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AXA UK

General counsel: Edward Davis. Team headcount: 35 lawyers. The UK insurance division of French multinational investment group AXA has built…

RSA Group

Group general counsel: Derek Walsh. Team headcount: 40 lawyers. The sizeable legal team at insurance giant RSA, which consists of…

Direct Line

General counsel and company secretary: Humphrey Tomlinson. Team headcount: 18 lawyers. GC and company secretary Humphrey Tomlinson leads the team…

Bupa

Chief legal officer: Paul Newton Team headcount: 75 lawyers. Spread across more than 190 countries and territories, Bupa’s progressive legal…

BTG

US general counsel and senior vice president of legal operations: Gabe Holdsman. General counsel and company secretary: Paul Mussenden. Team…

HCA International

General counsel: Jasy Loyal. Team headcount: six lawyers. Despite rarely instructing outside counsel, the compact legal team at HCA International…

Unilever

Chief legal officer: Ritva Sotamaa.  Team headcount: 500 (including support staff). Ritva Sotamaa has served as the chief legal officer…

Thomas Cook

General counsel: Craig Stoehr. Team headcount: 25 lawyers. Before former Latham & Watkins partner Craig Stoehr joined Thomas Cook as…

SABMiller

General counsel and corporate affairs director: John Davidson. Team headcount: 18 lawyers. High-profile GC John Davidson (pictured) manages a bench…

Diageo

General counsel: Siobhan Moriarty. Global team headcount: 140 lawyers. Global drinks giant Diageo is noted for housing a weighty 140-strong…

BT

Group general counsel and company secretary: Dan Fitz. Team headcount: 400 lawyers including paralegals. BT’s standout legal team, led by…

Vodafone

Group general counsel and company secretary: Rosemary Martin. Team headcount: 350 lawyers. Vodafone’s legal team is the equivalent of a…

Atos

Group general counsel: Alexandre Menais. Team headcount: 160 lawyers. In 2014 the total value of deals handled by Atos’ 160-strong,…

BSkyB

General counsel: James Conyers. Team headcount: 120 lawyers. A ccording to BSkyB’s GC James Conyers, the hallmark of a great…

HarperCollins UK

General counsel: Simon Dowson-Collins. Team headcount: 12 in legal and contracts, including four lawyers. The UK legal arm at publishing…

ITV

General counsel: Andrew Garard. Team headcount: 87 lawyers, including 65 in the UK. Over the past five years, ITV’s profitability…

Telefónica UK

General counsel: Edward Smith. Team headcount: 33 lawyers. There are few GCs like Edward Smith, who push their team members…

Balfour Beatty

General counsel and chief corporate officer: Chris Vaughan. Team headcount: 51 lawyers. It would be fair to say the legal…