Mounting departures: Another senior exit for Barclays as EMEA investment bank GC steps down Kathryn McCann Barclays’ EMEA investment bank general counsel (GC), Erica Handling, has left the bank, which has already seen global GC of…
Comment: It’s the ‘decade of the lawyer’ – Law firms beware Legal Business Our third annual GC Power List report looks more like a state-of-the profession piece than its two predecessors. While the…
GC Power List 2015: The Team Elite Legal Business Menu It’s the ‘decade of the lawyer’. Law firms beware RPC: The pace of change is frightening The A-Teams –…
Severn Trent sticks by Eversheds as sole adviser until 2020 Kathryn McCann FTSE 100 water company Severn Trent has reappointed Eversheds as its sole adviser for a new five-year term, despite having…
Barclays Investment Bank hires new global GC Legal Business Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher’s co-chair of its financial institutions Mark Shelton is leaving the US firm to join Barclays Investment…
Client profile: Alistair Asher, The Co-operative Group Kathryn McCann The group’s general counsel on bringing the member-run organisation back from the brink After spending 34 years at Allen &…
Good sports – the in-house counsel getting on the pitch in top-flight sports Legal Business Tough regulation and increasingly lucrative commercial deals have allowed in-house lawyers to flourish in sport. Legal Business scouts out the…
In-house: Severn Trent sticks by Eversheds as sole adviser until 2020 Kathryn McCann FTSE 100 water company Severn Trent has reappointed Eversheds as its sole adviser for a new five-year term, despite having…
GC Power List 2015: The Team Elite Legal Business Menu It’s the ‘decade of the lawyer’. Law firms beware RPC: The pace of change is frightening The A-Teams –…
Unchaining in-house: LSB looks to cut ‘unnecessary restrictions’ on in-house lawyers Legal Business The Legal Services Board (LSB) has raised concern over whether current regulatory restrictions for in-house lawyers are justified, stating that…
In-house: Shell appoints successors to litigation and downstream GC roles Legal Business Royal Dutch Shell has made two significant internal promotions to its in-house legal function, with associate general counsel (GC) for…
In-house: Barclays Investment Bank hires Gibson Dunn’s financial institutions co-chair as new global GC Legal Business Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher‘s co-chair of its financial institutions Mark Shelton is leaving the US firm to join Barclays Investment…
It’s the ‘decade of the lawyer’. Law firms beware Legal Business Our third annual GC Power List report looks more like a state-of-the profession piece than its two predecessors. While the…
The A-Teams – In Pursuit of Excellence Kathryn McCann The 2015 Legal Business GC Power List puts the strength and depth of top in-house legal teams under the spotlight.…
Boardroom Horizons: The Market View Legal Business Top-level general counsel give their views on what marks out an exceptional in-house legal team in a risk-driven global economy.…
Beyond the 50 Legal Business The Power List 2015 settled on 50 exceptional legal teams but there is a wealth of talent in the employed…
Centrica Legal Business General Counsel: Grant Dawson. Team headcount: 200 lawyers and paralegals globally, including compliance. The past year has seen the 200-strong…
BG Group Legal Business General counsel: Graham Vinter. Team headcount: 82 lawyers. Cited as popular with its commercial partners, the legal team at FTSE…
Royal Dutch Shell Legal Business Legal director: Donny Ching. Team headcount: 700 lawyers globally. Shell’s huge legal team, led by legal director Donny Ching, supports…
SSE Legal Business Director of legal services: Liz Tanner. Team headcount: 63 lawyers. 2014 was a busy year for the legal team at…
