Life during law: Richard Youle, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom Marco Cillario When I moved to Hull from Sheffield at five my next-door neighbour was a just-born, [Linklaters partner] Alex Woodward –…
‘Our values are imperatives’: Pinsents chief on diversity, success and being bolder Hamish McNicol Legal Business (LB): How do you create a clearer picture of what Pinsents is doing on diversity? Richard Foley (RF):…
Disputes Eye: Enyo goes to ground – what next for the pioneering disputes shop? Tom Baker It has been the question raised over wine by many seasoned litigators for months now: what’s going on at Enyo…
Women deal stars: perspectives – Tamara Box, Reed Smith Marco Cillario ‘My career has been a tale of reinvention and creativity. I have been very lucky in that I have worked…
Women deal stars: perspectives – Penelope Warne, CMS Marco Cillario ‘Compared to ten years ago, in some ways it’s easier for women and in some it’s more difficult. It is…
Life during law: Tom Cassels, Linklaters Marco Cillario My family moved from London to Essex in the seventies, we bought a big house with a big garden and…
Client profile: Neil Murrin, trainline Tom Baker The train puns were inevitable, but it took longer than expected. Towards the end of my conversation with the general…
Being great at one thing is not enough – remaking a City leader for the times Alex Novarese LB: What have been the big wins for Herbert Smith Freehills [HSF] over the last two years? Mark Rigotti (MR):…
Disputes Eye: Enyo goes to ground – what next for the pioneering disputes shop? Tom Baker It has been the question raised over wine by many seasoned litigators for months now: what’s going on at Enyo…
Life during law: Mark Elsey, Ashurst Nathalie Tidman My father was in the Ministry of Defence. There was a naval base in Singapore. Our family moved there when…
Life during law: Andrew Witts, Gowling WLG Kathryn McCann I grew up outside London and left school at 16 to start a mechanical engineering apprenticeship. I didn’t have A-levels…
Client profile: Mark Maurice-Jones, Nestlé Tom Baker Unusually for the current UK and Ireland general counsel (GC) of Swiss multinational and famed KitKat creator Nestlé, Mark Maurice-Jones’…
Life during law: Patrick Sarch, White & Case Madeleine Farman I started at Paisner and then on qualification went off to Norton Rose. I joined Clifford Chance in 2000, which…
Client profile: Angus McBride, News UK Tom Baker The veteran criminal defence lawyer turned legal head on bridging the gap between journalism and law While a student at…
Client profile: David Fein, Standard Chartered Bank Legal Business The former law firm partner turned banking giant GC on his globally-demanding role As a former senior staffer in the…
Client profile: Mark Cooper, Cadent Gas Tom Baker The general counsel and company secretary of the newly-formed gas company on the importance of saying ‘yes’ Within a month…
Life during law: Lee Ranson, Eversheds Sutherland Georgiana Tudor When I was 11-years old a teacher asked us to write down what we were going to do when we…
‘I am trying to start a conversation’ – Pearson law chief’s new book creates playbook for the modern GC Tom Baker While there is a body of writing on how to run an in-house legal team, much of it is dominated…
Client profile: Nilema Bhakta-Jones, Ascential Legal Business The media company’s group legal director discusses how her personal approach took her to the top of her game At…
Client profile: Ruwan De Soyza, Worldpay Legal Business Promoted to group GC at the start of the year, the experienced M&A lawyer on why he wants to stay…
