draft building for tomorrow legal organization kick-off meeting november 7 th 2013
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DRAFT
Building For TomorrowLegal Organization Kick-Off Meeting
November 7th 2013
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Objectives
•Answer your questions regarding the Building for Tomorrow project
•Discuss the legal function- Functional responsibilities- Identified pain points- Potential opportunities
•Discuss cross-functional opportunities
•Align on next steps
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Legal Organization – Org chart
QUESTIONS
• What are the responsibilities of each organization within legal?
• How long has this structure been in place?
• Which groups have grown vs. shrunk over time?
ORGANIZATIONAL CHART
Leah Weil
Senior EVP & General Counsel
Headcount: 237
Gregory Boone
EVPLegal Affairs - SPT
Headcount: 12
Shelly Bunge
EVP, Music Bus. Affairs & Admin.
Headcount: 34
John FukunagaEVP, Deputy
General Counsel
Headcount: 52
Pauline MatarazzoExecutive Dir.,
Legal Operations
Headcount: 7
Leonard Venger
EVP Litigation
Headcount: 14
Aimee Wolfson
EVP, Intellectual Property - Legal
Headcount: 40
Keith Weaver
EVPWW Gov’t Aff.
Headcount: 6
Barbara Benson
Administrative Assistant IV
Headcount: 1
Cynthia Salmen
SVPCompliance
Headcount: 5
Helayne Antler
SVP Legal
Headcount: 4
Jared Jussim
EVPLegal
Headcount: 1
David Steinberg
EVP Legal Affairs
Headcount: 53
Mary Burke
EVPLegal Affairs
Headcount: 7
*Jared Jussim is not included as a direct report of Leah Weil within Workday database
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Legal Organization – Headcount Overview
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20
40
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80
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Motion Picture,
Acquisitions & SPDP Legal
Admin
Assistant
Paralegal
Sr. Paralegal
Coordinator
Administrator
Sr. Administrator
Manager
Counsel
Sr. Counsel
Asst. General Counsel
Director
VP
SVP
EVP
53
Corporate Legal
Admin
Paralegal
Administrator
Asst. Manager
Manager
Counsel
Intermediate Counsel
Sr. Counsel
Asst. General Counsel
Director
Exec. Dir
VP
SVP
EVP
51
Intellectual Prop &
Clearance
Admin
Paralegal
Researcher
Coordinator
Sr. Coordinator
Administrator
Analyst
Sr. Analyst
Specialist
Manager
Asst. Director
Director
Exec. Dir
VP
SVP
EVP
40
Litigat
ion
Admin
Paralegal
Coordinator
Sr.
Coordinator
Director
Exec.
Dir
VP
SVP
EVP
13
TV Leg
al
Admin
Sr.
Coordinator
Counsel
Sr.
Counsel
Asst.
General
Counsel
VP
SVP
EVP
12
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VP
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Labo
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Dir
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SVP
4
Mus
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Lega
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Admin
Paralegal
Coordinator
Intermediate Coordinator
Sr. Coordinator
Analyst
Sr. Analyst
Counsel
Director
Exec. Dir
VP
SVP
EVP
33
Gover
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Sr. C
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Analyst
Exe
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VP
EVP
6
Complianc
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Co
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Ass
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Dir
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VP
SVP
5
Ops &
Leg
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Cle
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Superv
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Exec. Dir
7
Gener
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VP
2
Legal Department Headcount (2013)
Total = 232
Source: Workday Data Legal Department
PRELIMINARY
D. Steinberg J. Fukunaga A. WolfsonL. V
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G. Boo
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M. B
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H. Ant
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S. B
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K. W
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C. Salm
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P. Mat
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L. W
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MPG, Acq. &SPDP Legal
LitigationLabor
Relations
Intellectual Prop& Clearance
GovernmentAffairs
EmploymentLegal
CorporateLegal
Ops &Legal Files
Music AffairsLegal
Compliance
TV Legal
Legal Organization – Spans & Layers Overview
PRELIMINARYNumber of supervised employees
No supervised employees
≤ 4 employees
≤ 8 employees
> 8 employees
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Legal Organization – Spans & Layers Table
Layers
Average spans per sub-division 1 2 3 4 5 6
Total average per sub-div.
Overall Legal 12.0 7.1 2.9 1.9 1.2 1.0 3.2
General Counsel 12.0 - - - - - 12.0
MPG, Acq. & SPDP Legal - 24.0 2.2 1.5 - - 3.5
Corporate Legal - 11.0 4.0 3.0 1.0 - 3.6
Intellectual Prop & Clearance - 4.0 5.0 1.7 1.3 1.0 2.3
Litigation - 7.0 2.5 - - - 4.0
Television Legal - 8.0 1.0 - - - 2.8
Employment Legal - 3.0 2.0 - - - 2.5
Labor Relations - 3.0 - - - - 3.0
Music Affairs Legal - 8.0 3.7 1.0 - - 3.6
Ops & Legal Files - 2.0 2.0 2.0 - - 2.0
Government Affairs - 5.0 - - - - 5.0
Compliance - 3.0 1.0 - - - 2.0
Source: Workday Data
PRELIMINARY
Average span ≤ 4Average span <8Average span >8
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What are the top opportunities you see in your department for improving effectiveness & efficiency?
Organizational Shape
Scope of activities
Effective Decision Making
Business Processes
Outsourcing / shared services
Automation
• How could we modify reporting lines or management layers in order to execute more efficiently?
• Among services currently delivered, what are the “nice to have” vs. the “must have”?
• Is the process of making decisions clear and effective, especially for key decisions?
• Are current business processes effectively designed to answer today’s organizational challenges?
• Are existing shared services efficiently used?
• Would it be possible to outsource functions?
• Is there room for additional automation of the services that are produced and delivered?
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Legal – potential opportunities
PRELIMINARY
• How do the service levels of the Legal organization compare across different client groups?
• Are there current services provided that could be self-service?
• Are there functions performed by Legal that should not be, or functions performed by other organizations that should be in Legal?
Scope of activities
Outsourcing / shared
services
• What is the mix of in-house vs. external Legal work?
• Could a greater degree of the legal responsibilities be provided by a shared/centralized service?- Which services / activities can be considered?
• Would it be possible to outsource more functions?
• Do you think some of the outsourced work could be shifted to lower cost firms?
• What are the current initiatives you’ve taken to improve efficiency?
• Cross-functional opportunities: - Looking beyond your department, where do you see the biggest
opportunities?- Are there any cross-functional opportunities?
Other opportunities
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Legal – other questions
PRELIMINARY
• How do you measure the performance of your organization? What is in your score card, benchmarks,…?
• What are the annual employee engagement survey results for Legal?
• Is there any other relevant material / diagnostic data you can share with us? (e.g. process mapping, …)
Legal organization performance
Legal organization service levels
• What are your coverage models?
• Which demands are served by attorneys vs. non-attorneys?
• Which functions are outsourced?- Which providers are used for these services?- What are the service levels of these providers?
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• Function team working sessions: benchmarking, opportunities sizing
• Refine opportunity sizing
• Pre-wire meetings set-up with SteerCo members
• Pre-wire SteerCo members
• Planning for priority functions after SteerCo1
• Function team kick-off
• Initial function team working sessions: preliminary opportunities
• Management interviews
• Launch of internal risk survey
• Outside-in org analysis (e.g. spans & layers)
• Identification of key stakeholders to interview
Next steps – Path to SteerCo #1
WEEK 111/4
WEEK 211/11
WEEK 311/18
WEEK 411/25
WEEK 512/2
Key a
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• Management interviews continued
• Function team working sessions: org structure
• Size current org vs benchmarks (SAP, other,…)
• Initial opportunity sizing
• Function team working session: SteerCo1 pre-wire
• Management interviews
• Synthesize risk survey output
• Emerging org opportunities by function
• Initial view on spans & layers opportunities
• SAP/other benchmarking data summary
• Interview themes
• Refined org opportunities by function
• SC1deck structure
• Refined org opportunities by function
• Initial view of post SC1 function prioritization
• ~80% SteerCo1 deck achieved
• RD survey themes
• Completed SteerCo1 draft
Function leader-led
Joint activities (Bain & function leader)
Bain-led
Legend
Bain & function leader working sessions (~1h+)
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Appendix
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Reminder - Proposed roles and responsibilities
BAIN ROLEFUNCTION LEADER ROLE
• Co-develop potential opportunities with function leader
• Manage the overall workplan to meet project objectives
• Prepare materials for working sessions and SteerCo presentations
• Conduct analysis to support function team working sessions
• Ensure consistency and coordination across the different functions
• Participate in functional working sessions (1-2 per week)- Help identify opportunities,
magnitude, timing, and risks- Challenge analytical output- Provide necessary context- Give broader perspective on cross-
functional opportunities
• Lead formal presentations (Steering Committees), with Bain support
• facilitate meetings with other function stakeholders as necessary
We will adjust individually according to your preferences
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Legal Organization - Summary
Composition
• Led by: Leah Weil, General Counsel
• Total HC: 237- Excludes Business Affairs (16)
• Average people cost per HC: $176K
Departments / sub functions
• Support contracts- Legal Affairs- Music Business Affairs
• Ensure rights protection- Intellectual Property- Litigation
• Comply with regulation- Government Affairs- Compliance
Activities description
• Intellectual property- Trademarks and patents: Prepare, clear, maintain, renew, and protect intellectual
property controlled by SPE- External use: Inform negotiations and review agreements for SPE intellectual
property to be used by other parties
• Contracts- Legal affairs: Advise negotiations and draft, standardize, and review all legal
contracts entered by SPE, incl. Music Business Affairs
• Litigation- Litigation: Prepare, research, strategize, and execute all legal cases involving
SPE, including commercial, environmental, and labor and employment law
• Risk management- Regulation and compliance: Interpret, communicate, and implement all regulatory
and compliance matters relevant for SPE, e.g., tax, government regulations, etc., incl. Government Affairs department
• Acquisitions- Opportunity analysis: Oversee and advise on all negotiation, diligence, documents,
and transactional matters related to potential acquisitions
Benchmarks
• Legal headcount in companies with 5k to 59k total headcount - Sony: 237 / benchmark: 41
Job Titles
• General counsel
• Associate
• Litigator
• Legal analyst
• Compliance / risk officer
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Legal Organization – Headcount and cost overview
PRELIMINARYPRELIMINARY
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20
40
60
80
100%
FTEs
Motion Picture,
Acquisitions & SPDP Legal
Corporate Legal
Intellectual Prop &
Clearance
Other Legal**
Music Affairs Legal
230 FTEs*
Total Cost
$42M*
Legal organization headcount and cost by sub-function
Government
Affairs
Compliance
Ops & Legal Files
$195K
$176K
$244K
$242K
$76K
$193K
$111K
$231K
Average
Compensation
*General counsel and admin (2 FTEs) are excluded from the analysis because of low N**Litigation, Employment Legal, Television Legal, Labor Relation divisions are included in other legalSource: Workday Data