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What is a general counsel’s role in international expansion? How do you balance growth with safety and compliance across diverse countries and markets? And how do you scale your legal team to take on challenges that require in-depth knowledge of local cultures, regulations, and business practices?
As general counsel at Lime, Sarah Binder confronts these questions each day, as she and her legal team navigate regulations across 300 municipalities in 35 countries. Sarah, who recently located to San Francisco from the UK, has found that transparency, accessibility, and flexibility are key to working across borders (and time zones). Listen as Sarah offers tips for effectively scaling out your legal team for international expansion.
Introduction: 0:00
Discussing the scope of Sarah’s GC roles at Lime and Pizza Hut UK and Europe: 4:56
Effectively scaling out your team for international expansion: 07:48
Tips for working across time zones without feeling burnout: 12:47
Defining the role of the GC: 18:57
What American execs get wrong when they expand into European markets: 24:57
Guiding your team through a diverse set of regulatory bodies: 30:01
Looking back on your experience with consumer product liability as a general counsel: 32:38
How GCs strike a balance between growth and regulatory compliance: 37:19
Book Recommendation: 40:45
Outro: 44:36
Read detailed summary: https://www.spotdraft.com/podcast/episode-27
Annual Compensation Report: https://salary-report.spotdraft.com/
Connect with us:
Sarah Binder -https://www.linkedin.com/in/rajmahapatra/
Tyler Finn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/tylerhfinn
SpotDraft - https://www.linkedin.com/company/spotdraft
SpotDraft is a leading CLM platform that solves your end-to-end contract management issues.
Visit https://www.spotdraft.com to learn more.
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What is a general counsel’s role in international expansion? How do you balance growth with safety and compliance across diverse countries and markets? And how do you scale your legal team to take on challenges that require in-depth knowledge of local cultures, regulations, and business practices?
As general counsel at Lime, Sarah Binder confronts these questions each day, as she and her legal team navigate regulations across 300 municipalities in 35 countries. Sarah, who recently located to San Francisco from the UK, has found that transparency, accessibility, and flexibility are key to working across borders (and time zones). Listen as Sarah offers tips for effectively scaling out your legal team for international expansion.
Introduction: 0:00
Discussing the scope of Sarah’s GC roles at Lime and Pizza Hut UK and Europe: 4:56
Effectively scaling out your team for international expansion: 07:48
Tips for working across time zones without feeling burnout: 12:47
Defining the role of the GC: 18:57
What American execs get wrong when they expand into European markets: 24:57
Guiding your team through a diverse set of regulatory bodies: 30:01
Looking back on your experience with consumer product liability as a general counsel: 32:38
How GCs strike a balance between growth and regulatory compliance: 37:19
Book Recommendation: 40:45
Outro: 44:36
Read detailed summary: https://www.spotdraft.com/podcast/episode-27
Annual Compensation Report: https://salary-report.spotdraft.com/
Connect with us:
Sarah Binder -https://www.linkedin.com/in/rajmahapatra/
Tyler Finn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/tylerhfinn
SpotDraft - https://www.linkedin.com/company/spotdraft
SpotDraft is a leading CLM platform that solves your end-to-end contract management issues.
Visit https://www.spotdraft.com to learn more.
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