In-House News
King GC Whalen quits gaming company to go it alone
King.com general counsel Marcus Whalen is to leave the online gaming company to take up a consultancy position.
Exclusive: Henderson in-house team shrinks amid shift to using law firms more
Henderson Global Investors’ UK in-house legal team has shrunk by nearly 30 per cent in the past year following a shift to farming out more of its lower-level work to law firms.
Lend Lease legal chief parts company with construction giant
The senior legal counsel of construction giant Lend Lease, Alistair Cutts, is understood to have left the role as the business scales back its European arm.
Sausage-skin maker raids Dairy Crest for first London in-houser
Sausage-skin maker Devro has hired Dairy Crest’s former deputy company secretary Andrew Money as its first London-based in-house lawyer.
Barclays deputy GC leads the race in scramble to replace Harding
Barclays deputy general counsel Michael Shaw is understood to be leading the race to replace Mark Harding as the bank’s legal chief.
Panel Reviews
Royal Dutch Shell unveils new look panel
Baker & McKenzie, CMS Cameron McKenna and Debevoise & Plimpton are amongst the new firms appointed to Royal Dutch Shell’s revamped legal panel, which consists of more than 150 firms.
Bond Dickinson cleans up with Colgate Palmolive panel place
Hygiene giant Colgate Palmolive added Bond Dickinson to its panel just weeks before the merger between Bond Pearce and Dickinson Dees, The Lawyer has learned.
Aviva takes tough line in panel review
A&O joins Slaughters on Aviva’s plc roster; insurer insisted on discounts
RBS kicks off Emea panel review ahead of July start
The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) is carrying out a review of its Emea legal panel that will see it unveil a new roster for the region from 1 July.
Pension Protection Fund closes in on legal panel following delay
The Pension Protection Fund (PPF) is gearing up to unveil its new-look legal panel following a delayed process to shrink its 27-firm roster.

