Lawyers generally have a reputation among business people for being risk averse. In-house lawyers cannot be excessively risk averse—they have to embrace risk, knowing how to identify it and acting appropriately. If not, they will become an unnecessary obstruction in their organisation, stopping legitimate business...
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