Sarah Doherty: Legal counsel, Coca-Cola Legal Business Sarah Doherty only completed her training contract at Coca-Cola in February 2012, having previously been a paralegal, but she has…
Sarah Morton: Managing counsel, global litigation, Europe, Middle East and North Africa, Shell Legal Business Having joined Shell in November 2011 from Debevoise & Plimpton, where she worked with former general counsel (GC) Peter Rees…
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…
Martin Graham: Senior vice president, Oaktree Capital Legal Business Martin Graham joined Oaktree Capital from Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft in 2007 as assistant vice president (VP), becoming VP in…
Alice Marsden: Head of legal UK&I, Thomas Cook Group Legal Business Wragge & Co-trained, on qualification Alice Marsden joined Latham & Watkins as an associate before moving to Thomas Cook in…
Gary Partington: Associate General Counsel and Regional Head of HSBC Technology and Services legal, EMEA Legal Business Gary Partington qualified as an outsourcing lawyer at Ventura in April 2008 before joining HSBC’s technology and services (HTS) division…
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…
Susan Henderson: European labour and employment head, GE Legal Business Susan Henderson leads GE’s centralised team of European labour and employment lawyers: a team she developed to provide support across…
Emily Cane: Associate Counsel for EMEA commercial lines, AIG Legal Business According to one nomination in support of Emily Cane’s inclusion in this year’s report, she is ‘regarded as indispensable to…
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…
Deutsche Bank Legal Business Group general counsel: Richard Walker. General counsel for the UK and western Europe: Emma Slatter. Team headcount: 100 lawyers in…
AXA UK Legal Business General counsel: Edward Davis. Team headcount: 35 lawyers. The UK insurance division of French multinational investment group AXA has built…
Aviva Legal Business Group general counsel and company secretary: Kirsty Cooper. General counsel: Monica Risam. Team headcount: 150 lawyers in the UK. Team…
Prudential Legal Business General counsel: Margaret Coltman. Team headcount: 83 lawyers. A choice insurance client for any law firm, Prudential currently has £457bn…
AIG Legal Business EMEA general counsel: Chris Newby. Group general counsel: Thomas Russo. Team headcount: 1,200 in legal, regulatory and company secretarial, including…
JP Morgan Legal Business General counsel: Stephen Cutler. EMEA general counsel: John Tribolati. Team headcount: 115 lawyers in London. JP Morgan remains one of…
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…