2020 was an unprecedented year for business; companies have had to mobilise quickly in the face of various converging global and geopolitical events, such as Brexit and Covid-19, reviewing their operations and risk landscape, and the ensuing pressures of navigating the short, medium and long term impacts have been borne by legal teams across all sectors. As part of this year’s In-house Counsel as Business Partner conference, The Lawyer and EY were joined by ten in-house counsel for a roundtable discussion of the role of the in-house legal team in balancing commerciality and risk whilst maintaining and delivering a company’s “purpose” in light of these global events.