{"id":11827,"date":"2026-04-24T10:55:52","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T23:55:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/insight.thomsonreuters.com.au\/legal\/?post_type=insight_resource&#038;p=11827"},"modified":"2026-04-29T16:00:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T05:00:19","slug":"2026-state-of-the-corporate-law-department-report","status":"publish","type":"insight_resource","link":"https:\/\/insight.thomsonreuters.com.au\/legal\/resources\/resource\/2026-state-of-the-corporate-law-department-report","title":{"rendered":"2026 State of the Corporate Law Department Report"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>There&#8217;s a concerning gap between General Counsel and their bosses &#8211; 86% of GCs believe their department contributes significantly to company goals. Only 17% of the C-Suite agrees, according to research from the Thomson Reuters Institute. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"\n  background-color: #e3f1fd;\n  border-left: 8px solid #0874e3;\n  padding: 24px;\n  margin: 32px 0;\n\">\n  <h3 style=\"margin-top: 0; color: #123015\">\n    The visibility gap GCs can\u2019t ignore\n  <\/h3>\n\n  <p>\n    \nDiscover how GCs are responding to this gap in our <b>2026 State of the Corporate Law Department report<\/b>, along with the promise of AI transformation and the challenging global business and legal environment they are facing.\n\n  <\/p>\n\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 0;\">\n    <a href=\"#gate_widget-1\" style=\"\n      color: #D64000;\n      font-weight: 600;\n      text-decoration: none;\n    \">\n      Download now\n    <\/a>\n  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Informed by interviews with thousands of professionals worldwide, including legal leaders, C-suite executives, and compliance professionals, the report found:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Up to 42% of C-Suite respondents say legal contributes &#8220;little or not at all&#8221; to organisational objectives. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Staffing is the top in-house pain-point, as pressures continue to mount<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Communication and integration into business operations is also a major area of concern<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Successful departments are increasingly choosing a more proactive risk approach<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Up-to-date metrics, and the ability to quickly report on department activities to skeptical business leaders, is quickly becoming table stakes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/insight.thomsonreuters.com.au\/legal\/resources\/resource\/2026-state-of-the-corporate-law-department-report#gate_widget-1\"><strong>Download your copy of the report today.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There&#8217;s a concerning gap between General Counsel and their bosses &#8211; 86% of GCs believe their department contributes significantly to company goals. 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