‘An incredible opportunity’: DWF flexes New Law arm with BT managed services contract Hamish McNicol DWF has landed its first major post-IPO client win after securing a five-year managed legal services mandate for BT’s insurance…
NRF hires the mind behind Barclays radical panel shake-up to launch legal ops consulting arm Marco Cillario Norton Rose Fulbright (NRF) is making an ‘offensive move’ against the Big Four on legal operations consulting with the hire of…
In-house: Severn Trent open to extending panel beyond Eversheds’ sole-adviser role Anna Cole-Bailey Severn Trent group general counsel (GC) Bronagh Kennedy (pictured) is keeping an open mind as to how many firms will…
In-house: Rio Tinto GC to retire as Transferwise and ASOS legal heads depart Anna Cole-Bailey Multiple general counsel (GCs) have stepped down from their posts this week, including the legal heads of FTSE 100 mining…
Time for a change: well-regarded BAML European legal chief departs for EY Anna Cole-Bailey The long-serving EMEA general counsel (GC) at the Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAML) has stepped down after 14 years…
The Client Profile: Sonya Branch, Bank of England Hamish McNicol Bank of England (BoE) general counsel (GC) Sonya Branch puffs her cheeks as she ponders how much work Brexit has…
Three GC perspectives on change Alex Speirs Gloria Sánchez Soriano, head of transformation – legal department, Santander When our group general counsel (GC), Óscar García Maceiras, joined…
The Big Four meets GCs – The hard sell Hamish McNicol ‘I have never instructed a Big Four firm on a legal matter,’ says one UK general counsel (GC) of a…
In-house: TfL stations enlarged panel roster as WorldRemit GC exits for regtech start-up Hamish McNicol Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Simmons & Simmons and Lewis Silkin have lost spots on an expanded Transport for London (TfL) legal panel, while…
In-house round-up: New GCs for Royal Mail, Sky and Deliveroo Tom Baker Royal Mail has filled the void left following former general counsel (GC) Maaike de Bie’s departure to easyJet, hiring in-house…
No alarms and no surprises – Behind the Mindful Business Charter Tom Baker Any lawyer of a certain vintage can recall the dawn of the BlackBerry age, the watershed moment at the turn…
Corporations with benefits – Assessing the rise of US public benefit companies Alex Speirs When looking for good in the world, corporate governance law is not the most obvious place to train your eye.…
Tom Johnson, Federal Communications Commission Alex Speirs I have always been attracted to public service. A number of my colleagues from my time at Gibson Dunn had…
The Client Profile: Christine Dekker, McDonald’s Anna Cole-Bailey Chicago-born Christine Dekker’s decade-long run as legal counsel for McDonald’s has seen her relocate from the US to Shanghai for…
Out of office: Freshfields, HSF among nine new Mindful Business Charter signatories Hamish McNicol A further nine law firms have signed up to the Mindful Business Charter, an initiative devised by banking giant Barclays…
In-house: Facebook appoints US State Department adviser as new GC Thomas Alan Social media giant Facebook has recruited Jennifer Newstead (pictured), a legal adviser to the US State Department, as its new…
In-house round-up: New GCs for Royal Mail, Sky and Deliveroo Tom Baker Royal Mail, Sky and Deliveroo have all made senior legal hires in a busy period for in-house recruitment. Royal Mail…
No more firsts – Reflections of the first female counsel to the White House Alex Speirs There can be few legal roles in the US of as much significance and substance as White House counsel. And…
The Client Profile: Hugh Pugsley, HSBC Anna Cole-Bailey ‘Before university I spent a year working in India in a Tibetan Buddhist monastery, teaching English, maths and personal hygiene,’…
The medium is the message – GC strategies for riding the media revolution Greg Hall Since the advent of the printing press in 1440, when Johannes Gutenberg’s invention for the first time allowed information to…
