July/August 2024

Georgina Stanley

Samantha McGonigle – General counsel, Hg Year of qualification: 2003 Hogan Lovells, 2001-06 Weil, Gotshal & Manges, 2006-19 Farview Equity…

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Alex Ryan

In the offshore world as elsewhere, tough economic conditions made 2022-23 a rough year. ‘With uncertainty in the global markets,…

Georgina Stanley

I nearly drowned in a river in Wales when I was four. It had been raining a lot and the…

Tom Cox

While the legal market is never short of speculation about the next potential merger, last month saw news of an…

Tom Cox

With results continuing to stream in, the initial picture is that the UK’s largest law firms are shrugging off the…

Elisha Juttla

Fifteen years of Legal 500 data offers big-picture view of Stateside elite’s relentless advance into London private equity arena Of…

Georgina Stanley

Will Rosen – GC (Europe private equity), Bain Year of qualification: 1994 Weil Gotshal & Manges, 1996-2007 DLA Piper, 2008-11…

Georgina Stanley

Rachel Thompson – Partner and group general counsel, Bridgepoint Year of qualification: 2007 Clifford Chance, 2005-09 Bridgepoint, 2010-present It was…

Georgina Stanley

Chris Bulger – GC, Vitruvian Partners Year of qualification: 2007 Slaughter and May, 2005-14 Goldman Sachs, 2014-18 Vitruvian Partners, 2018-present…

Georgina Stanley

Melanie Sanchez – Global general counsel, investments, Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Clayton Utz, 2005-06 Blake, Cassels & Graydon, 2006-14 Ontario…

Georgina Stanley

Jonathan Pugh-Smith – GC, funds, Bregal Investments Year of qualification: 2010 Berwin Leighton Paisner, 2008-11 International Justice Mission, 2011-12 Berwin…

Georgina Stanley

Leigh Partridge – Managing director, head of legal (Europe), CPP Investments Year of qualification: 2008 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, 2006-17 CPP…

Georgina Stanley

Simon Tinkler – Senior legal adviser, CD&R Year of qualification: 1993 Clifford Chance, 1995-2022 CD&R, 2022-present Why did you want…

Cameron Purse

‘The industry has changed massively. When we started, we were working with single product mid-cap PE shops, and these have…

Georgina Stanley

Katherine Brody – General counsel (EMEA), Silver Lake Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, 2008-14 Silver Lake, 2014-present Silver Lake…

Georgina Stanley

‘No-one should be under any illusion that the hours are fewer, or the work less demanding. You don’t have the…

Georgina Stanley

Alexandra Openshaw – General counsel, Montagu Year of qualification: 2010 Macfarlanes, 2008-15 Winton Group, 2016-23 Montagu, 2023-present Why did you…

Georgina Stanley

What does it take to run the legal team in one of the most profitable deal shops in the world?…