After shocks of 2016, law leaders may need to start thinking Legal Business Well, it is nearly over and few in the profession will mourn the passing of 2016. Not since the banking…
Freshfields PE heavyweight Higgins to stand down as head of GFI group Legal Business Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer private equity head Adrian Maguire is to become head of the firm’s global financial investors (GFI) sector…
On the bus – Inside the Norton Rose Fulbright masterplan Legal Business NRF chief executive Peter Martyr defied expectations to reinvent Norton Rose as a progressive global player over more than a…
‘The next generation’: Linklaters appoints new corporate group heads as Comiskey takes charge Legal Business Linklaters has reshuffled the leadership of its corporate team, moving a number of key roles down to rising stars following…
Corporate partner takes helm of DLA Piper’s City office Kathryn McCann DLA Piper has appointed corporate partner Tom Heylen as London managing partner, taking over from Lord Tim Clement Jones, who…
Frankfurt’s Cziesla elected by KWM European partnership as first non-London senior partner Legal Business King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) has elected Frankfurt partner Michael Cziesla as EUME senior partner, defeating Dubai-based disputes partner Tim…
Comment: Winning hearts and minds (but mainly hearts) at Linklaters Legal Business The best Freshfields corporate lawyer Silk Street ever produced is now leading Linklaters, with incoming senior partner Charlie Jacobs ushering…
Hogan Lovells’ Hamburg head resigns amid spying investigation Legal Business Hogan Lovells‘ Hamburg office managing partner Eckard Schwarz has resigned over claims of illegal surveillance by an employee of former…
Taught leaders – executive training for the ambitious GC James Wood Leadership training has until recently neglected the growing ranks of GCs. To begin our Insight special with Reed Smith, we…
The next step – meet the GCs determined to seize leadership roles Kathryn McCann An ambitious generation of in-house counsel is determined to take on leadership roles, despite corporate pressure to stay in the…
Leadership and the modern GC: a special report Legal Business We teamed up with Reed Smith to ask which skills the GCs of tomorrow will need to lead and what…
The Last Word – My way Legal Business ‘Do not come to a problem from dogma or rigid ideology.’ Tony West, PepsiCo As part of our Insight report…
Superstar clients and super-threats to global law Alex Novarese As Legal Business gathered a group of the legal elite at the top of Tower 42 to debate the issues…
Is Kennedys keeping up? Insurance player claims innovation and expansion provide the right cover Kathryn McCann Kathryn McCann and Victoria Young discuss Kennedys’ prospects with longstanding senior partner Nick Thomas ‘I’d like to tell you that…
Perspectives: Peter Wexler, Schneider Electric Legal Business French energy management company Schneider Electric has been on a buying spree lately, most recently with its £3.4bn acquisition of…
Perspectives: Louise Pentland, PayPal Legal Business As GC of Nokia during the complex carve-out and sale of its handsets division to Microsoft, Louise Pentland refined her…
Perspectives: Penny Dudley, Bupa Legal Business When Penny Dudley, former legal director of Bupa’s international health insurance division, was asked to move into the chief legal…
Perspectives: Maria Varsellona, Nokia Legal Business Nokia’s transformation over the last few years has tested the leadership skills of all function heads. In April 2014 it…
Perspectives: Clare Wardle, Coca-Cola European Partners Legal Business Recruited from FTSE 100 company Kingfisher to oversee the legal function at the newly-merged soft drink entity Coca-Cola European Partners…
Perspectives: Sabine Chalmers, Anheuser-Busch InBev Legal Business ‘The leadership aspect of my role has definitely increased as the company has grown,’ notes Sabine Chalmers, Anheuser-Busch InBev’s chief…
