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As an In-house lawyer, you have to cover more ground than most. Today, you need to be an expert on data protection. Tomorrow, it could be employment contracts. And it’s not just a case of knowing the law. You need to have a nose for the commercial
side of things, too.
Risk management
Managing legal risk is a key expectation of in-house lawyers. Boards increasingly expect them to proactively involve themselves in the organisation’s formal risk management processes. We help you manage legal risk.
Training for your business
This Precedent anti-bribery and corruption (ABC) presentation is a training aid to introduce your staff to the Bribery Act 2010. Easily train them on your own internal anti-bribery and corruption policies and procedures.
Key skills
Gain insight into your company’s finance and accounting. We’ll describe the format financial accounting information is presented, and give you the why and how that information’s used to determine business goals.
Cover all bases
As an In-house lawyer, you have to cover more ground than most. Today, you need to be an expert on data protection. Tomorrow, it could be employment contracts. And it’s not just a case of knowing the law. You need to have a nose for the commercial side of
Our In-house Advisor Experts
Richard Martin
Alice Collins
Jessica Hardern
Will Morris
Ben Shillito
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Latest In-house Advisor Practice Notes
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Latest In-house Advisor Precedents
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Critical thinking and problem solving
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Giving and receiving feedback
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SRA Competencies self—assessment template—Legal Counsel
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Associated legal terms
Current ratio
A financial ratio which shows how easily the company could pay its bills if all its creditors demanded payment at once. Calculated as: (current assets) divided by (liabilities'>current liabilities). In theory, this figure should be at least 1, because if it’s lower than 1 it means that the company does not have the liquidity to pay all its creditors straight away. That said, some companies, notably supermarkets, happily survive on current ratios of less than 0.5. As always, it’s best to compare the ratio of one company with others in its sector. Over 1.5 suggests excessive caution on the part of management.
Production account
‘Production account’ means the trust bank account in the joint names of the company and the producer.
Recapture or turnaround provision
‘Recapture’ specifies that a licence will expire and all rights automatically revert to the author/owner after a specified period if the producer has not by the end of that period carried out certain actions. ‘Turnaround’ gives the author/owner the right within a specified period to give notice to the producer requiring the producer to reassign certain rights in the project in return for the payment of certain sums of money.
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