How General Counsels Can Build Resilient Legal Teams and Navigate Crises with Emma Slatter cover art

How General Counsels Can Build Resilient Legal Teams and Navigate Crises with Emma Slatter

How General Counsels Can Build Resilient Legal Teams and Navigate Crises with Emma Slatter

Listen for free

View show details

LIMITED TIME OFFER | Get 2 Months for ₹5/month

About this listen

 In this episode of Beyond Billables: Lessons from Top Law Firm Partners, host Stephen Rodney sits down with Emma Slatter, Chief Officer - Legal, Regulatory and Compliance at Visa. Emma shares her journey from private practice at Slaughter and May to a 20 year career at Deutsche Bank, and then to Visa, where she joined just weeks before a major payments outage.Emma Slatter began her legal career at Slaughter and May before moving in-house to Morgan Grenfell, which was later absorbed into Deutsche Bank. Over two decades at Deutsche, she held a range of senior roles, including leading global markets legal in London during the financial crisis. After a brief sabbatical, she joined Visa, where she now oversees legal, regulatory and compliance functions in a fast evolving payments landscape.Expect to Learn:How to lead calmly and effectively through crisis, regulatory investigations, and intense public scrutiny.Why building and promoting a strong team is central to being a successful General Counsel.The importance of resilience, humility, and empowering junior talent in an AI driven future.How the relationship between GCs and law firms is changing, including the impact of AI and new billing models.Emma’s perspective on litigation funding, generational change, and the future of in-house legal leadership.Episode Breakdown with Timestamps:[00:00] – Teaser[01:05] – Welcome & Introduction to Beyond Billables with Emma Slatter[03:34] – Training at Slaughter and May: The Generalist Foundation[05:04] – 20 Years at Deutsche Bank: Navigating Growth, Crisis, and Leadership[10:34] – Joining Visa: From "Quiet and Dull" to an Outage in Three Weeks[14:37] – What Makes a Successful GC? Building Teams, Humility, and Empowering Juniors[20:46] – The Toughest Times: Investigations, Regulators, and Internal Scrutiny at Deutsche[27:53] – Law Firm Partners vs. GCs: Core Skills Are the Same[33:46] – Integration Journeys: Adapting to In-House Life and Visa's Collaborative Culture[44:31] – The Future: AI, Generational Change, and the Evolving Law Firm Model[48:38] – AI, Billing, and Open Conversations with Law Firms[53:44] – Regrets? None – From Financial Crisis to Carrying the Olympic Torch[56:04] – Closing RemarksConnect with Emma Slatter:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/emma-slatter-b6694715/Company’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/visa/Company’s Website: https://www.visa.com/en-us/businessConnect with Stephen Rodney:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephenmrodney/Company’s Website: https://www.intogreatcoaching.co.uk/Company’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/intogreat-coaching/Connect with IntoGreat Coaching:Website: https://www.intogreatcoaching.co.uk/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/intogreat-coaching/Listening Links: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5itRkdqnE9iUG7XuVXfur9?si=cd8ec898274442d9&nd=1&dlsi=6ff13118ea1a44b4Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/beyond-billables-lessons-from-top-law-firm-partners/id1847593311Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@StephenRodney-i8l
No reviews yet