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27 CANADIANLAWYERMAG.COM/INHOUSE JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2018 planning from law departments," he says. "If you show up to the meeting with a legal pad and that's what you have for your folks in the C-suite, you're not going to fare very well. You have to speak the language of the business." Nick Slonosky, new chairman of the Canadian Corporate Counsel Association and director and legal counsel with Investors Group in Winnipeg, found it unsurprising that cybersecurity ranked first as an issue of concern. "If that wasn't top of mind for every in- house counsel in Canada, I don't know what would be — they wouldn't be doing their job," he says. Cullen says at his organization "it is absolutely in the top identified risks in our enterprise risk management framework. "It's a strategic issue that should be on the board's radar," he says, adding it's not hyperbole to say a breach can destroy a company overnight. "If you have a global organization, you don't want to be the "If a law department struggles to properly manage its budgets, that's where they lose credibility." Jean-Francois Denis, SNC-Lavalin What sector is your company/organization in? If external spend changed, why? and First Nations – including boards and tribunals) Government (municipal, regional, provincial, federal, Professional services Financial Industry/manufacturing Resource-based Service Technology Non-profit 23.7 % 4.7 % 18.9 % 15.9 % 12.5 % 13.8 % 4.7 % 5.6 % How many lawyers are there in your legal department? What are the legal areas you send to outside firms the most? What was the external legal spend for the Canadian legal department in your last fiscal year? 1 2 to 5 6 to 15 16 to 30 31 to 50 51 to 100 More than 100 $100,000 or less $101,000 to $500,000 $501,000 to $1 million $1.1 million to $3 million $3.1 million to $5 million $5.1 million to $10 million More than $10 million Refuse to answer/Don't know 17.7 % 8.6 % 35.8 % 20.3 % 22.8 % 9.9 % 9.1 % 15.5 % 3 % 6.5 % 4.7 % 6 % 6.9 % 6 % 27.2 % Did the size of your legal department change over the past year? 47.8 % No change 24.6 % 16.4 % 11.2 % It grew We filled positions previously left vacant It shrank 4 % Advertising/marketing 15.1 % Class action 54.3 % Employment/labour 10.1 % Environmental 15.6 % General corporate work (contracts, etc.) 13.6 % Immigration 27.1 % Intellectual property 9.6 % Information Technology (contracts, licensing, etc.) 78.4 % Litigation 28.1 % Mergers & Acquisitions 8.5 % Privacy legislation 24 % Real Estate 26.6 % Regulatory matters 2 % Risk mitigation 20.6 % Securities/corporate finance 26.6 % Tax 8 % U.S.-cross-border 4.5 % Other Isolated/one-off situation that led to higher fees 51% 8.3% Sending more work out 21.3 % The business grew 19.4 % Bringing more work into the legal department

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