the expanded role of today's Chief Legal Officer (CLO) as business executive, strategist and risk manager. The question that was regularly posed is how the CLO can ensure risk readiness in a world that is global, digital and rich with information and regulations.
I recently reached my two month anniversary at IntraLinks and started thinking about the interaction that I’ve had with General Counsel in meetings this year throughout the U.S. and in London, and at the recent LegalTech conference. This seems like a good time to reflect on market feedback about IntraLinks for Corporate Legal Management. I came here because I believe — after being a practicing attorney, adjunct law professor and leader of electronic product development for Wolters Kluwer Legal Markets — that IntraLinks has a unique solution for General Counsel. What matters most, though, is what the market says. I can summarize the feedback I received from General Counsel over these past two months by what I have come to call “The Three Fives” — five solutions that IntraLinks provides for the five risks and five trends that General Counsel face.