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Karena Vleck Head of legal Rugby Football Union    ‘The ultimate part of my job is arriving at the stadium…

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Andrew Garard Group legal director ITV When Andrew Garard arrived at ITV, he immediately set about clearing out the television…

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James Conyers General counsel BSkyB   Unsurprisingly, regulatory affairs are crucial for James Conyers’ 17-strong team at BSkyB, including dealing…

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Richard Devereux Labour law counsel Intel   Intel has 300 lawyers worldwide and 41 in Europe. In the labour law…

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Martin Bowen Head of legal Dyson In his 14 years at Dyson, Martin Bowen has seen his legal department grow…

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Patrick Stewart Director of legal and business affairs Manchester United Football Club   Patrick Stewart has presided over some big…

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Dan Fitz Group General Counsel BT   Dan Fitz joined BT as group general counsel in 2010 and is described…

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James Blendis General Counsel and Company Secretary Everything Everywhere     James Blendis is used to high-profile work: he oversaw…

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Robin Saphra Group General Counsel, Colt Group Robin Saphra garnered plenty of attention last year after signing Baker & McKenzie…

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Robert Blok Group legal director Virgin   Robert Blok looks after the legal aspects of Virgin investments across a whole…

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Ed Smith General Counsel Telefónica UK    Ed Smith certainly paid his dues before becoming GC at Telefónica UK in…

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Maurice Woolf Group General counsel Interoute   Having practised in-house for telecoms companies since 1995 Maurice Woolf has, according to…

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Stephen Lerner General counsel and director of regulatory affairs Hutchison 3G UK   Steven Lerner sees his role as an…

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Paul van Straaten Chief legal officer Lebara Group   Paul van Straaten loves to be in the middle of the…

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Rosemary Martin Group general counsel and company secretary Vodafone   One of the most high profile and respected GCs around…

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Philip Davis General counsel and company secretary Cable & Wireless Worldwide   Described by one telecoms expert as having done…

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Colin Armstrong Group legal director and company secretary Merlin Entertainments Group   In running Merlin Entertainments Group’s legal team single-handedly,…

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Adrian Morris Group general counsel Tesco    Adrian Morris’ team is vast – 250 staff, including 200 lawyers – but…

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Jonathan Jowett Company secretary and general counsel Greggs Jonathan Jowett’s most recent victory against the government-imposed ‘pasty-tax’, which raised Greggs’…

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Jonathan Adelman General counsel and company secretary Ladbrokes   When Jonathan Adelman joined Ladbrokes in 2008, there was no internal…