In-house: Former Aviva leader Risam lands at Blackstone wealth management firm Hamish McNicol The highly-regarded former Aviva UK Life general counsel (GC) Monica Risam has joined Luxembourg wealth-structuring company Lombard International Assurance as…
Societe Generale names a dozen firms to new global law roster Hamish McNicol French financial services group Societe Generale (SocGen) has named 12 law firms to its new international panel, with a further…
All-round leader: former Co-op Bank legal chief McKeown appointed GC of British Land Tom Baker Swapping the banking sector for real estate, former general counsel (GC) of The Co-operative Bank, Brona McKeown, has been appointed…
Panel reviews: Vodafone and Yum! Brands shake up external adviser rosters Tom Baker Mobile phone giant Vodafone has completed a review of its legal panel, with seven firms making the cut, while KFC,…
Northern exposure – The Scots GC debate Alex Novarese Earlier this year, Legal Business ventured north of the border to highlight the community of commercial counsel flourishing in Scotland…
Fresh starts – inside the pioneering US school training lawyers on the start-up community Catherine Wycherley Look out law schools, there is a disrupter in town. Naturally, that town is Silicon Valley, the home of innovation.…
Back to the drawing board Catherine Wycherley You wouldn’t mistake a lawyer for a designer. One is usually armed with a pen and a rulebook, the other…
Education, education, education – the struggle to find quality GC training James Wood Speaking at the Westminster Legal Policy Forum recently, renowned industry futurologist Richard Susskind accused the UK’s law schools of being…
Client profile: Rushad Abadan, Standard Life Aberdeen Tom Baker The general counsel of the Scots-based investment giant reflects on the lessons of the financial crisis and what it takes…
GC community to lose a heavyweight as BT’s Fitz steps down Hamish McNicol Widely cited as one of the most influential and admired general counsel (GC) since Legal Business began covering the in-house…
In-house: TSB brings in GE legal head to replace retiring Crichton Hamish McNicol TSB Bank has hired a new general counsel (GC) from GE Renewable Energy to replace retiring GC Susan Crichton, who…
In-house: Aviva appoints new UK insurance head as RBS ends search for legal operations chief Hamish McNicol FTSE 100 insurer Aviva has appointed former Bupa UK legal director Alison Gammon as its UK Insurance general counsel (GC)…
Deutsche Bank names former Links veteran as new global law chief Kathryn McCann Deutsche Bank has appointed a new legal head, handing its chief compliance officer and head of global governance Florian Drinhausen…
GC 2.0 – The GC Powerlist Summer Reception Alex Novarese Do you know your cash-burn phase from your TLDNR? Welcome to the buccaneering, hierarchy-lite world of the fast-growth, tech-driven ‘disruptors’,…
The new front Kathryn McCann As expected – or feared – implementing the incoming General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is a mammoth task for some…
The new space race Alex Speirs ‘For the eyes of the world now look into space, to the moon and to the planets beyond, and we…
Client profile: Mark Maurice-Jones, Nestlé Tom Baker Unusually for the current UK and Ireland general counsel (GC) of Swiss multinational and famed KitKat creator Nestlé, Mark Maurice-Jones’…
Big shoes to fill as Aviva UK Life GC Risam departs after six years Mark McAteer Widely cited for her role in making Aviva’s highly-regarded legal team a pacesetter for the in-house profession, heavyweight UK Life…
‘Exactly what Uber needs now’: Beleaguered app hires PepsiCo’s Tony West as chief legal officer Kathryn McCann Just a month after Uber drafted in Hogan Lovells to launch a legal challenge to Transport for London’s (TfL) decision…
