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Mentorship Matters with Dave & Liz: Chaka Patterson on Mastering the Public Company General Counsel Role

 

Dave Lynn

Liz Dunshee

Chaka Patterson

Dave Lynn is a Senior Editor at CCRcorp and a Partner at Goodwin.

Liz Dunshee is a Senior Editor at CCRcorp and a Senior Strategic Advisor, Capital Markets & Corporate Governance, at Cooley.

Chaka Patterson is the founder and CEO of Chaka Strategy, a lecturer at the University of Chicago Law School, a former public company GC and IR executive, and author of The Hot Seat: Mastering the Public Company General Counsel Role.

In this episode of Mentorship Matters, Dave & Liz are joined by Chaka Patterson to discuss:

  1. Mentors who influenced Chaka's career path in private practice, enforcement, and in-house roles - and the important lessons they shared.
  2. What inspired Chaka to write "The Hot Seat: Mastering the Public Company General Counsel Role" - and why he felt that now was the right time to publish this field guide.
  3. Chaka's advice for building and strengthening important relationships with the C-suite, board and other stakeholders.
  4. Skills and experiences that lawyers should actively seek if they aspire to have a general counsel role and thrive in "the hot seat."
  5. How to overcome common patterns that hold lawyers back.

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