Magic Circle firms join Chinese Ministry of Commerce’s bulked up legal panel Legal Business Allen & Overy and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer are among a handful of UK firms to win spots on The Chinese…
BT kicks off strategy review to overhaul internal function Legal Business BT’s in-house legal team has begun a wide-reaching strategic review on how to change its internal structure to bring its…
Trading places: HSBC to move 10% of London legal team to Birmingham Kathryn McCann HSBC is planning to move about 20 of its London lawyers to Birmingham by 2017 in line with the new…
KPMG appoints Boston Consulting’s Barton as GC replacement for Sharp Kathryn McCann Boston Consulting Group’s (BCG) Jeremy Barton has been appointed the new UK general counsel (GC) at KPMG following the departure…
Heir to the throne: deputy head Booth to succeed King as Crown Estate GC Legal Business The Crown Estate has today (26 October) announced its head of legal Rob Booth, will succeed high-profile director of business…
A royal departure: Crown Estate general counsel Vivienne King to leave amid business restructure Legal Business The Crown Estate’s high profile general counsel and director of business operations, Vivienne King is leaving as the company undergoes…
In-house: Dimitrief named next GE general counsel as Denniston retires Legal Business As Brackett Denniston stands down after 12 years as general counsel (GC) for US conglomerate GE, the GC of GE…
North west clients – The delivery business Legal Business To mark our Regional Insight report, we teamed up with Weightmans to assemble a group of senior in-house counsel in…
GC Power List Summer Reception – In search of excellence Legal Business To celebrate our annual GC Power List report, Legal Business this summer teamed up with DLA Piper and Thomson Reuters…
In-house: Severn Trent’s Kelly returns to Network Rail as its first deputy group GC Kathryn McCann Network Rail has appointed Severn Trent’s deputy general counsel (GC) Stuart Kelly as its first deputy group GC. Kelly, who…
Weir Group starts search for successor as general counsel retires Legal Business Weir Group has kicked off a search for its next legal chief as its incumbent general counsel (GC) and company…
In-house: HSBC executive picked for British Land GC role Legal Business Property developer British Land has hired HSBC deputy company secretary and former Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer partner Elaine Williams as its…
Guest post: WTF is a trusted adviser and how did GCs come to strive for it? Legal Business ‘What’s your ambition son?’ ‘Well dad, I’d like to be a plausible adviser’ ‘Good boy. And then one day you might…
Microsoft general counsel promoted to president and chief legal officer Legal Business Brad Smith, Microsoft’s general counsel, has been appointed as the company’s president and chief legal officer in a rare move…
In-house: Network Rail corporate legal chief stands down after almost a decade Legal Business After nearly ten years of service at Network Rail including helping to restructure the body’s legal team and transfer to…
In-house: Lloyds Bank hires JP Morgan EMEA litigation head as new disputes chief Legal Business JP Morgan’s Europe, Middle East and Africa head of litigation Wilson Thorburn has been appointed by Lloyds Bank as its…
Comment: Leadership by soundbite is fuelling a well-being crisis for in-house counsel Legal Business As a consultant spending most of my professional time working with general counsel (GCs), so concerned have I become at…
In-house: Standard Life hires RBS stalwart Rushad Abadan as GC Legal Business After nearly a year since its previous permanent general counsel (GC) exited the insurer, Standard Life has hired Rushad Abadan…
In-house: Transocean starts headhunting as GC who secured Deepwater Horizon settlements steps down Legal Business Lars Sjöbring, senior vice president and general counsel at Transocean, has resigned from his role after steering the company through…
The right questions – The client view on innovation Alex Novarese In a flagship report last year, we teamed up with BLP to assess the state of innovation in law –…
