Blockchain: Piecing it together Greg Hall The proliferation of blockchain technology has led many sectors to re-examine traditional ways of doing business, even if the platform…
Client profile: Anna Cosgrave, graze Tom Baker The self-confessed fitness freak and head of legal on the allures of in-house law and healthy snacks ‘I took the…
In-house: Eversheds brokers Dyson sole adviser deal alongside fresh FSCS appointment Hamish McNicol Eversheds Sutherland has added to its suite of sole adviser relationships with a deal for Dyson’s global privacy mandate. Eversheds has…
In-house: Skyscanner GC takes flight as Balfour Beatty and National Grid make senior hires Thomas Alan The chief legal officer of high-profile travel metasearch engine Skyscanner, Carolyn Jameson, is stepping down after nearly six years in…
In-house: prominent Centrica GC Dawson to retire as ZPG legal head departs Hamish McNicol The long-serving general counsel (GC) of international energy player Centrica, Grant Dawson, is set to retire after more than 20…
Client profile: Matt Wilson, Uber Hamish McNicol ‘I wrote my own resignation letter twice in the first six months,’ Matt Wilson, Uber’s associate general counsel (GC) for…
The GC (re)defined: Beyond the cookie cutter Mark McAteer What is it like to work as a lawyer in a fast-paced, risk-laden, tech-driven ‘disruptive’ company? How do general counsel…
From monkey to organ grinder – assessing the modern in-house team Tom Baker Sabine Chalmers was concerned about coming back to the UK. Absent for more than two decades, most recently in the…
Shake it all about: in-house versus external advisers Tom Baker Alongside the oft-spouted rhetoric of ‘more for less’, in-house lawyers are more frequently bringing work in-house and trying to wean…
Legal ops of horrors Tom Baker Despite clear progression in the use of non-legal business professionals within in-house teams, general counsel (GCs) often still see ‘legal…
Assault on the alt: GCs on the new law providers Tom Baker For all the rampant spin around alternative legal suppliers, it is safe to say general counsel (GCs) have been less…
The MBA all-stars: training and development for GCs Tom Baker In-house legal teams have become more sophisticated over the last 20 years but, according to many general counsel (GCs), the…
Royal Mail GC de Bie posts resignation to take on new role at easyJet Tom Baker Highly rated Royal Mail general counsel Maaike de Bie has resigned to become legal chief at FTSE 100 airline easyJet next…
In-house: Worldpay GC de Soyza to move on next year Tom Baker After leading Worldpay into a transatlantic £22.2bn merger with Vantiv last year, general counsel (GC) Ruwan (Roo) de Soyza will…
Our latest event: 80 top partners and general counsel (plus a few token men) Alex Novarese One of our favourite pieces of the year was our first cover feature of 2018, Alphas, which thanks to the…
Enterprise GC 2019 – Our flagship in-house event returns bigger, better and with a lot more bluechip GCs Alex Novarese Consider this a call to arms or an acknowledgement that I can use all the help I can get but…
Point break – The extreme measures of Barclays’ adviser review Hamish McNicol Legal spend is the second-largest ‘cost centre’ for £21bn global banking giant Barclays. This tantalising statement is in the bank’s…
Asia GC perspective – Tencent on the dollar Alex Speirs When Brent Irvin joined Tencent as group general counsel (GC) nearly nine years ago, the Chinese upstart was already a…
The team in I: The GC Powerlist Summer Reception Alex Novarese Nailing the issue of what makes a high-performing in-house function, with the emphasis on operational sophistication, has become the Holy…
