When the board asks what legal spend actually bought

10 to 12 general counsel and heads of legal operations at public and late-stage private companies.

1. 01Which line item on your outside spend cannot be defended when you say it aloud?
2. 02What did you bring back in-house last year, and what actually happened to cost?
3. 03Where is your board asking questions that legal operations cannot answer yet?
4. 04What is the one metric you wish you had two years ago?

Named on arrival. Listed by role and company type until then.

• Public consumer companyGeneral counsel
• Late-stage private technology companyHead of legal operations
• Public financial services firmDeputy general counsel
• Series D healthcare companyGeneral counsel
• Public industrialVP legal operations

Chaired by a Northwind partner, identified on the night. No firm materials are handed out, and no follow-up is made by the business development team.

Private room in midtown Manhattan, confirmed on the day. Doors 18:30, close 22:00.

Dinner and wine are covered by the host.

Northwind Legal advises technology companies and financial institutions on complex commercial matters. These dinners bring general counsel together to talk about the parts of the job that do not fit into a webinar.