Catherine Kemnitz
Catherine Kemnitz is Executive Vice President, Chief Strategy and Development Officer at Axiom. Throughout her 9-year tenure at Axiom in senior roles, Kemnitz has brought her extensive legal experience to bear across a range of strategic, commercial, corporate development and operations roles. In her prior role as Chief Legal Officer, Kemnitz led the global Legal & Compliance, Corporate Development, and Corporate Secretary functions. She is known for her strengths in driving strategic growth and high stakes transformation.
When Risk Has Lost All Meaning - How Legal Leadership Can Help
While legal questions are often secondary, 2025 has become a moment when urgent legal matters are challenging norms across society.
Legal Resilience Needs Disruption: Building a Playbook for 2025 and Beyond
From DEI requirement changes to AI regulation to cybersecurity concerns, learn why legal departments are at a critical inflection point.
Legal Department Resilience in 2025: From Challenges to Opportunities
How legal departments can maintain strategic effectiveness regardless of circumstances and become the source of resilience for the larger company.
Legal Leadership Strategies for the Evolving Landscape: Nailing 2025
Explore the pressing hurdles legal leaders must overcome to adapt to the shifting priorities and complexities of their legal departments.
Exploring ESG through the Lens of Risk Management: Why and How GCs Should Prioritize ESG in 2023
Navigating ESG poses challenges for GCs and legal leaders but also offers them the opportunity to shape and inform how their organizations respond to ESG requirements.
3 Steps for Building an Agile Legal Pilot Within Your Growth Company
Here’s how GCs at growth companies can craft strategic, effective legal teams when they can’t afford to hire through traditional channels.
How Legal Leaders Can Decrease Lawyer Burnout and Attrition Rates
Looking for tips on how to prevent lawyer burnout before it begins? Continue reading to learn how Axiom can help.
To Retain Talent, GCs Should Prioritize Mission Statements
Axiom's chief legal officer, Catherine Kemnitz, explains how GCs should prioritize mission statements to retain top talent in a recent Law360 byline article.