Revolving doors: DWF makes major corporate City hire as A&O and Stephenson Harwood make international appointments Legal Business DWF has appointed a new London head of corporate while Allen & Overy (A&O) and Stephenson Harwood have both made…
Deutsche Bank exits continue as Hooper leaves for funds firm Legal Business Just days after news of the departure of Deutsche Bank’s global legal strategy head Emma Slatter, it has emerged that…
Kingfisher legal chief Wardle joins newly-merged Coca-Cola bottler Legal Business In a week that has seen several high-profile moves within the in-house community, Kingfisher group general counsel (GC) Clare Wardle…
‘Not thought through’: City partners call on Government to protect impartiality of Land Registry Legal Business Senior lawyers have called on the Government to protect the independence of the Land Registry following proposals to privatise its…
‘Right not to rush’: SRA extends consultation over super-exam for trainees Legal Business The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has acknowledged strong opposition as it extends its consultation on its controversial plans to introduce…
KWM cutbacks hit 37 support staff in the City Legal Business King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) has made 37 business services jobs redundant in London as part of wide-reaching cutbacks across…
Here come the accountants: PwC Legal hires former Milbank partner to head City finance division Legal Business PwC Legal has hired former Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy partner Laetitia Costa to run its banking and finance team…
Norton Rose opens in San Francisco with entire Sidley Austin public finance team Legal Business Norton Rose Fulbright (NRF) is to expand its public finance practice and open up a new office in San Francisco…
BAT appoints new legal chief following internal team overhaul Legal Business British American Tobacco (BAT) has appointed Irish lawyer Ronan Barry as its new legal chief to succeed incumbent Benoit Belhomme…
Remuneration revamp: Clifford Chance hikes NQ salaries Legal Business Clifford Chance (CC) is the latest Magic Circle firm to reveal its 2016/17 pay bands for newly-qualified (NQ) lawyers. Having…
BHS inquiry latest: Olswang remains in focus as MPs probe fees Legal Business As the inquiry into the sale of BHS continues, Work and Pensions committee chair Frank Field has asked Olswang to…
Ghost in the machine: AI, law, ethics – what does it mean for you? Legal Business There’s change afoot out there in the world, a world in which any remaining Luddites can no longer sit with…
In-house life: Ton van den Bosch, International Container Terminal Services, Inc. Legal Business When I joined ICTSI two and a half years ago as their first GC, we recruited additional in-house counsel around…
Dissenting perspectives Legal Business This Spring, GC magazine and RPC teamed up for a series of innovative events bringing provocative, and often downright maverick,…
The view from the top Legal Business ‘I have relied upon lawyers so much in my commercial career; it is important you understand how much your peer…
Let’s talk business: part two Legal Business Tim Murphy has worked for MasterCard for 16 years. Starting out as an in-house lawyer, he then spent over ten…
Crouching tiger, dwindling dragon Legal Business Broadly speaking, the economies of Asia comprise the largest financial and population bloc in the world. Throughout the Global Financial…
GC Powerlist: Australia and New Zealand Legal Business Australia and New Zealand are Oceania’s two largest economies and have strong links beyond a feeling of shared culture and…
Enterprise GC 2016 Legal Business Tom Sager, former general counsel for DuPont, addressed attendees on day one about the evolution of the GC role from…
Procurement and legal – a perfect storm Legal Business There are some things in life that don’t seem quite right when put together: take Jerry Hall and Rupert Murdoch,…
