Corporate Lawyers and Corporate Governance

by Joan Loughrey

Book Overview

This assessment of the corporate governance role of corporate lawyers in the UK analyses the extent to which lawyers can and should act as gate-keepers, counsellors and reputational intermediaries. Focusing on external and in-house lawyers' roles in both dispersed share-ownership and owner-managed companies, Joan Loughrey highlights the conflicts of interest that are endemic in corporate representation and examines how lawyers should respond when...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521762553
• ISBN13: 9780521762557
• Release Date: July 2011
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.0"