The legal chief of Gateshead Council is tipped to become the local authority’s next chief executive. A special appointments panel has recommended that Roger Kelly, strategic director of legal and corporate services, take over from long-standing chief executive Les Elton, who retires in March 2004. First revealed on www.thelawyer.com, 22 September
Orrick replaces London chief
Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe has appointed a new head for its London office, as the current incumbent returns to the US. Adrian Harris, who joined the firm from O’Melveny & Myers last year, is taking over the London leadership from Michael Bacon, an energy and project finance expert who previously ran Orrick’s Tokyo office for […]