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The Top Priorities for Legal & Compliance Leaders in 2022

Legal and compliance leaders face persistent disruption, from economic uncertainty to regulatory instability and fragmentation. With 2022 bringing heightened legal, regulatory and social uncertainty, legal leaders must rethink how they provide critical services and strategic guidance.

Gartner's survey of its global legal clients reveals where legal and compliance leaders are focusing their efforts for success in 2022.

Discover this year’s top priorities and learn how to tackle your business goals for 2022 and beyond.

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New demands require new ways of working

Risk landscape complexity is increasing as companies pursue digital business transformation, stakeholders hold companies more accountable for the social impact of decisions, and regulations continue to proliferate. For legal leadership, these trends mean more work in unpredictable risk areas in which you may have limited experience, and greater demand for fast, risk-aligned advice.

Graphic showing the Top Challenges in 2019 based on the percentage of legal and compliance clients ranking as a top 5 problem.

How we address your top challenges

Legal leadership are challenged with delivering more and faster guidance to sustain long-term business growth. Gartner provides you with robust benchmarks, legal technology market data, tactical tools and peer-sourced best practices to help you make informed decisions and execute quickly.

Manage a complex risk landscape

Support business strategy by clarifying overlapping risk management mandates and provide guidance that enables business leaders to take smart risks during business change and uncertainty.

Mitigate new risks

Transform your legal department

Manage higher team work volumes, support risk areas where you have limited experience, and capture opportunities for increased workflow automation.

Drive efficiency

Develop next-generation privacy and compliance programs

Advance your team’s ability to handle fast-moving risks related to third parties, emerging regulatory requirements, and greater accountability for the social impact of decisions.

Build strong programs

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