Enterprise GC 2025: tackling burnout, managing board relations and future proofing in-house legal teams Georgina Stanley
‘I’ve called firms and asked why someone isn’t a partner yet’ – the female GCs shaking up PE Georgina Stanley
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…
Thomas Cook Legal Business General counsel: Craig Stoehr. Team headcount: 25 lawyers. Before former Latham & Watkins partner Craig Stoehr joined Thomas Cook as…
SABMiller Legal Business General counsel and corporate affairs director: John Davidson. Team headcount: 18 lawyers. High-profile GC John Davidson (pictured) manages a bench…
Diageo Legal Business General counsel: Siobhan Moriarty. Global team headcount: 140 lawyers. Global drinks giant Diageo is noted for housing a weighty 140-strong…
BT Legal Business Group general counsel and company secretary: Dan Fitz. Team headcount: 400 lawyers including paralegals. BT’s standout legal team, led by…
Vodafone Legal Business Group general counsel and company secretary: Rosemary Martin. Team headcount: 350 lawyers. Vodafone’s legal team is the equivalent of a…
Atos Legal Business Group general counsel: Alexandre Menais. Team headcount: 160 lawyers. In 2014 the total value of deals handled by Atos’ 160-strong,…
BSkyB Legal Business General counsel: James Conyers. Team headcount: 120 lawyers. A ccording to BSkyB’s GC James Conyers, the hallmark of a great…
HarperCollins UK Legal Business General counsel: Simon Dowson-Collins. Team headcount: 12 in legal and contracts, including four lawyers. The UK legal arm at publishing…
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…
Balfour Beatty Legal Business General counsel and chief corporate officer: Chris Vaughan. Team headcount: 51 lawyers. It would be fair to say the legal…
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…
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…
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…
