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IKEA counsel Lara Doyle: ‘I am super honest—what you see is what you get’

The legal counsel for the world’s largest furniture company sits down with Muireann Bolger to address misconceptions about her role and the IKEA brand—and to explain why an in-house legal team should be ‘more than a showstopper’.

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