Cockpit Counsel Podcast

Introducing an all-new, snackable series called "Tim's Take," where Tim Parilla shares his brief thoughts on a much-discussed topic in the industry. This week, Tim shares tips for tackling your first 90 days as a new GC.

Ensuring compliance is no small feat, especially on a lean team. In this episode of Cockpit Counsel, Tim Parilla is joined by Danielle Maglente, General Counsel at Plum Voice, to discuss her compliance career. Together, they’ll dive into the strategies for success she’s created along the way.

From this episode, you’ll learn how to:

• Get ahead of new regulations
• Communicate regulatory changes across the org
• Implement compliance with other teams
• And much more!

Maintaining compliance can be a bumpy ride – listen now for an essential flight plan.

When your company is fundraising, the legal team is going through an extended interview with potential investors. It’s an interesting dynamic – and what better way to explore it than a conversation between a CLO and an investor that have closed a round together?

You’ll learn:

• How investors view their initial interactions with legal
• What they’re still evaluating during due diligence
• How to build the relationship between investors and legal
• And more!

Invest in yourself and watch today.

In this episode of Cockpit Counsel, Tim sits down with two trailblazing legal operations pros, Dee Venello, Legal Operations Manager at Commvault, and Vanessa Saffold, Manager, Global Legal Operations at LiveRamp, to discuss how this highly efficient team has changed the game at their organizations.

From this episode, you’ll learn:

• The value a legal ops team brings to the business
• Skills to harness as a legal ops professional
• Where and how technology comes into play
• And more!

Legal ops is the secret sauce to a high-functioning legal team. Listen to this episode to learn about it from the best.

Learn what goes into developing AI for legal teams on the next episode of Cockpit Counsel featuring Eliana Lee, Legal Engineer and AI enthusiast at LinkSquares.

From this episode, you’ll learn:

• The #1 misconception about legal AI
• How to incorporate tech into your legal workflows
• The most important questions to ask legal tech vendors
• And more!

AI isn’t going anywhere – legal pros need a foundational understanding of what it really is (and isn’t.) Listen today.

There’s no shortage of ways to apply your JD, and more attorneys are going down alternative career paths.

From this episode, you’ll learn:

• What the day-to-day of a TSA at LinkSquares entails
• Common pain points in-house legal teams are facing
• How the TSA team works with sales
• And, more!

There’s much to learn from this unique role's vantage point.

In this episode of Cockpit Counsel, Tim Parilla sits down with Caroline McCarthy, LinkSquares Director of Sales, to discuss the importance of the sales/legal relationship.

• From this episode, you’ll learn:
• Keys to a strong relationship between legal and sales
• Communication best practices for both teams
• The importance of a “one team, one dream” mentality
• And more!

Once you’re on the same wavelength, nothing is stopping both of your teams from finding success.

In this episode of Cockpit Counsel, Ari Buchler will share the pivotal lessons learned in his career – including an impressive succession of GC roles. But that’s just the start. He’s also an advisor, investor, and business leader.

From this episode, you’ll learn:

• How to work with your executive team and board members on the road to an IPO
• Best practices when growing your team from startup to an IPO
• How to market your legal team to the rest of the organization
• And much more!

Rob has founded an AI company, made over 70 early-stage AI investments, writes one of the world’s most popular AI newsletters, and hosts the podcast “Investing in AI” about AI's impact on business models, markets, products, and consumer behavior.

• From this episode, you’ll learn:
• What you need to know about AI
• How AI is changing the way legal teams run
• How the AI landscape is evolving for legal tech
• And, much more!

The robots are here to stay – it’s time to understand what they can do for you.

This episode of Cockpit Counsel with Nir Dagan, General Counsel at Wiz, will cover what goes into a successful fundraise. Wiz is the fastest-growing cybersecurity startup in the world. They announced their $250M Series C in October – tune in to hear insights from Nir.

• From this episode, you will learn:
• Actionable advice for raising a funding round
• Why moving in-house was the right call for Nir
• How to build a legal function from the ground up
• And, much more!

You don’t want to miss this one.