Andrew Garard
Group legal director
ITV
When Andrew Garard arrived at ITV, he immediately set about clearing out the television company’s long list of external legal advisers, sweeping away 36 of the 45 firms. He has spent considerable time choosing high-calibre individuals who are ‘fun and challenging’. The company uses external counsel for M&A, litigation, property, HR, IP and IT and Treasury issues.
After doing his articles at Clifford Chance, he went in-house at Reuters and has been largely involved in the media business ever since. As he says: ‘The world of television and ITV is a lot broader than broadcast.’
Law firms used: Arnold & Porter, Brown Rudnick, Charles Russell, DLA Piper, Hogan Lovells, Olswang, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, Reed Smith, Slaughter and May, Squire Sanders, Wiggin
2007-present: Group legal director, ITV
2006-07: Partner, LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & Macrae
2003-06: General counsel and company secretary, Cable & Wireless