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Robert Ivens Head of legal Marks & Spencer Group   Robert Ivens qualified as a solicitor back in 1983. Two…

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Nick Grant Head of legal services Sainsbury’s   Nick Grant created the Sainsbury’s Legal Community in 2011, which involves multiple…

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Colin Armstrong Group legal director and company secretary Merlin Entertainments Group   In running Merlin Entertainments Group’s legal team single-handedly,…

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Adrian Morris Group general counsel Tesco    Adrian Morris’ team is vast – 250 staff, including 200 lawyers – but…

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Jonathan Jowett Company secretary and general counsel Greggs Jonathan Jowett’s most recent victory against the government-imposed ‘pasty-tax’, which raised Greggs’…

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Jonathan Adelman General counsel and company secretary Ladbrokes   When Jonathan Adelman joined Ladbrokes in 2008, there was no internal…

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Leon Shelley European general counsel and company secretary Westfield Shoppingtowns     Leon Shelley’s first move out of private practice…

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Margaret Casely–Hayford Company secretary and director of legal services John Lewis Partnership   Margaret Casely–Hayford wins praise from private practitioners…

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Paul Lister Director of legal services and company secretary Associated British Foods   Described as ‘disarmingly charming, astute and always…

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Simon Barratt General counsel Whitbread   With 21 years’ experience at Whitbread, Simon Barratt has been directly involved in some…