Quarter of in-house lawyers’ salaries frozen in past 12 months as average increase falls Legal Business Almost a quarter of in-house lawyers suffered pay freezes in the last 12 months, double the 10% who had their…
Norton Rose antitrust partner to join new competition authority as body unveils second wave of directors Legal Business As the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) pulls together the second wave of its senior leadership team one of the…
Lloyds Banking Group takes on Morgan Stanley lawyer to head litigation and contentious regulatory Sarah Downey As Lloyds Banking Group makes a series of senior management hires it has emerged that the global financial institution has…
In-house: HMRC appoints DWP director Gill Aitken as new GC as Sir Hector Sants resigns from Barclays Legal Business With a long pedigree in working for the government, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) director general Gill Aitken…
Water regulator seeks to fill newly-created GC role as sector overhaul looms Legal Business Following proposals for the first major reform of the water and waste sectors since privatisation in the 90s, industry regulator Ofwat…
In-house round-up: High level moves at HMRC, Premium Credit, RSC and Time Inc. Legal Business Senior in-house moves across the media, culture and financial services sectors have seen former Virgin Money legal director Jasan Fitzpatrick…
Slaughters teams up with Carillion law venture to cut costs for bluechip clients Caroline Hill As general counsel (GCs) push their advisers to think more innovatively about costs savings, Slaughter and May has begun offering…
Profile: Rosemary Martin, Vodafone Legal Business Continuous money saving has been the order of the day for Vodafone’s general counsel (GC) and company secretary Rosemary Martin,…
Sticking to the rules – the rise of the in-house litigator Legal Business As the UK’s financial institutions and leaders in commerce and industry embrace a tougher regulatory landscape, Legal Business looks at…
International in-house moves – Total SA, Global Eagle and Environ bring in new GCs Legal Business A clutch of international general counsel moves this week has seen Total bring in oilfield services heavyweight Maarten Scholten as its…
Calling time – Nationwide’s innovative GC Liz Kelly to leave after panel review Caroline Hill Having worked her way up Nationwide‘s ranks to group general counsel, Liz Kelly is to leave the building society at…
Comment: More for more – growing pains and questions as in-house comes of age Legal Business Confident. That’s the mood as Legal Business conducts its second annual poll of in-house counsel. For all the talk of…
Bind and drive: Freshfields’ Tim Jones to join England Rugby 2015 as GC Sarah Downey Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer corporate partner and former City head Tim Jones has been hired as general counsel to England Rugby…
Vodafone develops Indian LPO as former Linklaters lawyer takes over as UK external affairs director Caroline Hill As Vodafone replaces outgoing UK corporate and external affairs director Justine Campbell with group legal director for corporate and commercial,…
Building a career structure at 02 and why IQs are rated higher than experience Legal Business The in-house legal profession grew by 137% between 2001 and 2011 and with that growth has come new issues of…
Sector switch: Vodafone’s corporate affairs director takes over as GC of British Gas Legal Business Vodafone UK’s corporate and external affairs director Justine Campbell has switched from telecoms to energy, taking on the general counsel…
Legal Business In-House Survey Legal Business . Part 1 – Buy side stories Part 2 – Through their paces Part 3 – Time and money Part…
Lloyds sees knock-on effect of GC for group legal hire Legal Business In-house promotions and moves often have a domino effect across the wider legal function and Lloyds Banking Group (LBG) is…
Profile: Michael Shaw, Barclays Legal Business The banking giant’s deputy GC discusses management challenges Barclays deputy general counsel (GC) Michael Shaw has proved himself to be…
The in-house survey: Buy-side stories Legal Business In our second annual in-house survey, corporate legal teams are continuing to grow amid strong demand for their counsel. How…
