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In this episode of The Financial Law Forum, our special guest Elena Lazarou, Vice President and Senior Associate General Counsel at Capital One speaks to us about what she is...
In this episode of The Financial Law Forum, our special guest
Elena Lazarou, Vice President and Senior Associate General Counsel
at Capital One speaks to us about what she is doing to advance
diversity, equity, and inclusion in her role as a leader, an ally,
and someone who consumes legal services on behalf of a major
financial institution. We talk about how the client-law firm
relationship has evolved, including the many ways to partner when
addressing DEI issues, the impact that ESG-styled DEI metrics are
having in closing the gap, and the gaps and work that still remains
in advancing opportunities for diverse attorneys.
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