In-house: Facebook and Diageo fill top GC roles Sarah Downey Social networking giant Facebook and global drinks brand Diageo both this week announced appointments to fill their top legal positions. Facebook…
Bluechips continue to grow legal teams as buyside lawyers shift from external counsel Sarah Downey Bluechips continue to grow legal teams as buyside lawyers shift from external counsel In-house departments are expanding rapidly and overshadowing…
Feeling the squeeze – the pressure is on as procurement hits law Caroline Hill With non-legal procurement teams becoming more and more part of the bluechip panel process, are firms delivering the best value…
PROFILE: Kirsty Cooper and Monica Risam – Aviva Caroline Hill Legal Business meets Aviva’s senior lawyers as they discuss the effects of a major restructuring. For those lawyers comfortable with…
UK Green Investment Bank welcomes Pinsents McVicar as MacRitchie moves on Legal Business The formal establishment of the UK Green Investment Bank (GIB) has had a domino effect on senior counsel moves as…
All change at Shell – legal head pushes through shake-up and puts final touches to global panel review Legal Business While the trend of in-house departments bolstering their internal capability and cutting reliance on external counsel is well established, Royal…
In-house moves: Glencore and RSA announce senior appointments Sarah Downey Glencore Xstrata has promoted former Glencore general counsel (GC) Richard Marshall as its overall head of legal in the wake…
Enter A&O, exit CC for Aviva’s top roster but insurance giant drives a hard bargain Caroline Hill Allen & Overy (A&O) has won a place on Aviva’s top corporate panel after a lengthy review that saw Clifford…
Three steps forward… will Tyco-style deals ever sweep the market? Francesca Fanshawe As infrastructure giant Balfour Beatty signs up Pinsent Masons as its sole legal adviser for general matters, Legal Business asks…
BHP Billiton swaps Ashurst for Herbert Smith Freehills with new legal chief David Stevenson BHP Billiton senior executive David Williamson is set to rejoin Ashurst in Australia, where he was a lawyer at legacy…
With the territory Legal Business With Barclays’ GC Mark Harding recently announcing his retirement, the search is on to replace one of the biggest jobs…
Barclays law chief gets £3.7m share award David Stevenson If there was any remaining doubt that the lot of the modern general counsel at a major bluechip is a…
BT and Carillion to expand external legal services Miriam Fahey BT and Carillion have separately extended their legal arms recently to offer more external legal services. BT Law launched in…
PROFILE: Tom Kilroy – Misys Miriam Fahey The software firm’s legal head shares his unique viewpoint after a temporary stint as chief executive. Tom Kilroy stands out…
Barclays begins search for new general counsel Miriam Fahey Barclays, one of the UK’s largest banks, has started its hunt for a new general counsel (GC) following the retirement…
Rising clout means a new kind of corporate politics for GCs Emma Sadowski Oxymoronic as it sounds, news that Barclays general counsel (GC) Mark Harding is to depart has been received as startling…
The Legal Business GC Power List 2013 Legal Business Welcome to our inaugural GC Power List: a collection of 100 of the most interesting and influential in-house lawyers in…
Jonathan Watmough – RPC Legal Business Jonathan Watmough, Managing Partner, RPC Increasingly I realise just how easy some of us in private practice have it compared…
Sanjay Prashar – London Borough of Sutton Legal Business Sanjay Prashar Executive head of legal and democratic services London Borough of Sutton Sutton’s legal panel is part of…
Sheldon Mills – Office of Fair Trading Legal Business Sheldon Mills Director of mergers Office of Fair Trading Sheldon Mills’ responsibilities include the day-to-day delivery of the…
