Canada: Law Department Performance

In-house legal departments are being asked to do more than manage risk. Across Canada, legal teams now carry responsibilities that extend well beyond traditional legal advice, such as compliance, investigations, government relations, and increasingly, company secretarial and ESG functions.

Il n’y a pas longtemps, un vendredi matin, Simar Anand se préparait pour la fin de semaine la plus occupée de l’année au Resto Darbar, sur le boulevard Saint-Laurent à Montréal. L’occasion? La fin de semaine du Grand Prix. La liste des réservations du restaurant de 40 places comptait des clients de partout dans le monde en raison de l’arrivée en ville de Max Verstappen, Lewis Hamilton, Lando Norris et compagnie.

On June 17, in-house lawyers filled the new offices of Henein Hutchison Robitaille LLP in Toronto, Canada, for an evening conversation with Marie Henein — one of Canada's most recognized legal advocates — on the future of the rule of law in Canada. Registration hit capacity well before the event, a signal of where the profession's attention is right now.