1 February 2016

In-house interview: Michael Marecki, Aston Martin

When Aston Martin changed hands from Ford to an investment consortium in 2007, the top-end car manufacturer had to rebuild an in-house legal team from scratch. The efficient allocation of legal resources is critical to the 102-year-old carmaker as it enters a new era in its history and prepares to innovate and boost profitability.

Moves: 1 February 2016

Bracewell & Giuliani name partner Rudolph Giuliani is to join Greenberg Traurig as global chair of its cyber- security and crisis management practice. He will also be senior adviser to executive chairman Richard Rosenbaum, and be joined at the firm by Bracewell partner Marc Mukasey. Giuliani founded the firm’s New York office in 2005 and was New York City mayor from 1994 to 2001.

Hot 100 alumni: Mark Harper, Hughes Fowler Carruthers

Former Withers partner Mark Harper made his mark in the family arena back in 2007, acting on the largest-ever settlement in the family courts as well as the divorce of Formula One tycoon Bernie Ecclestone. But since then, it’s all been Russian and relocation cases. The Ecclestone case was in fact just as dramatic behind […]

Don’t expect quick results from ASEAN

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is one of the most important global developments for law firms. The ten-state single market has a combined GDP of $2.6trn (£1.8trn) and a population of over 622 million. It could be the world’s fourth largest economy by 2050. To find out which firms are doing well in […]