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BT advisers get 12-month extension as panel review is put on hold
BT has pushed back a long-awaited review of its global legal panel in a move that extends the terms of existing panel firms by 12 months. Advisers had been gearing up for BT’s first review under general counsel Dan Fitz, who replaced former group...
10 Feb 2012 | 00:00
All aboard - war stories from the select band of GCs to have taken exec roles
"This is a people business. You must be able to do people; if what you like is doing intensive deals and deadlines, stay in private practice" - Caroline Hill speaks to a select band of GCs who have made the step up
10 Feb 2012 | 00:00 | 
Misys GC takes acting CEO role amid £2bn merger; A&O and Herbert Smith advising
FTSE 250 technology company Misys has handed general counsel Tom Kilroy a role on the company's board as acting CEO amid £2bn merger negotiations with Swiss rival Temenos. Misys announced the appointment today (8 February) after former chief execu...
08 Feb 2012 | 16:59
The Transfer Window: recent moves including Norton Rose, Orrick, Salans and Gide
Former Slaughter and May partner Lucy Wylde has been appointed as general counsel of the Government's Efficiency and Reform Group (ERG). Wylde left Slaughters in April last year to take up a position as GC of the Asset Protection Agency, which was ...
06 Feb 2012 | 00:00
Going postal - Slaughters partner Jeff Triggs on filling in at the Royal Mail
When Royal Mail needed to an interim GC after the departure of Doug Evans, it looked no further than its external adviser. Caroline Hill talks to Jeff Triggs about the challenges of being a stand-in general counsel
27 Jan 2012 | 00:00 |
The enlightened GC - turning risk avoidance into competitive advantage
Bond Pearce’s Nathan Peacey and Jon Cooper on how GCs can turn risk avoidance to competitive advantage
20 Jan 2012 | 00:00 |
Endangered species - the rise and fall of the elite investment bank lawyer
"From 1997 to 2007 the scale of hiring was phenomenal and the number of lawyers at top investment banks increased tenfold. City law firms were bled of expensive talent" - Scott Gibson charts the rise and fall of the elite investment bank lawyer...
20 Jan 2012 | 00:00 |
GDF Suez appoints firms to first global legal panel
GDF Suez has appointed a trio of firms to its inaugural global legal panel in the wake of its £5bn reverse takeover of electricity generator International Power last summer. Linklaters and French leader Bredin Prat, both longstanding advisers to G...
20 Jan 2012 | 00:00 |
Bakers wins Europe adviser role for telecoms company Colt
Baker & McKenzie has been selected as FTSE 250 telecoms company Colt’s preferred legal adviser for commercial work following a three-month tender process involving more than 45 firms. The appointment, which took effect earlier this month (1 Ja...
20 Jan 2012 | 00:00
HSBC names new chief legal officer
HSBC has appointed a new chief legal officer ahead of the impending retirement of its managing director and general counsel, Richard Bennett. HSBC Holdings, parent company of the HSBC Group, has named former US Government lawyer and litigator Stuar...
17 Jan 2012 | 12:31
Legal Week to launch new awards event for Middle East lawyers
Legal Week is set to launch a new awards ceremony recognising the achievements of lawyers working in the Middle East, with the inaugural event to take place in Dubai later this year. The Corporate Counsel Middle East Awards, which will take place a...
17 Jan 2012 | 11:13
Risk or return: senior lawyers discuss the scope of the GC role
What is the role of general counsel in managing risk? Aside from legal risk, should they have an advisory role on compliance, reputational risk and operational risk? A senior panel of in-house counsel describe how their businesses manage risk function...
13 Jan 2012 | 00:00 |
BNP adds City firms to panel as RBS prepares for tough adviser review
BNP Paribas has confirmed the line-up of law firms on its new global legal panel, with Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Herbert Smith winning places. Details of the panel have been confirmed as leading firms predict an extensive overhaul of the R...
13 Jan 2012 | 00:00 |
Co-op Legal Services set to recruit 150 staff in expansion drive
Co-operative Legal Services (CLS) is set to recruit 150 new members of staff as it ramps up its expansion in the consumer legal market. The retail giant, which last week applied to become an alternative business structure (ABS), will place the majo...
12 Jan 2012 | 12:36 |
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Travers partner to take senior role on secondment at RBS
Travers Smith litigation partner Toby Robinson is set to take up a secondment at the firm's client RBS as interim head of litigation, regulatory and investigations. Robinson will join RBS for a six-month period from February this year while the cur...
12 Jan 2012 | 08:00 |
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