Sharon Evans has forged a career in working for companies pushing the boundaries of media and technology.
Now, as GC of a fintech business, she is relishing the challenges that regulation and growth will inevitably bring
Severn Trent Water head of legal Shazadi Stinton is reducing reliance on external help by building up a strong in-house team
Kambi’s GC Chris Fox says successful growth of the legal team is enabling more opportunities for the B2B provider across the pond
There is no stopping the £1.3bn, 1,000-employee fintech firm Revolut or its team-building head of legal, Tom Hambrett
McLaren Automotive’s GC has accelerated through the ranks and assembled a seven-strong team to keep the company on track as it plans global expansion
With 5G launching and data regulation becoming more complex, Three GC Stephen Lerner and his in-house team have to aim for maximum coverage across the mobile network’s business
Fintech company Revolut has expanded its in-house team with a double hire from Linklaters and Schillings to deal with a range of issues that affect start-ups.
Payment processing company Worldpay has drafted in a former Pinsent Masons lawyer as its new head of legal.
Swiss pharmaceutical powerhouse Novartis is nearing the end of its global legal panel review, which is understood to have been launched earlier this year. The panel is underway following the appointment of GC Shannon Thyme Klinger, who took on the role in June 2018, replacing Felix Ehrat. Her appointment came four months after Novartis also […]
UBS’ head of litigation Susy Bullock has left the bank after five years, with its regional head for Hong Kong taking over her role as head of the EMEA region. Bullock has been replaced by Jake Scrivens, who has been employed at the bank since 2017. He is the regional head of litigation and managing […]
As Shell embarks on a global review of its panel, it has rejigged its leadership team with Michael Coates taking on the role of group chief ethics and compliance officer and general counsel. Coates succeeds Leanne Geale, who left to join Nestlé in Vevey, Switzerland in July, as executive vice president and general counsel. Before […]
Manufacturing giant Siemens has rejigged its legal panel, with Pinsent Masons claiming a spot on the roster at the expense of one of the company’s longtime advisers. Pinsents replaces Osborne Clarke, which featured in the company’s 2016 and 2013 panel. The appointment marks a return to the roster for Pinsents, which was cut from Siemens’ […]
Firms including Addleshaw Goddard, CMS and Hogan Lovells are among those to have won spots on WeWork’s first panel for the EMEA region. The firms are Addleshaw Goddard, BCLP, Bird & Bird, CMS, DLA Piper, Eversheds Sutherland, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Hogan Lovells, McCann Fitzgerald, Shoosmiths and Simmons and Simmons The workspace giant kicked off its […]
Burges Salmon has been added to The Scottish Professional Football League’s (SPFL) legal panel, three months after setting up in Edinburgh. The SPFL launched its first ever legal panel in January last year, appointing four new firms – Brabners, Fladgate, gunnercooke and Shepherd & Wedderburn. In late 2017, it dropped Harper Macleod after 20 years […]
Gowling WLG has won the advisory role for the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games following a tender process for the post. The firm will support the organisers on corporate governance, procurement and general commercial matters. Gowling’s pitch team was led by partner Michael Luckman, who will be working with Birmingham 2022’s chief legal officer Caroline McGrory […]
Shell is set to start its next global review of external advisers, The Lawyer has learned, in an effort that could entail changes to its current structure. The review, which will officially begin early next year, marks the first assessment of the energy giant’s panel since 2016. Shell is currently conducting an internal review in […]
Gateley and Shoosmiths have won places on retirement housebuilder McCarthy & Stone’s latest legal panel. Gateley will handle the retirement housebuilder’s legal work in land acquisition and plot sales across the Northern regions (North West, Midlands, North East, East Midlands), while Shoosmiths will carry out work for the Southern regions. Allen & Overy acted for […]
HealthTrust Europe has continued to make cuts to its £40m legal roster, with a number of top 50 firms losing places as the framework is reduced by half. The latest roster sees HealthTrust Europe’s former 19-strong panel cut down to just ten firms, with Bird & Bird and Pinsent Masons among those that have lost […]
Fourteen GCs and senior counsel at a roundtable hosted by The Lawyer and Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner discuss how the latest trends create challenges and opportunities for firms
How can you reshape an in-house team in the image you want it to be? This was just one of the issues up for debate at The Lawyer’s latest roundtable with BCLP.
At a dinner in the shadow of London’s Tower Bridge, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (BCLP) hosted a group of legal heads to discuss the topic of reinventing themselves and their teams in a technology-driven world. Responses were varied and the attendees came from enormously diverse business models, though the prevailing mood was one of necessary and […]
At The Lawyer‘s recent General Counsel Strategy Summit, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (BLCP) hosted a round table on the topic ‘managing external and internal legal teams in a global world’, talking about the shaping of legal resources to business objectives, structures and diversity. BCLP partners Jonathan Morris & Rémy Blain led nine senior in-house lawyers […]
What does the term “progressive” mean to in-house lawyers? GCs explain how they build their in-house legal teams.
In-house lawyers at one infrastructure services company have responded to a new telecoms code by establishing direct relationships with barristers.
With a big-ticket office move potentially on the horizon, Baker McKenzie was keen to trial new ways of working
Norton Rose Fulbright has coupled a Japanese agile-working framework with automation software to dramatically cut document production time
A&O now has an all-encompassing alumni network, including staff past and present. Why did it feel this was an investment which would reap dividends in the years ahead?
In 2016, Balfour Beatty’s legal department embarked on one of the largest compliance programmes of its kind. How did the team embed the company’s values and processes into such a large workforce?
Bakers claims its app is unique in the legal market and the effort goes on to add bespoke functions for clients
The History of legal operations, and why you need it As you’re reading this paper you’re probably already aware of what legal operations is, but may be seeking more clarity on what the function should and should not cover in order to address the skills needed and help you create the best team. Broadly speaking, […]
The Act on Amendments of the Civil Procedure Act in Croatia stepped into force on 1 September 2019 and brought substantial changes through the first amendments of the provisions governing civil procedure since the reform in 2013. The amendments were praised in Croatian legal community, because they aim to expedite dispute resolution and end the main […]
By Vladimir Komarov Despite the fact that the political situation in Austria, in comparison with other countries of the Western world, is considered more favorable towards Russia, banks and other service providers have recently begun to treat Russian customers with increasing suspicion and skepticism. Therefore, doing business in Austria or using Austrian jurisdiction for capital management […]
By Marie-France Béland, Mathieu Santos-Bouffard The Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment, signed on November 16, 2001, in Cape Town (the “Cape Town Convention”) establishes an international regime for the creation, enforcement, registration and prioritization of security interests in categories of high-value, uniquely identifiable mobile equipment. In addition to Convention protocols specific to aircraft, railway […]
By Connie Cliff, Jane Fielding, Siobhan Bishop, Simon Stephen August is traditionally a quiet month for legal developments as Parliament and the Senior Courts’ judges are on their summer holidays. Nevertheless, employment law developments continue. This month our pick of the latest developments and how they might impact your business are: Holiday Pay for term-time […]
By Michelle Clark Do you as employer and data controller have to report all personal data breaches to the ICO and/or the data subject? Do your processors need to tell you when they suffer a breach? In this article, we consider the extent of an employer’s obligations. Security of personal data has been high on […]
By Michael Briggs, Sarah Owbridge Our drafting masterclass series continues with a look at alternative working arrangements – namely, secondments, sabbaticals, fixed term roles and zero hours arrangements. In this article, we discuss the key factors in drafting a secondment agreement. While a secondment within the same employer or group can be managed relatively informally, […]
By Katherine Evans On 1 September 2019 the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) will change (again). In this legal insight we remind you of the five top changes. 1 – Removal of the pooling restriction Charging authorities will be able to use both CIL and section 106 contributions to fund the same item of infrastructure. This will […]
By Dovzhenko Igor Konstantinovich, Smykova Ekaterina Romanovna Joint venture companies, being one of the forms of doing business, despite the sanctions and the tense political situation on the world stage, continue to enjoy certain popularity in Russia. Foreign investors are actively investing their money, knowledge and experience in domestic business, together with Russian partners, are […]
By Sanja Spasenović, Goran Radošević On 22 July 2019, Serbia enacted a new Law on Trade, as well as some important amendments to the Law on E-Commerce. The new trade regulations in Serbia are an attempt to keep pace with European legislation and the comparative practices of other countries, with the applicability of some provisions postponed until […]
By João Afonso Fialho and Ângela Viana Standing 1 What is the nature and importance of the mining industry in your country? The mining industry arguably represents one of Mozambique’s most important sectors and stands at the forefront of the country’s development efforts. Mining is one of the principal drivers of the nation’s economy and […]
By Andrew Munro The newly enacted Electronic Transactions (Electronic Agents) (Guernsey) Ordinance, 2019, which came into force on 1st March this year, signals a turning point in law for companies using Artificial Intelligence which itself represents an area of exponential growth and critical importance for future development in many areas and sectors worldwide. This exciting […]
The Lawyer, in association with PwC, hosted a roundtable focusing on the transformation challenges faced by in-house teams
We discuss the recent developments in the National Minimum Wage arena and how they affect your organisation. Jane Fielding and Siobhan Bishop also cover the risks, enforcement and some of the tricky issues when calculating the NMW in practice.
By Michael Briggs, Sarah Owbridge Our drafting masterclass series continues with a look at alternative working arrangements – namely, secondments, sabbaticals, fixed term roles and zero hours arrangements. In this article, we discuss the key factors in drafting a secondment agreement. While a secondment within the same employer or group can be managed relatively informally, […]
By Connie Cliff, Jane Fielding, Siobhan Bishop, Simon Stephen August is traditionally a quiet month for legal developments as Parliament and the Senior Courts’ judges are on their summer holidays. Nevertheless, employment law developments continue. This month our pick of the latest developments and how they might impact your business are: Holiday Pay for term-time […]
