Profile: Alison Kay, National Grid Caroline Hill The energy giant’s group GC discusses the overhaul of its legal function When the in-house legal team of a large…
Comment: the rising stars in-house – bluechip legal teams are bursting with talent Caroline Hill The first Legal Business edition of the year coincides with a major project for us: the second edition of our popular…
Game changer: PwC receives approval from regulator to become an ABS Caroline Hill In a potentially game-changing move for the legal market PwC has today (31 January) received approval from the Solicitors Regulation…
In-house: Aon appoints Michael Wolf as global head of corporate as Prash Naik takes over as GC of Channel 4 Caroline Hill Insurance giant Aon has appointed Jenner & Block partner Michael Wolf as vice president and chief counsel, corporate, in a role…
International markets – Addleshaw hires third partner in Hong Kong and rebrands to Francis & Co Caroline Hill Having launched in Hong Kong last summer, Addleshaw Goddard has forged ahead with a number of developments in the region…
Updated merger watch – CMS completes successful tie-up with Dundas & Wilson Caroline Hill CMS Cameron McKenna and beleaguered Scottish firm Dundas & Wilson have merged, the firms announced this evening (12 December), creating a…
Bond Dickinson wins AIG tender for volume contract work Caroline Hill Following a competitive tender process between five of its panel law firms, AIG has awarded its bulk contract work…
Bond Dickinson wins AIG tender for volume contract work Caroline Hill Merged regional giant beats four rivals for out-of-London mandates Following a competitive tender process between five of its panel law…
The City elite is ready to try something new – are clients keeping up? Caroline Hill Eighteen months ago I met the general counsel (GC) of a FTSE 250 company to listen to his plans to…
Profile: Chris Newby, AIG Caroline Hill As AIG’s general counsel for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, Chris Newby appears extraordinarily calm for a man in…
‘Renaissance man’ Dembovsky leaves HowardKennedyFsi Caroline Hill Last year Legal Business described Howard Kennedy’s chief executive Mark Dembovsky as ‘renaissance man’, having taken charge of a West End…
Ashurst corporate head Stephen Lloyd quits in set-back for Anglo-Australian giant Caroline Hill Ashurst global head of corporate Stephen Lloyd has resigned in a move that comes within weeks of a vote for full…
Slaughters teams up with Carillion law venture to cut costs for bluechip clients Caroline Hill As general counsel (GCs) push their advisers to think more innovatively about costs savings, Slaughter and May has begun offering…
Ashurst says ‘no’ to Geffen for chairman in surprise election result Caroline Hill A popular long-term board member with the social skills needed to pull together a newly-merged transcontinental firm, Ashurst’s October announcement…
Slaughters teams up with Carillion law venture to cut costs for bluechip clients Caroline Hill As general counsel (GCs) push their advisers to think more innovatively about costs savings, Slaughter and May has begun offering…
Calling time – Nationwide’s innovative GC Liz Kelly to leave after panel review Caroline Hill Having worked her way up Nationwide‘s ranks to group general counsel, Liz Kelly is to leave the building society at…
Ashurst says no to Geffen for chairman in surprise election result Caroline Hill A popular long term board member with the social skills needed to pull together a newly-merged transcontinental firm, Ashurst’s announcement today…
Vodafone develops Indian LPO as former Linklaters lawyer takes over as UK external affairs director Caroline Hill As Vodafone replaces outgoing UK corporate and external affairs director Justine Campbell with group legal director for corporate and commercial,…
No such thing as a free lunch – first judgment clarifies termination of third party litigation fund Caroline Hill Third party litigation funders look set to adopt a similar position to insurers in driving the litigation agenda after a…
The Client: Philip Bramwell – BAE Systems Caroline Hill Caroline Hill talks to the plain-speaking general counsel When BAE Systems’ group general counsel (GC) Philip Bramwell started out as…
