Client profile: Mark Cooper, Cadent Gas Tom Baker The general counsel and company secretary of the newly-formed gas company on the importance of saying ‘yes’ Within a month…
Whose dime? – GCs push back against paying for junior lawyers Tom Baker As Deutsche Bank baulks at paying for junior lawyers, is a tough line on ‘paying for training’ making its way…
Dollars and sense – charting the GC response as sustainability hits the boardroom James Wood A tougher risk environment is taking sustainability from PC fad to board-level concern… and onto the agendas of GCs. We…
GCs take on corporate sustainability briefs as plcs strive to protect brands James Wood Angry shareholders, rising demands for transparency, tougher regulation, declining trust in business and the need to access new markets. Just…
‘I am trying to start a conversation’ – Pearson law chief’s new book creates playbook for the modern GC Tom Baker While there is a body of writing on how to run an in-house legal team, much of it is dominated…
In-house: Uber searches for new EMEA GC as Callaghan to step down Kathryn McCann Uber’s European, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) general counsel Jim Callaghan will step down from his role in June this…
In-house: Channel 5 GC takes role at Viacom following internal restructure Legal Business Marcus Lee, previously general counsel (GC) of Channel 5, has been promoted to GC for UK, northern and eastern Europe…
‘We need to be stimulated’: Disruptive GC group asks law firms to pitch to host its events Kathryn McCann While pitching to general counsel (GCs) is hardly a foreign concept for private practitioners, an elite group of GCs for…
In-house: Sarah Davis to leave legal director role at Guardian Media Group Legal Business Sarah Davis, group commercial legal director of Guardian Media Group (GMG) , is set to leave the company after seven…
Fit to print – who’d want the lot of a media and publishing GC? Legal Business Controversy, upheaval and regulatory scrutiny – who’d want the lot of a media and publishing GC? In a world where…
Client profile: Nilema Bhakta-Jones, Ascential Legal Business The media company’s group legal director discusses how her personal approach took her to the top of her game At…
‘We need to be stimulated’: Disruptive GC group asks law firms to pitch to host its events Kathryn McCann Baker McKenzie and Wilson Sonsini first sponsors for in-house legal club While pitching to general counsel (GCs) is hardly a…
‘A reaction’: Deutsche Bank to establish new EMEA anti-fraud, bribery and corruption team Legal Business After being hit by a number of recent financial crime and anti-money laundering scandals, Deutsche Bank moved to establish a…
‘A reaction’: Deutsche Bank to establish new EMEA anti-fraud, bribery and corruption team Legal Business After being hit by a number of recent financial crime and anti-money laundering scandals, Deutsche Bank moved to establish a…
HSBC deputy GC moves to ex-Barclays chief Jenkins’ start-up in latest GC switch to fintech Legal Business HSBC’s head of legal for worldwide operations and deputy general counsel (GC), Richard Given, has left the bank to join…
In-house: Kelly takes group GC role at Network Rail following Wise’s departure Kathryn McCann Stuart Kelly has been appointed as group general counsel and company secretary at Network Rail, following the departure of Suzanne…
In-house: Legacy Gala Coral’s GC Harry Willets departs merged Ladbrokes Coral Kathryn McCann Legacy Gala Coral’s general counsel (GC) Harry Willets has departed the merged entity Ladbrokes Coral Group, four months after Lindsay…
Three more years: Tesco extends real estate mandate with BLP Georgiana Tudor Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) has re-signed a deal with Tesco, giving it a three year mandate as the supermarket giant’s…
Moving online: Selfridges rising in-house star takes lead role at fashion retailer YNAP Legal Business Emma Anthony, senior legal counsel of high-end retailer Selfridges, has taken a role at online retailer Yoox Net-A-Porter Group (YNAP)…
Comment: Clients and rookie lawyers – some awkward truths and a fatuous debate on training Legal Business Ah, despite the changing fashions, technology and economic realities of the day, in law you can always rely on that…
