Legal Business Awards – GC Power List 2015 Reception
On 24 March 2015 Legal Business held the GC Power List 2015 reception, sponsored by RPC, Barclay Simpson and Thomson…
GC Powerlist 2015: The Team Elite
GC Power List 2015: The Team Elite
Menu It’s the ‘decade of the lawyer’. Law firms beware RPC: The pace of change is frightening The A-Teams –…
The A-Teams – In Pursuit of Excellence
The 2015 Legal Business GC Power List puts the strength and depth of top in-house legal teams under the spotlight.…
Boardroom Horizons: The Market View
Top-level general counsel give their views on what marks out an exceptional in-house legal team in a risk-driven global economy.…
Beyond the 50
The Power List 2015 settled on 50 exceptional legal teams but there is a wealth of talent in the employed…
It’s the ‘decade of the lawyer’. Law firms beware
Our third annual GC Power List report looks more like a state-of-the profession piece than its two predecessors. While the…
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Global general counsel: Gary Lynch. Team headcount: 120 lawyers in EMEA. Supporting Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAML)’s entry into…
Thomas Cook
General counsel: Craig Stoehr. Team headcount: 25 lawyers. Before former Latham & Watkins partner Craig Stoehr joined Thomas Cook as…
Royal Mail Group
General counsel: Neil Harnby. Team headcount: 27 lawyers. The legal team at Royal Mail has had a busier few years…
Lloyds Banking Group
Group general counsel: Andrew Whittaker. Team headcount: 320 lawyers. Lloyds Banking Group (LBG)’s corporate, and corporate real estate team in…
SABMiller
General counsel and corporate affairs director: John Davidson. Team headcount: 18 lawyers. High-profile GC John Davidson (pictured) manages a bench…
Carillion
Director of legal services and company secretary: Richard Tapp. Team headcount: 19 lawyers in the UK, four in Canada, two…
The Royal Bank of Scotland
Group general counsel: John Collins. Team headcount: 400 lawyers. It has undoubtedly been a difficult few years at The Royal…
Diageo
General counsel: Siobhan Moriarty. Global team headcount: 140 lawyers. Global drinks giant Diageo is noted for housing a weighty 140-strong…
The Crown Estate
Director of business operations and general counsel: Vivienne King. Team headcount: five lawyers. The Crown Estate is governed by an…
JP Morgan
General counsel: Stephen Cutler. EMEA general counsel: John Tribolati. Team headcount: 115 lawyers in London. JP Morgan remains one of…
BT
Group general counsel and company secretary: Dan Fitz. Team headcount: 400 lawyers including paralegals. BT’s standout legal team, led by…
Westfield Shoppingtowns
General counsel: Leon Shelley. Team headcount: 14 lawyers. Described by the global head of real estate at one top-15 firm…
Coca-Cola Enterprises
Vice president, legal: Paul van Reesch. Team headcount: 30 lawyers Coca-Cola Enterprises (CCE) is in charge of the manufacturing and…
AIG
EMEA general counsel: Chris Newby. Group general counsel: Thomas Russo. Team headcount: 1,200 in legal, regulatory and company secretarial, including…