At 15 years old, Radiance Davis could not have known she would become an attorney, launch a law firm, move into corporate leadership, and build a career around helping businesses solve problems.
Over the past decade, legal departments have built formal capabilities to manage risks once missing from any register: cybersecurity exposure, data privacy obligations, sanctions screening, and ESG disclosure.
When I started out as a dispute resolution lawyer, I worked at leading law firms on high-stakes cases involving everything from safeguarding the human rights of independence fighters to fine art fraud, lifesaving treatments, and superyachts.
The legal profession is undergoing a structural shift. As companies build stronger internal legal teams to manage cost, risk, and the speed of decision-making, the role of the in-house lawyer is being redefined
For generations, the legal profession followed a tried-and-true model for training lawyers. Law schools taught students to think like attorneys, while firms showed them how to practice.
As companies scale across markets, launch AI platforms, and move at speed, brand protection no longer sits at the edge of the business, it runs through it.