Relying on friends: HSF gives up local law licence as it teams up with Singapore outfit Legal Business Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) has entered into a best friend agreement with Singapore law firm Prolegis after giving up its…
Credit Suisse Legal Business Global general counsel and head of compliance: Romeo Cerutti. Managing director and EMEA general counsel: Maria Leistner. Team headcount: 450…
The Co-operative Bank Legal Business General counsel and company secretary: Brona McKeown. Team headcount: 21 lawyers. With the bank mired in controversy for much of…
Bank of America Merrill Lynch Legal Business Global general counsel: Gary Lynch. Team headcount: 120 lawyers in EMEA. Supporting Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAML)’s entry into…
Lloyds Banking Group Legal Business Group general counsel: Andrew Whittaker. Team headcount: 320 lawyers. Lloyds Banking Group (LBG)’s corporate, and corporate real estate team in…
The Royal Bank of Scotland Legal Business Group general counsel: John Collins. Team headcount: 400 lawyers. It has undoubtedly been a difficult few years at The Royal…
JP Morgan Legal Business General counsel: Stephen Cutler. EMEA general counsel: John Tribolati. Team headcount: 115 lawyers in London. JP Morgan remains one of…
AIG Legal Business EMEA general counsel: Chris Newby. Group general counsel: Thomas Russo. Team headcount: 1,200 in legal, regulatory and company secretarial, including…
Significant hires: Jones Day bolsters disputes team with Dutch Supreme Court Justice Legal Business The Netherlands’ Supreme Court Justice Coen Drion has become the nation’s first Justice to leave the Dutch court to join…
Prudential Legal Business General counsel: Margaret Coltman. Team headcount: 83 lawyers. A choice insurance client for any law firm, Prudential currently has £457bn…
Aviva Legal Business Group general counsel and company secretary: Kirsty Cooper. General counsel: Monica Risam. Team headcount: 150 lawyers in the UK. Team…
AXA UK Legal Business General counsel: Edward Davis. Team headcount: 35 lawyers. The UK insurance division of French multinational investment group AXA has built…
RSA Group Legal Business Group general counsel: Derek Walsh. Team headcount: 40 lawyers. The sizeable legal team at insurance giant RSA, which consists of…
Direct Line Legal Business General counsel and company secretary: Humphrey Tomlinson. Team headcount: 18 lawyers. GC and company secretary Humphrey Tomlinson leads the team…
Bupa Legal Business Chief legal officer: Paul Newton Team headcount: 75 lawyers. Spread across more than 190 countries and territories, Bupa’s progressive legal…
BTG Legal Business US general counsel and senior vice president of legal operations: Gabe Holdsman. General counsel and company secretary: Paul Mussenden. Team…
Reckitt Benckiser Legal Business Senior vice president and group general counsel: Bill Mordan. Team headcount: 70 lawyers. The innovative approach of the legal team…
HCA International Legal Business General counsel: Jasy Loyal. Team headcount: six lawyers. Despite rarely instructing outside counsel, the compact legal team at HCA International…
Unilever Legal Business Chief legal officer: Ritva Sotamaa. Team headcount: 500 (including support staff). Ritva Sotamaa has served as the chief legal officer…
Marks & Spencer Legal Business Head of legal: Robert Ivens. Team headcount: 18 lawyers. The iconic British retailer has faced its share of reverses of…
