The Client Profile: Sonya Rogerson, Bank of China
Born in Hong Kong to an English father and a Chinese mother but raised in Australia, Sonya Rogerson’s passion for…
Risk management survey 2020 – Crooked timber
Sponsored by The ongoing #MeToo saga within in the legal profession was only a few chapters old last year when…
Disputes perspectives: Geraldine Elliott
I wanted a professional career. My father was a doctor but very keen I didn’t do medicine. I had a…
Disputes perspectives: Craig Pollack
I was supposed to study economics and realised I was not a very good economist. Then I went to study…
In-house: RPC and DWF among four new firms on Dixons Carphone’s expanded roster
Retailer Dixons Carphone has added four firms to a revised legal roster, with DWF, RPC, Bristows and Carson McDowell winning…
In-house: Novartis to withhold 15% of fees if new panel firms miss D&I requirements
As in-house legal departments continue to push their law firms to be more diverse, Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis has pledged…
Life During Law: David Pester
My family background is in market trading, selling goods and services, so perhaps I would have gone into that if…
In-house: DWF leads as Eversheds loses sole adviser role on Severn Trent’s expanded panel
Eversheds Sutherland has lost its sole-adviser mandate to Severn Trent after the FTSE 100 water company appointed five firms to its…
In-house: TransferWise cashes in on competitor’s legal head as mammoth US GC pay packets revealed
In a month of significant hires and departures, online money payment company TransferWise has snapped up rival Monzo Bank’s chief…
The In-House Survey: Blurred lines – the GC as business leader
Climate change and sustainability dominated news headlines in 2019. Extinction Rebellion protests, Swedish teenager Greta Thunberg leading climate strikes around…
Three firms cut as National Grid unveils panel following ‘pay to play’ review and BAE loses longstanding legal chief
Anna Cole-Bailey rounds up the latest in-house panel reviews and moves In a busy month of in-house activity, National Grid…
Legal secretaries and support staff most at risk as industry loses up to 35,000 jobs by 2027
Legal secretaries and support staff will be the most affected by a decline in legal sector jobs in the next…
In-house: BAE air legal head quits for aerospace rival as Lloyds’ legal ops head joins Clifford Chance
BAE System’s longstanding legal chief for air, Julie Smyth, has landed the general counsel (GC) role at GKN Aerospace, while…
In-house: GC Risam draws on experience as Lombard International invites tenders for debut panel
Wealth-structuring company Lombard International is creating its first-ever legal adviser panel under the watch of general counsel (GC) Monica Risam,…
New brooms – Asian coup for Bakers as Clydes, HSF and TLT announce leadership changes
Anna Cole-Bailey rounds up the latest management reshuffles at home and abroad The autumn saw significant c-suite changes announced at…
The Client Profile: Heather Mitchell, The Carlyle Group
‘One reason I’m doing this interview is so I can send it to my parents. They’re really important to me.…
In-house: SSE launches first panel review as Balfour Beatty GC departs after just six months
Big Six energy company SSE is reviewing its legal panel for the first time since setting up its debut roster…
Clapping with one hand: clients continue to lag as another 12 law firms join Mindful Business Charter
The Mindful Business Charter is ‘clapping with one hand’ until more businesses adopt the mental health initiative, with in-house legal…
In-house: CMS bumped as core adviser following Lloyds panel review
CMS has dropped off Lloyds Banking Group’s core panel of advisers after a review which reshaped the roster into two lots.…
Under pressure – Retail GCs fight to adapt to a brutal High Street
The crisis engulfing high-street retailers is showing few signs of abating. May saw the public collapse of almost the entirety…