The BBC has restructured its legal division in a bid to increase overall efficiency. The move is accompanied by the creation of a new intellectual property department designed to protect the BBC brand name. Legal adviser Gareth Roscoe now heads a legal division with five departments: programme legal advice, litigation, statutory and commercial legal affairs, worldwide legal services and intellectual property. The new IP department will be headed by Diana Adie, who comes from the litigation department. The litigation department, which is involved in the privatisation of the transmission network, is now headed by Sarah Jones, who was recruited from Allen & Overy.
Macfarlanes in corporate recruit drive
Macfarlanes is to expand its corporate finance department, which has handled advisory work for companies such as BET, Cordiant, David Lloyd and Asprey. Corporate finance partner Robert Sutton said the firm is highly selective in its recruitment policy and new people are not taken on “unless we have plenty of work on our books”. “We […]