Winmark’s Chief Legal Officer Network and Mitratech collaborate to promote new thinking on ‘The Evolution of the General Counsel Role’

LONDON, 6 May 2015 – Winmark’s CLO Network, the pre-eminent knowledge sharing peer community for Chief Legal Officers, and Mitratech, the leading provider of Enterprise Legal Management solutions, are pleased to announce their joint collaboration at a forthcoming CLO Network Meeting.

This invitation-only symposium, entitled ‘The Evolution of the GC Role’, will take place on Wednesday 10th June at the Institute of Directors in London, and will comprise presentations and panel discussions chaired by Simon Dowson-Collins, General Counsel at HarperCollins Publishers, and feature contributions from Liz Kelly, Former General Counsel at Nationwide, Claire Debney, Vice-President & General Counsel, Group Legal Affairs & Compliance at RB and Jason Parkman, CEO at Mitratech.

The Evolution of the GC Role will not only reveal the panellists’ ‘war stories’, but also highlight Mitratech’s thought leadership and insights from the US and Europe on what is next on the horizon for General Counsel and their teams and how they can best prepare to capitalise on potential opportunities and mitigate threats, in order to truly create value for their respective businesses.

According to Amit Alagh, the Head of Winmark’s Chief Legal Officer Network: “Our members have told us that understanding the evolution of their role is at the very heart of their personal and professional development priorities for 2015. We are delighted to be collaborating with Mitratech in delivering their thought leadership to our members: this will certainly help them to surmount any challenge.

We are grateful to our panel for investing their time and vision, and for sharing best practice from their own companies for the benefit of their peers. The presence of our high profile panel and our collaboration with Mitratech is a testament to the strength of our Network, and the remarkable quality of our meetings, research and input”.

“We appreciate the opportunity to partner with Winmark and their exceptional community of CLOs,” noted Parkman. “Our mission at Mitratech is to enable the legal department to be the best-run function in the organisation, and that requires General Counsel to effectively manage the rapid change occurring in the industry.”

About Winmark Chief Legal Officer Network: The Winmark Chief Legal Officer Network is the pre-Eminent knowledge sharing peer community for General Counsel, Heads of Legal and their teams. Established in 2003, the network represent nearly 100 in-house legal departments across a wide range of industries and sectors. Support to members includes:

• Vendor Neutral Monthly Meeting Series;
• Legal Department Performance Diagnostic;
• Peer Consult Service
• Development Courses

About Mitratech

Mitratech is the most trusted, market-leading provider of fully-integrated enterprise legal management solutions for global legal departments of all sizes, including more than 25% of the Fortune 500 and more than 230 legal departments. Mitratech’s offerings are used by over 65,000 corporate users and 8,500 of their external partners (including 100% of the Am Law 200) in over 140 countries. These solutions include the TeamConnect and Lawtrac product platforms, both of which offer end-to-end matter management, spend management, e-Billing, legal hold, contracts management, reporting, and compliance solutions. Mitratech clients are able to prove demonstrable value creation for their organization by automating legal workflows, improving business outcomes through actionable data and insight, increasing collaboration with external partners, and reducing overall legal spend. To learn more, visit mitratech.com.