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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…
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…
