Ep: 41 Craig Katerberg | General Counsel of Anheuser-Busch
Connecting with People | Leaders Who Inspire | The Weekly Email | Hiring Passion & Energy | Love for M&A | ExPat Stories & Family

We started the episode with Craig sharing his journey of how he became a corporate attorney and what led him to go in-house at Anheuser-Busch. We touched on what leadership means to him as well as people that have inspired him along the way. Craig discussed how he builds team as general counsel, and how they hire outside counsel and in-house talent. We touched on the role of legal tech and how it supports commercial strategy. Craig then delved into his love for M&A deals and examples of deals he worked on. We ended the podcast discussing his family, international travels, being an expat, and recommended reading.

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Here are some highlights of my interview with Craig Katerberg:

Leadership is defined by the way that you act and how you create opportunities for people. It’s not about what you can achieve but what the team is able to achieve.

Allowing people to be their authentic selves is allowing people to do their best and making available opportunities for them.

When I’m looking for new outside counsel, I always look much more to who the lawyer is and what they are able to contribute more than the firm name.

I don’t tend to put a ton of weight on the GPA. We tend to focus more on what the person is excited and passionate about.

If you’re an attorney who wants to go in-house, make sure you’re connecting with people as often as possible. Also, doing great work is a baseline which sounds really simple, but is something that people recognize.

One of the things I love about M&A is that there are similarities but every deal is unique and is heavily influenced by the personalities and the motivations present.

You need the people who nerd out about the details of M&A deals. For example, if you can save half a penny in this area, but we can do it 14 billion times, then we’re talking about significant money.

We’ve seen a huge proliferation when it comes to the types of legal jobs out there and the number of non-law firms that are providing legal or even adjacent services.

My superpower is being able to connect with people. One-on-one, in particular, is one of the things that I’ve not had a lot of difficulties doing with people from lots of different backgrounds and cultures.

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