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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
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
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
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 |
Online trading company LCG recruits former Slaughters lawyer as first-ever GC
Online trading company London Capital Group (LCG) has appointed its first-ever group general counsel with the hire of ex-Slaughter and May lawyer Martin Creek from Axiom Legal. Creek, who joined LCG earlier this month, has become the company's firs...
11 Jan 2012 | 10:23 |
Morgan Stanley and News Corp confirm new top in-house lawyers
Morgan Stanley and News Corporation have both confirmed the appointment of new top in-house lawyers. At Morgan Stanley, Eric Grossman is being promoted to succeed Francis Barron as the company's next chief legal officer. Barron, whose retirement wa...
10 Jan 2012 | 09:38 |
News Corporation in talks to recruit US litigator as new legal chief
News Corporation is set to name Washington DC litigator Gerson Zweifach its new general counsel following the departure of Lawrence Jacobs last year, reports The Am Law Daily. A source familiar with the matter told The Am Law Daily that while there...
03 Jan 2012 | 10:48 |
Ex-News International lawyer advised on hacking prior to 2006 arrests
Former News International legal manager Tom Crone advised the company about phone-hacking on "one occasion" prior to the 2006 arrest of News of the World (NoW) former royal editor Clive Goodman, it has emerged.
14 Dec 2011 | 13:09 |
Legal Counsel of the Year: Helen Selby, Premier Foods
“So young, such great achievement,” said one of the judges of Helen Selby’s track record as a member of Premier Foods’ legal team. Superb client references peppered Selby’s entry including one from an operations head, in which she praised Se...
08 Dec 2011 | 00:00 |
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