Global 100 debate: the view from the top Legal Business To mark this year’s Global 100 report, we gathered a group of senior figures at the top of Tower 42…
Rain men – goodbye Harvard Kool-Aid, hello plain speaking at Linklaters’ c-suite Matthew Field With high-billing duo Charlie Jacobs and Gideon Moore taking the helm at Linklaters there is renewed swagger on Silk Street.…
The art of leadership in Asia – an evolving role for legal heads James Wood What does leadership mean in a region where the role of the in-house lawyer is rapidly evolving? ‘Becoming an in-house…
Taught leaders – executive training for the ambitious GC James Wood Leadership training has until recently neglected the growing ranks of GCs. To begin our Insight special with Reed Smith, we…
The next step – meet the GCs determined to seize leadership roles Kathryn McCann An ambitious generation of in-house counsel is determined to take on leadership roles, despite corporate pressure to stay in the…
Leadership and the modern GC: a special report Legal Business We teamed up with Reed Smith to ask which skills the GCs of tomorrow will need to lead and what…
Perspectives: Peter Wexler, Schneider Electric Legal Business French energy management company Schneider Electric has been on a buying spree lately, most recently with its £3.4bn acquisition of…
Perspectives: Louise Pentland, PayPal Legal Business As GC of Nokia during the complex carve-out and sale of its handsets division to Microsoft, Louise Pentland refined her…
Perspectives: Penny Dudley, Bupa Legal Business When Penny Dudley, former legal director of Bupa’s international health insurance division, was asked to move into the chief legal…
Perspectives: Maria Varsellona, Nokia Legal Business Nokia’s transformation over the last few years has tested the leadership skills of all function heads. In April 2014 it…
Perspectives: Clare Wardle, Coca-Cola European Partners Legal Business Recruited from FTSE 100 company Kingfisher to oversee the legal function at the newly-merged soft drink entity Coca-Cola European Partners…
Perspectives: Sabine Chalmers, Anheuser-Busch InBev Legal Business ‘The leadership aspect of my role has definitely increased as the company has grown,’ notes Sabine Chalmers, Anheuser-Busch InBev’s chief…
Perspectives: Albert Wang, 3M Legal Business ‘There are all sorts of platitudes about leadership,’ says Albert Wang, general counsel (GC) for Asia-Pacific at 3M. ‘You hear…
Perspectives: Suzanne Wise, Network Rail Legal Business ‘In the legal profession people don’t always let go quickly enough. That mentality can be destructive if it gets carried…
A period of silence from the profession on access to justice would be welcome Legal Business Inevitably with an event as dramatic as Brexit, the unintended consequences keep coming. One of the less noted is the…
The Last Word – My way Legal Business ‘Do not come to a problem from dogma or rigid ideology.’ Tony West, PepsiCo As part of our Insight report…
Superstar clients and super-threats to global law Alex Novarese As Legal Business gathered a group of the legal elite at the top of Tower 42 to debate the issues…
Winning hearts and minds (but mainly hearts) at Linklaters Alex Novarese The best Freshfields corporate lawyer Silk Street ever produced is now leading Linklaters, with incoming senior partner Charlie Jacobs ushering…
Herbert Smith Freehills: Are UK disputes heading for the Brexit? Legal Business Alan Watts Partner, Herbert Smith Freehills [email protected] Well, we are where we are. ‘Brexit means Brexit’. The legal profession, in…
Travers Smith: The rise and rise of competition litigation in England – what might the future hold in a brave new post-Brexit world? Legal Business Caroline Edwards Partner, Travers Smith [email protected] The reputation of London as a jurisdiction of choice for private competition damages claims…
