{"id":51,"date":"2017-11-12T09:05:00","date_gmt":"2017-11-12T09:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.thesrgroup.com\/taylorroot\/?p=51"},"modified":"2022-04-13T13:14:30","modified_gmt":"2022-04-13T13:14:30","slug":"how-do-you-build-an-outstanding-legal-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.taylorroot.com\/de\/hiring-advice\/finding-talent\/how-do-you-build-an-outstanding-legal-team\/","title":{"rendered":"How do you build an outstanding legal team?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Taylor Root recently hosted an event at LinkedIn&#8217;s office with guest speaker, Bjarne Tellmann, General Counsel &amp; Chief Legal Officer, Pearson Plc. Bjarne discussed his insight into Building an Outstanding Legal Team, based on his extensive experience heading up legal teams at Pearson Plc and Coca-Cola and also at&nbsp;top US law firms. Bjarne has recently published a book of the same title and our Q&amp;A covered:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>The cornerstones of building a legal team from scratch<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Advice for General Counsels who inherit a team<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>The challenges of managing and hiring lawyers from different generations<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>How important it is for General Counsels to be on the executive board<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>The evolution of the legal profession to be more business focused<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;To read the full Q&amp;A please click the following link:&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/i.emlfiles4.com\/cmpdoc\/4\/5\/0\/7\/5\/files\/474809_building-an-outstanding-legal-team.pdf?dm_t=0,0,0,0,0\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><u>Building an Outstanding Legal Team<\/u><\/a>&nbsp;. 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