Benoit Balmary comes from a long line of lawyers dating back 200 years. So, you could argue that he was simply making the safe choice by going into law. He jokingly says as much.

But there was a deeper pull as well: a basic belief in the nobility of law and the idea that it single-handedly separates us from chaos.

Of course, as Group General Counsel at Michelin, Benoit is dealing with a far different environment than his ancestors did hundreds of years ago. Given the rapid rate of change, the challenge for today’s in-house legal teams is not to maintain the status quo, but to adapt to the rapid evolution of the legal environment.

We discuss:

- Transforming a siloed legal organization into a hyper collaborative global team

- Creating an ambassador between the legal team and the business

- Michelin’s framework for managing law firm relationships

- Change management within a 130-year-old company

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