The Crown Estate’s Peeke to join Land Securities in legal head role Legal Business Land Securities, the UK’s largest listed property company, has hired The Crown Estate’s deputy head of legal Alex Peeke as…
Barclays high profile Americas chief Michael Crowl set to join UBS Legal Business Barclays’ high-profile managing director and general counsel (GC) for the Americas, Michael Crowl, is leaving to head UBS’ US wealth…
Worth the money: Barclays to introduce value accounts for upcoming legal panel Sarah Downey As Barclays’ long-awaited review of its global legal panel moves closer to completion, it has emerged that the bank is set…
In-house: Sainsbury’s unveils new panel; Lloyds brings in insurance GC; Ladbrokes promotes deputy to GC role Legal Business A trio of significant in-house moves and announcements yesterday (6 May) saw King & Wood Mallesons SJ Berwin and TLT…
Worth the money: Barclays to introduce value accounts for upcoming legal panel Sarah Downey Failure to meet value targets set to result in firms partially refunding banking giant As Barclays’ long-awaited review of its…
The Crown Estate’s Peeke to join Land Securities in legal head role Legal Business Land Securities, the UK’s largest listed property company, has hired The Crown Estate’s deputy head of legal Alex Peeke as…
ITV pulls in panel firms in new development programme Legal Business ITV is taking steps to embed its law firms in the fabric of the organisation by involving them in a…
Profile: Graeme Colquhoun, Heineken UK Sarah Downey Global brewer’s UK head of legal on his no-nonsense approach It’s a terrible cliché to invoke the plain-speaking Scot, but…
Taking the lead – the GCs striving for life without a law firm Legal Business A growing band of in-house counsel are taking on major projects with little or no support from outside advisers. How…
Heading to The Ivy: Legal Business and RPC team up for GC Power List Summer Reception Alex Novarese We’ve made it no secret that a major aim for Legal Business and its Legalease stablemates is to better engage…
GC appointments for EY, HarperCollins and BNY Mellon Legal Business Reshuffles see trio promoted to fill senior roles Three high-profile in-house counsel appointments in the UK and US last month…
Heading to The Ivy: Legal Business and RPC team up for GC Power List Summer Reception Alex Novarese We’ve made it no secret that a major aim for Legal Business and its Legalease stable-mates is to better engage…
In-house: Nationwide replaces GC Kelly with HSBC’s European legal head Legal Business Nationwide Building Society has appointed HSBC’s European legal chief Keith Ford to replace group general counsel Liz Kelly, who announced…
GC appointments for EY, HarperCollins and BNY Mellon Legal Business A trio of high-profile in-house counsel appointments in the UK and US this month has seen accountancy giant EY and global…
Risk profile: Rolls Royce appoints new compliance chief from IMI Legal Business Less than a year after appointing Mark Serfozo as director of risk from defence, security and aerospace giant BAE Systems, Rolls…
New GCs for Tiffany and Visa as Northern Trust appoints Jenner & Block MP as legal chief Legal Business The latest senior in-house moves have seen luxury jewellery company Tiffany & Co promote Leigh Harlan to take over as general…
Filling one of Europe’s top legal jobs – JP Morgan hires Nomura’s Piers Le Marchant as new EMEA general counsel Legal Business It’s often said that the finance industry has been in retreat since the 2008 banking crisis but there is no…
In-house: LinkedIn general counsel Rottenberg steps down as Tele2 unveils its new legal head Legal Business Having led the professional networking site through its initial public offering (IPO) in 2011, LinkedIn has announced that general counsel…
Heineken UK in talks to appoint sole legal adviser Legal Business The UK arm of global cider and beer producer Heineken is actively considering going down the one-stop-shop route for the…
Heineken UK in talks to appoint sole legal adviser Legal Business The UK arm of global cider and beer producer Heineken is actively considering going down the one-stop-shop route for the…
