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What's on the Minds of General Counsel in the Southeast?

Submitted by Firm:
Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC
Firm Contacts:
Elizabeth Liner, Jennifer L. Anderson, Phyllis G. Cancienne
Article Type:
Legal Update
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Baker Donelson has partnered with ALM Legal Intelligence to create the Corporate Counsel Agenda: Southeast. This survey of general counsel from companies across the Southeast provides insight on economic and regulatory trends, along with their priorities for the coming year.

Watch our brief video to learn more and download the report.

As a firm with offices across the Southeast, we value the opportunity to hear from general counsel in our region and share their insight on issues they are facing. We continually seek to understand what is on the minds of our clients and to stay in step with the needs of general counsel. To help achieve this goal, Baker Donelson has partnered with ALM Legal Intelligence to create the Corporate Counsel Agenda: Southeast. This survey of general counsel from companies across the Southeast provides insight on economic and regulatory trends, along with their with priorities for the coming year.

Some of the key findings include:

  • Overall, general counsel are upbeat about their companies' economic prospects for 2015.
  • General counsel are adapting to the tighter legal budgets imposed on them in recent years.
  • 40% see international expansion as a driver of growth.
  • One in four sees cyber attack and rising health care costs as growing concerns.

We value the opportunity to hear from general counsel in our region and to share with you their insight on issues they are facing. We hope you enjoy this report.

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