Alexander Rohde

Dr. iur., MBA (MIT), Partner

Venturis Consulting

Alexander is a legal operations veteran. In the last 12 years, he has worked as COO of the legal department of a global corporation and as COO of a leading Swiss law firm. As in-house legal operations leader, he witnessed first-hand the daily tests that GCs in large, global legal departments are exposed to. Later, as member of the management team of a large national law firm, he personally experienced the challenges and partnership dynamics that Managing Partners and Management Committee Members must deal with.

Alexander is passionate about the General Counsel’s “doing more with less”-challenge, where he advises on the legal operating model, cost management and outside counsel management as well as efficiency and effectiveness improvements. Another focus is legal department internal communication and department culture.

On the law firm side, he advises on organizational design, efficiency and business services professionalization. He also helps to develop law firm brands, and advises on how to improve its reputation and keep the firm future ready, i.e. analyzing and improving firm culture, diversity and ESG.