Matt Nolan likes a good opportunity. He’ll rarely turn it down. That’s how he went from the 38,000-person town of Muskegon, Michigan, which is on the eastern shore of Lake Michigan, to the 24 million-person metropolis of Shanghai.

The ACC Australia In-house Lawyer Awards acknowledge excellence in the provision of legal services, as well as the contributions to the legal profession made by in-house lawyers working in government and business legal departments.

Matt Nolan likes a good opportunity. He’ll rarely turn it down. That’s how he went from the 38,000-person town of Muskegon, Michigan, which is on the eastern shore of Lake Michigan, to the 24 million-person metropolis of Shanghai. Nolan is Dow Corning’s manager of governance and compliance for Greater China.

Papanikitas was also drawn to the opportunity to join a new, lean legal team that tackles the broad range of legal challenges that Kimberly-Clark Australia encounters. He insists that every day is different because of that wide range of legal issues.

The relationship between regulatory and business lawyers can be contentious in the United States and other countries. The rapport between the two in Australia is generally more collaborative. Hillier goes as far as calling the companies she regulates “key stakeholders” that NOPSEMA is always trying to engage.

For someone who thought 10 years ago they would never practice law, Paula Pepin has certainly proved herself wrong.

The business side can be an enigma for some lawyers. Not for Tom Trujillo, the chief operating officer for Bank of America’s legal department. He knows exactly what it needs because he has worked on the business side.

Ido Warshavski, vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary of Lumenis discusses practicing law in Israel.

Sharon Morrisroe, the general counsel and corporate secretary for Raymond James Ltd., a national brokerage firm, is an expert on securities and the slopes.

Villa’s career is far from over. He expects to stay at Versar for many more years where he wants to continue to mentor younger lawyers, and keep an eye out for openings for people in his network.

By any account, Chris Murphy Ives, the vice president and deputy general counsel for HP, is a successful lawyer. There’s a chance he could have been an equally successful actor.

“It takes a different mentality to be a successful in-house lawyer than to be a private practice lawyer,” says Adam Walters, assistant general counsel, Asia Pacific for First Solar Inc

Ironically, a law designed to decrease the amount of emails received resulted in a deluge of emails requesting the receiver to opt-in and consent to further communications.