Legal Business Awards – GC Power List 2015 Reception Legal Business On 24 March 2015 Legal Business held the GC Power List 2015 reception, sponsored by RPC, Barclay Simpson and Thomson…
GC Power List 2015: The Team Elite Legal Business Menu It’s the ‘decade of the lawyer’. Law firms beware RPC: The pace of change is frightening The A-Teams –…
It’s the ‘decade of the lawyer’. Law firms beware Legal Business Our third annual GC Power List report looks more like a state-of-the profession piece than its two predecessors. While the…
The A-Teams – In Pursuit of Excellence Kathryn McCann The 2015 Legal Business GC Power List puts the strength and depth of top in-house legal teams under the spotlight.…
Boardroom Horizons: The Market View Legal Business Top-level general counsel give their views on what marks out an exceptional in-house legal team in a risk-driven global economy.…
Beyond the 50 Legal Business The Power List 2015 settled on 50 exceptional legal teams but there is a wealth of talent in the employed…
BAE Systems Legal Business Group general counsel: Philip Bramwell. Team headcount: 130 lawyers. A FTSE 100 company, which is the third-largest defence group in…
Heathrow Airport Holdings Legal Business General counsel: Carol Hui. Team headcount: 16 lawyers. Considered as much a business adviser as a legal one, Heathrow Airport…
Balfour Beatty Legal Business General counsel and chief corporate officer: Chris Vaughan. Team headcount: 51 lawyers. It would be fair to say the legal…
ITV Legal Business General counsel: Andrew Garard. Team headcount: 87 lawyers, including 65 in the UK. Over the past five years, ITV’s profitability…
Telefónica UK Legal Business General counsel: Edward Smith. Team headcount: 33 lawyers. There are few GCs like Edward Smith, who push their team members…
Aggregate Industries Legal Business General counsel: James Atherton-Ham. Team headcount: four lawyers. The relatively small in-house team at construction manufacturer and supplier Aggregate Industries…
Network Rail Legal Business General counsel: Suzanne Wise. Team headcount: 32 lawyers. The past 12 months has seen Network Rail transform from a private…
Associated British Ports Legal Business General counsel and company secretary: Andrew Garner. Team headcount: four lawyers. According to one law firm partner instructed by Associated…
Royal Mail Group Legal Business General counsel: Neil Harnby. Team headcount: 27 lawyers. The legal team at Royal Mail has had a busier few years…
Carillion Legal Business Director of legal services and company secretary: Richard Tapp. Team headcount: 19 lawyers in the UK, four in Canada, two…
The Crown Estate Legal Business Director of business operations and general counsel: Vivienne King. Team headcount: five lawyers. The Crown Estate is governed by an…
Westfield Shoppingtowns Legal Business General counsel: Leon Shelley. Team headcount: 14 lawyers. Described by the global head of real estate at one top-15 firm…
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…
