Client profile: Maaike de Bie, Royal Mail Group Kathryn McCann The new group general counsel on handling a recently privatised 500-year-old institution. Royal Mail’s group general counsel (GC) Maaike de…
QBE reviews UK panel following appointment of global GC Kathryn McCann Australia’s largest global insurer QBE is to launch a review of its UK claims panel, following the appointment of a…
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…
De Bie restructures Royal Mail legal team as she settles into group GC post Kathryn McCann Royal Mail’s group general counsel (GC) Maaike de Bie has led an overhaul of the postal service’s legal team after…
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…
Going generalist: Royal Mail GC delivers legal team restructure Kathryn McCann Royal Mail’s group general counsel (GC) Maaike de Bie has led an overhaul of the postal service’s legal team after…
LOD’s Tim Bratton returns to in-house to join Euromoney Legal Business Lawyers On Demand‘s (LOD) practice development director Tim Bratton is to return to in-house after three years at the contract…
The new risk front for GCs – nearly half of contracts have human rights clauses, LB research finds Legal Business When John Ruggie began his mandate as chief architect of the UN Global Compact in 2000, fewer than 100 of…
Soft law, hard sanctions – Human rights laws and the next risk front facing business Legal Business With human rights issues entering the mainstream of business practice, we teamed up with Herbert Smith Freehills to assess how…
SABMiller legal team faces autumn redundancies as £79bn AB InBev deal closes Legal Business As brewing giant SABMiller’s global general counsel (GC) John Davidson prepares to stand down in 2017, up to 35 staff…
SABMiller legal team faces autumn redundancies as £79bn AB InBev deal closes Legal Business As brewing giant SABMiller’s global general counsel (GC) John Davidson prepares to stand down in 2017, up to 35 staff…
Succession planning: Marks & Spencer’s Chase to take over as longstanding GC Ivens retires Kathryn McCann One of the legal industry’s longest-standing leaders and regular GC Powerlist member Robert Ivens has retired from his role at…
Client profile: Michael Shaw, The Royal Bank of Scotland Legal Business The veteran corporate lawyer on memorable moments in deal making and untangling himself from Barclays ‘It was ambition that made…
In-house: New Merlin Entertainments GC launches first-ever formal panel Kathryn McCann Leisure company Merlin Entertainments has kicked off its first ever formal panel review in a process overseen by new general…
