In-house: MasterCard appoints new GC; UBS regulatory chief exits for Gibson Dunn; and HSBC hires Cleary partner Legal Business The start of the year has seen much lateral movement both in-house and out, with MasterCard naming Tim Murphy as…
Comment: the rising stars in-house – bluechip legal teams are bursting with talent Caroline Hill The first Legal Business edition of the year coincides with a major project for us: the second edition of our popular…
In-house: face of BT Law to change after Miles Jobling steps aside Legal Business The face of BT Law, having last year secured a licence from the Solicitors Regulation Authority to hive off BT’s…
In-house: Shell finds internal replacement for Rees as it picks Ching as legal head David Stevenson Energy giant Royal Dutch Shell has this time found an in-house replacement legal director Peter Rees QC, today (10 February)…
In-house: BT selects Axiom to replace UnitedLex as new LPO provider Legal Business An innovator long at the vanguard of transforming the traditional in-house legal function, BT has just entered into a three-year…
The rising stars in-house – bluechip legal teams are bursting with talent Legal Business The first Legal Business edition of the year coincides with a major project for us: the second edition of our…
RFU rejigs legal team as deputy head joins sports firm Legal Business Bujalski promoted to head of legal as Handford joins Couchmans The Rugby Football Union (RFU) has reconfigured its in-house legal…
Rising Stars for 2014 – Introduction Legal Business Welcome to Legal Business’ second annual GC Power List, which follows up on our successful launch last year. While we…
Rising Stars for 2014 – RPC Legal Business Twelve months ago, when Legal Business’s inaugural GC Power List landed, the global economic outlook was still decidedly bleak. Talk…
In-house: National Grid conducts wholesale review of internal and external legal function Legal Business National Grid‘s group general counsel (GC) Alison Kay (pictured) has launched a wholesale review of the FTSE 100 energy giant’s…
GC Powerlist – Rising Stars for 2014 Legal Business Rising Stars for 2014 – Introduction Rising Stars for 2014 – RPC Energy Healthcare, Life Sciences and Hygiene Insurance Private…
Rising Stars for 2014 – Getting there Francesca Fanshawe As the in-house profession has swelled in size and status in recent years the competition to secure a small number…
GC Power List 2014 – The view from the top Legal Business Legal Business returned to its original GC Power List and other legal heads who have already climbed the ladder for…
Joined up thinking – GCs push to make collaboration more than a buzzword Sarah Downey Collaboration has become a buzzword as progressive GCs press their advisers to parcel up work between them. Legal Business asks…
Profile: Maurice Woolf Legal Business The telecoms company’s GC discusses the challenges his company faces Maurice Woolf’s candid recollection of shifting client-side into the telecoms…