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  • Stuck Between Sanctions: What Do Conflicting Global Rules Mean for Compliance Teams? A Closer Look at China

    When most organisations think about IP, their focus is often on patents, trademarks, or litigation. Yet behind every successful IP portfolio lies a different kind of expertise – the operational leaders who ensure that data, processes and systems are efficient, compliant, and strategically aligned. Without this layer, even the most imaginative IP strategy can become bogged down in process…

  • Beyond the Boardroom – Organisational Team Design

    What happens when a business outgrows the organisational structure designed to support it? For legal and compliance functions, the challenges that emerge may point to a deeper issue than capacity or individual performance. The structure itself may need to evolve alongside the business. Victoria van der Vaart, Partner at Adamsons, examines the role of organisational…

  • Case Study: Global Technology Giant, Compliance, and Investigations Scale-Up

    Victoria van der Vaart and Samantha Knowles were retained by a global technology multinational going through a Deferred Prosecution Agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice. The company needed urgent support to grow its Corporate and Government Investigations function, spread across strategic global hubs in the U.S., Europe, and Asia Pacific. The multidisciplinary team needed qualified lawyers and…

  • Case Study: Global Pharmaceuticals Giant, Privacy Team Build

    A listed pharmaceutical giant retained Victoria van der Vaart to build their global privacy team. The first search for a Chief Privacy Officer required a dual UK and US search, looking for the best privacy lawyers with deep technology and digital experience. We assessed candidates with pharmaceutical and healthcare experience and benchmarked them against leading privacy lawyers…

  • Case Study: Global Compliance Team Build, Pharmaceuticals Multinational

    Victoria van der Vaart was retained by a European pharmaceutical multinational to hire an EMEA Compliance Director. This position would sit in a newly acquired business that needed deep oncology compliance expertise and the ability to embed the group-level compliance program in a vastly different and more agile business culture. We conducted a pan-European search, identifying…

  • Case Study: Fortune 100 Industrial, Global Privacy Team Build

    In preparation for the introduction of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), a diversified Fortune 100 multinational instructed Victoria van der Vaart to appoint two General Counsels for Privacy. The company already had one experienced lawyer leading privacy, who was subsequently appointed as Chief Privacy Officer. Both roles would have a broad Europe, Middle East, and Africa…

  • Case Study: Fortune 100 Industrial, Sanctions Hires

    One of the largest Fortune 100 companies asked Victoria van der Vaart to conduct a pan-European search to find a functional General Counsel focusing exclusively on sanctions and financial crime. Reporting to the Global Head of Sanctions with a dotted reporting line to the Chief Compliance Officer, this person would be a qualified lawyer with top-tier law…