Legal transition management: for which missions?

Replacing a legal director, managing litigation, ensuring regulatory compliance, managing restructuring, etc. A highly qualified external professional, the legal transition manager is an essential asset for managing delicate situations with multiple legal issues.

Here is an overview of the main missions of a legal and legal interim manager.

 

What is legal transition management?

Legal transition management is an outsourcing solution that consists of calling on a qualified, experienced professional and a specialist in the legal and legal field. The latter intervenes directly within the company, for a specific period, which generally extends between 6 and 18 months, in order to respond to a specific problem.

With more than 15 years of professional experience in legal positions with high responsibilities, the legal interim manager has unparalleled expertise and interpersonal skills, as well as a great sense of leadership.

 

What are the missions of the legal transition manager?

The legal interim manager can intervene in many cases, for various missions, such as:

• Replacing an absent General Counsel

When a general counsel is temporarily absent or leaves his or her position permanently, the company can then call on a legal interim manager. This not only ensures operational continuity until the return of the absent executive or until a new director is recruited, but also facilitates the handover.

The interim legal director, operational from the moment of arrival, is responsible for the management of day-to-day affairs (contracts, litigation, sales, purchases,…), legal operations, regulatory compliance, etc.

As a true legal advisor, he also helps the company to strengthen the control of legal risks, the protection of its assets and to optimize and modernize its legal function in an efficient and sustainable way.

• Manage regulatory compliance

Faced with constant regulatory changes, companies must be extra vigilant to ensure that they comply with the latest requirements in force in their sector of activity.

Legal interim managers can thus be called upon to manage compliance projects of various kinds: data protection – GDPR; due diligence during a merger-acquisition; CSR compliance; governance standards; tax compliance; intellectual property…

Specialized in the company’s sector of activity, the legal transition manager is perfectly familiar with the regulatory requirements and the latest applicable standards. He will be able to support the company at each stage of its compliance, thus protecting it from heavy legal sanctions.

• Managing a legal crisis

When a company is faced with a legal crisis, the interim manager can intervene to help it quickly stabilize the situation and reduce the impacts of this crisis. This can be of different natures: litigation, a commercial dispute, legal proceedings, a media crisis, etc.

Thanks to their proven expertise, composure, hindsight and ability to make strong decisions quickly, the interim manager helps the company contain legal risks and ensures that the interests of the organization are defended before the competent courts.

• Supporting transformation projects with legal issues

The legal transition manager can also be called upon by the organization to ensure the smooth running of transformation projects with significant legal stakes. For example, it may be a restructuring, a merger-acquisition, an internationalization project, etc.

The interim manager is responsible for carrying out the audit upstream of the project, ensuring the regularity of contracts, the compliance of assets, etc. He ensures that the operation takes place within a structured legal framework and under favourable conditions and is responsible for identifying and controlling the risks of the project from a legal and legal point of view.

• Conducting a delicate legal operation

Finally, the interim legal director is able to support the company in the management of delicate legal operations with major stakes, such as: the negotiation of a contract with a major account; the signing of strategic partnerships; the resolution of disputes; the management of a PSE (Job Preservation Plan). He will be able to ensure the smooth running of the operation and compliance with the regulations in force.

 

Why use a legal interim manager?

Legal transition management is a strategic solution to allow companies to benefit from cutting-edge expertise, quickly and securely.

Thanks to its sectoral know-how, its managerial skills and its human qualities, the legal interim manager is able to protect the interests of the company in a defensive context, to secure complex operations or to support the company during a delicate period. With a great ability to adapt, he can intervene in various contexts, within companies of all sizes.

 

Are you looking for a legal interim manager?

Thanks to its large pool of qualified and hand-picked interim managers, WAYDEN identified and commissioned for you An interim legal director an expert in your industry (Agri-food, Banking and insurance, luxury, Pharmaceutical…). Whatever your problem, the latter quickly identifies your challenges and demonstrates a Operational Excellence throughout the mission. Our interim legal managers are able to intervene throughout France and abroad, within very short deadlines, even in emergencies.