Global office launches for Norton Rose, Quinn Emanuel, Bakers and Jones Day

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Global 100 firms embraced foreign expansion again in February. Norton Rose Fulbright (NRF) announced a significant addition to its Latin America footprint with the launch of an office in Rio de Janeiro, hiring BP’s global corporate assistant general counsel (GC) Andrew Haynes as office co-head, while US litigation leader Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan set …

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BT selects Axiom for global legal outsourcing and analytics contract

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Jobling steps aside as head of volume business BT Law An innovator long at the vanguard of transforming the traditional in-house legal function, BT in February entered into a three-year contract with Axiom to provide the telecoms giant with legal outsourcing and analytics services across the UK, US, Africa, Middle East and Asia, replacing and …

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Comment: the rising stars in-house – bluechip legal teams are bursting with talent

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The first Legal Business edition of the year coincides with a major project for us: the second edition of our popular GC Power List, which launched last year. The idea is straightforward: we research in-house and private practice to identify a list of outstanding individuals who demonstrate the influence and rising clout that has come to …

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In-house: BT selects Axiom to replace UnitedLex as new LPO provider

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An innovator long at the vanguard of transforming the traditional in-house legal function, BT has just entered into a three-year contract with Axiom to provide legal support services across the UK, US, Africa, Middle East and Asia, replacing a contract formerly held by legal process outsourcing (LPO) provider UnitedLex. All work previously undertaken by UnitedLex, …

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National Grid conducts wholesale review of internal and external legal function

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Energy giant to analyse in-house team and links with UK and US counsel National Grid’s group general counsel (GC) Alison Kay has launched a wholesale review of the FTSE 100 energy giant’s in-house and external legal function, which will look at whether the internal legal team is delivering the right services and adding value to …

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The rising stars in-house – bluechip legal teams are bursting with talent

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The first Legal Business edition of the year coincides with a major project for us: the second edition of our popular GC Power List, which launched last year. The idea is straightforward: we research in-house and private practice to identify a list of outstanding individuals who demonstrate the influence and rising clout that has come …

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Game changer: PwC receives approval from regulator to become an ABS

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In a potentially game-changing move for the legal market PwC has today (31 January) received approval from the Solicitors Regulation Authority to become an Alternative Business Structure, meaning that it can directly own limited liability partnership, PwC Legal, bringing together its circa 2,000 global lawyer network. The only one of the Big Four accountants to …

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In-house: National Grid conducts wholesale review of internal and external legal function

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National Grid‘s group general counsel (GC) Alison Kay (pictured) has launched a wholesale review of the FTSE 100 energy giant’s in-house and external legal function, which will look at whether the internal legal team is delivering the right services and adding value to the business, as well as a potential shake-up of both its UK …

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In-house: Aon appoints Michael Wolf as global head of corporate as Prash Naik takes over as GC of Channel 4

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Insurance giant Aon has appointed Jenner & Block partner Michael Wolf as vice president and chief counsel, corporate, in a role that will see him assume global responsibility for all corporate transactions including M&A, divestures, joint ventures, partnerships and strategic alliances. At Aon, which in January 2012 moved its corporate headquarters to London and has 65,000 …

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International markets – Addleshaw hires third partner in Hong Kong and rebrands to Francis & Co

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Having launched in Hong Kong last summer, Addleshaw Goddard has forged ahead with a number of developments in the region including adding a third partner, Daniel Wan, and rebranding following the arrival of Nigel Francis at the end of 2013. Wan, who joins from Jun He and previously worked at Herbert Smith Freehills, specialises in …

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