Ben Heineman Jr, The Inside Counsel Revolution
Ben Heineman is a legendary and trans-formative figure in the field of corporate law. He is also a published author and professor at both Yale and Harvard Law schools, an achievement in and of itself! In this podcast, originally broadcast in 2016, he joins host Mark Wahlstrom to discuss his recently released book "The Inside Counsel Revolution: Resolve the Partner-Guardian Tension". In this book and interview Heineman discusses his experience in the corporate law field and what led to the writing of his latest book, as well as his decades at the right hand of first Jack Welch and then Jeffery Imalt at GE. The book provides real life insight and experience as to the pressures facing corporate counsel in all manner of cases. Given the subsequent troubles that GE has faced in the time since this interview was conducted and the book published, GE watchers, lawyers and management professors will appreciate the contrast as to the perception of GE from then and now.