Land Securities Legal Business Group general counsel and company secretary: Adrian de Souza. Team headcount: eight lawyers. Due to the nature of the industry,…
Jenny Lowe: Senior legal counsel, property and planning, Aggregate Industries Legal Business In January 2012, with five years’ post-qualification experience, Jenny Lowe joined Aggregate Industries from McGrigors, taking on the role of…
Howard Landes: Chief counsel, corporate finance, BG Group Legal Business As BG Group’s chief corporate counsel, reporting to GC Graham Vinter, Howard Landes is the lawyer responsible for BG Group’s…
Daisy Le Vay: Head of Litigation and Co-head of Corporate Legal, EMEA, Nomura Legal Business A former Linklaters litigation associate, Daisy Le Vay became an in-house lawyer with Virgin Atlantic in 2007 before joining Nomura…
Coca-Cola Enterprises Legal Business Vice president, legal: Paul van Reesch. Team headcount: 30 lawyers Coca-Cola Enterprises (CCE) is in charge of the manufacturing and…
Sainsbury’s Legal Business Head of legal services: Nick Grant. Team headcount: 18 lawyers Collaborative working is at the heart of the Sainsbury’s attitude…
British American Tobacco Legal Business Regional general counsel, western Europe: Benoit Belhomme. Group legal director and general counsel: Neil Withington. Team headcount: 300 lawyers Operating…
Associated British Foods Legal Business Director of legal services and company secretary: Paul Lister. Team headcount: 45 lawyers Associated British Foods (ABF)’s profile has been…
Deregulating education: BSB proposes to put barristers in charge of pupillage Legal Business The Bar Standards Board (BSB) has today (20 February) announced in a new report that chambers and employers are best…
US financials round up: White & Case revenues increase, K&L figures are flat, while Cadwalader partner profits drop Legal Business US financial results for 2014 continue to stream in with White & Case becoming the latest firm to reveal an…
After four years, oil giant Total looks to slim down panel as it launches review Legal Business French oil major Total has launched a review of its current global legal panel and has informed lawyers involved in…
Opening up new markets: Trowers applies for foreign firm licence in Malaysia Legal Business Trowers & Hamlins has chosen to build on its representative office in Malaysia, following the country’s legal market liberalisation, by…
A £4.3bn deal: Skadden and Freshfields take lead roles on Rexam takeover Legal Business Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer have advised two of the world’s largest beverage can makers…
A broad education: Linklaters renews ULaw partnership with increased focus on business Legal Business After losing two Magic Circle firms as clients, the University of Law has managed to retain Linklaters with the duo announcing a…
‘An opportunity to look at things differently’: AXA UK to review international firms after efficiency drive Legal Business The UK legal arm of French insurer AXA is set to look at its relationships with Magic Circle and international…
Sticking with your leaders: Norton Rose Fulbright LLP re-elects Stephen Parish as chairman Legal Business Having carried out the high profile re-election of its global chief executive Peter Martyr in autumn, Norton Rose Fulbright (NRF)…
Guest post: Meaning in your career – or how to keep lawyers satisfied Legal Business Here at Adam Smith, Esq, we cover the array of law firm management issues from strategy and finance to compensation…
‘Terrible news for society and for our profession’: High Court dismisses judicial review to legal aid Legal Business The Law Society received a blow today (18 February) as its challenge to the government’s controversial plans to overhaul criminal…
Targeting 50 clients by year end: DLA Piper develops e-learning tool in quality drive and to sell Legal Business Not wanting to be outdone by their US colleagues, who recently launched DLA Piper’s first non-legal entity selling cybersecurity software…
‘A more comprehensive solution’: Bird & Bird creates IT consultancy Legal Business Partners at Bird & Bird have joined the rush to expand into consultancy work, launching an IT project consultancy Baseline…
