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In-House Lawyers 2008

Rankings at a glance
SectorFinancial Institution
Number of lawyers worldwide768
InnovationSmart' Branding: A global risk management programme and suite of knowledge management initiatives.
Originality of innovation (s)6
Alignment of legal team with the business6
Creating economic value and/or competitive advantage for the business6
Industry leadership or wider impact of legal team's activity5
Total23
DescriptionA suite of initiatives to derive best value from external legal advisers. For example, Smartdesk enables the bank to access all their panel law firms' research. The initiatives are not new but the scale on which they have been conducted puts the team ahead of other financial institutions. The risk programme is comprehensive and equips them to standardise cultural approaches through uniform documentation.