Life during law: Ray Berg, Osborne Clarke Kathryn McCann My dad was a cab driver and my mum a factory worker. She was also a photographer’s assistant and met…
Life during law: Lord Dyson, 39 Essex Chambers Legal Business I’ve enjoyed every minute as a barrister and a judge. Two careers. I’ve been privileged. I didn’t want to be…
Client profile: Alice Marsden, Thomas Cook Group Legal Business The travel group’s GC discusses why helping to save holidaymakers is more satisfying than dealmaking Many in-house counsel will say…
Q&A: RPC’s new managing partner talks strategy, international expansion and tech Legal Business With long-term managing partner Jonathan Watmough stepping down in December last year, insurance head James Miller has taken over the…
Life during law: Jonny Earle, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher Legal Business I don’t take anything for granted. I’ve been lucky, had some good breaks and people have invested time in me.…
Client profile: David Symonds, Johnson Controls International Kathryn McCann The conglomerate’s EMEA GC on forging a groundbreaking sole-adviser mandate and its recent $16.5bn merger In an area of the…
Outside the Box: Can Reed Smith’s new Euro heads take the firm’s London practice to the next level? Multiple Authors Georgiana Tudor and Victoria Young talk to Tamara Box and Andrew Jenkinson about competing in the London market Three years…
Rising Star: David Avery-Gee, Linklaters Legal Business Key clients: Glencore, Lloyds Banking Group, Alinda Partner since 2011 I always wanted to do M&A. I used to look…
Rising Star: Matt Bland, Linklaters Legal Business Key clients: Friends Life, Julius Baer, Novartis, Lloyds Banking Group Partner since 2008 Why corporate? The sheer variety. The access…
Life during law: Quentin Poole, Gowling WLG Kathryn McCann I thought I’d be suited to law because I’ve always been interested in people. And discussion and debate and argument.
Life during Law: Aedamar Comiskey, Linklaters Legal Business I’m the fifth of six children. By child five, your parents are very relaxed. You can do what you want!…
Client profile: Maaike de Bie, Royal Mail Group Kathryn McCann The new group general counsel on handling a recently privatised 500-year-old institution. Royal Mail’s group general counsel (GC) Maaike de…
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…
Perspectives: Albert Wang, 3M Legal Business ‘There are all sorts of platitudes about leadership,’ says Albert Wang, general counsel (GC) for Asia-Pacific at 3M. ‘You hear…
Perspectives: Suzanne Wise, Network Rail Legal Business ‘In the legal profession people don’t always let go quickly enough. That mentality can be destructive if it gets carried…
