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Client File: Review of the Year 2003
15 December 2003
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2003 has been a year of change, with many companies taking a long, hard look at their legal functions and external advisers. Here’s a refresher…
| 8 December Selina Emeny, Clear Channel 'One thing I particularly want to do is get online work-in-progress, seeing where I am with bills being paid and tracking items' To read this client file in full click here | |
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| 17 November John Fast, BHP Billiton 'Fast has certainly shaken things up. On his arrival, Fast completely restructured the in-house legal team. 'As you can imagine, not everybody was thrilled by the change' To read this client file in full click here | |
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| 27 October Delli Mireskandari, Hasbro Europe 'One of the problems I've noticed is that we don't get as many legal updates or seminars from [provincial firms], which is important for an in-house department' To read this client file in full click here | |
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| 20 October Helena Samaha, Virgin Group 'I do a review every year to determine whether firms should retender and if we should renegotiate fees. This flexibility is important in an organisation as dynamic as ours' To read this client file in full click here | |
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22 September Robert Ivens, Marks & Spencer 'There's a huge amount of exploitation to do with our existing product range. But who knows what we may get up to in the future' To read this client file in full click here | |
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| 11 August Daragh Fagan, Eni UK 'I don't think the UK business [of Eni] justifies that many lawyers indefinitely. However, it's not a question of making anyone redundant. Instead we might move people overseas' To read this client file in full click here | |
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| 4 August Gareth John, Hewlett-Packard 'It's been a tough year' To read this client file in full click here | |
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| 9 June Len Quaranto, Allied Domecq 'We took the view that for UK companies Sarbanes doesn't introduce many additional requirements because they have already been through this' To read this client file in full click here | |
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| 19 May Laurie Adams, ABN Amro 'I think the trend has been to try and reduce the number of firms we use as we build better and deeper relationships. The challenge for the law firm is obviously to provide that quality service consistently' To read this client file in full click here | |
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| 17 February Michael Burne, Inter-Alliance Group 'I'm attracted by a regional firm to do a range of work for us and a City firm to do the deals' To read this client file in full click here | |
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| 27 January Alfred Farha, Cisco Systems 'We look closely at billing and we're very sensitive if firms don't bill the way we thought they were going to' To read this client file in full click here | |
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| 6 January Mark Roper-Drimie, England & Wales Cricket Board 'I drive a hard bargain with price in terms of discounts. But we do tend to refer out work to well established firms. One of the primary concerns is cost, but above that is the standard of work. It also comes down to personal relationships' To read this client file in full click here | |
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