Talent wars, private equity and number crunching: LB’s most read features of 2024
From transatlantic mergers to dizzying new heights of competition in the war for talent at both associate and partner level,…
Youle, Dejonghe, Levine and the top women in private equity – LB’s most popular interviews of 2024
From high-profile managing partners to leading GCs and barristers, the LB team interviewed dozens of the leading names in law…
Just how global is the Global 100? LB looks beyond revenue to find some true global leaders
What does it take to be part of the global elite? When Legal Business unveiled the very first iteration of…
‘Co-founding an investment firm was the biggest learning curve of my career’ – Hg GC Samantha McGonigle
Samantha McGonigle – General counsel, Hg Year of qualification: 2003 Hogan Lovells, 2001-06 Weil, Gotshal & Manges, 2006-19 Farview Equity…
Life During Law: Freshfields’ London head Mark Sansom
I nearly drowned in a river in Wales when I was four. It had been raining a lot and the…
‘My time on non-legal is the same as my time on legal’ – Bridgepoint GC Rachel Thompson
Rachel Thompson – Partner and group general counsel, Bridgepoint Year of qualification: 2007 Clifford Chance, 2005-09 Bridgepoint, 2010-present It was…
‘I was asked to stay on as GC after an inspiring year-long secondment’ – Bain Europe GC Will Rosen
Will Rosen – GC (Europe private equity), Bain Year of qualification: 1994 Weil Gotshal & Manges, 1996-2007 DLA Piper, 2008-11…
‘Working in private markets keeps you on your toes’ – Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan’s Melanie Sanchez
Melanie Sanchez – Global general counsel, investments, Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Clayton Utz, 2005-06 Blake, Cassels & Graydon, 2006-14 Ontario…
‘I was greeted at the airport by a banker, lawyer, notary and driver’ – Vitruvian Partners GC Chris Bulger
Chris Bulger – GC, Vitruvian Partners Year of qualification: 2007 Slaughter and May, 2005-14 Goldman Sachs, 2014-18 Vitruvian Partners, 2018-present…
‘If you like a fast pace, private equity will deliver’ – CPP Investments Europe legal chief Leigh Partridge
Leigh Partridge – Managing director, head of legal (Europe), CPP Investments Year of qualification: 2008 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, 2006-17 CPP…
‘You are working with some of the sharpest minds on the planet’ – Bregal Investments funds GC Jonathan Pugh-Smith
Jonathan Pugh-Smith – GC, funds, Bregal Investments Year of qualification: 2010 Berwin Leighton Paisner, 2008-11 International Justice Mission, 2011-12 Berwin…
‘The PE industry is in a unique position to effect change’ – SilverLake EMEA GC Katherine Brody
Katherine Brody – General counsel (EMEA), Silver Lake Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, 2008-14 Silver Lake, 2014-present Silver Lake…
‘Private equity must be prepared to explain the benefits it brings’ – CD&R’s Simon Tinkler
Simon Tinkler – Senior legal adviser, CD&R Year of qualification: 1993 Clifford Chance, 1995-2022 CD&R, 2022-present Why did you want…
‘In private equity, no day is ever the same’ – Montagu GC Alexandra Openshaw
Alexandra Openshaw – General counsel, Montagu Year of qualification: 2010 Macfarlanes, 2008-15 Winton Group, 2016-23 Montagu, 2023-present Why did you…
‘The DWF take-private was headline-grabbing and justifiably so’ – Inflexion GC Andrew Stevens
Andrew Stevens – General counsel, Inflexion Year of qualification: 2010 Slaughter and May, 2008-13 Och-Ziff Capital Management, 2014-16 HPS Investment…
‘Creating value and preventing value destruction are two sides of the same coin’ – Livingbridge GC Jeremy Dennison
Jeremy Dennison – General counsel, Livingbridge Year of qualification: 2009 Travers Smith, 2007-12 Goodwin Procter, 2012-14 MUSTO, 2014-15 Travers Smith,…
‘I’ve called firms and asked why someone isn’t a partner yet’ – the female GCs shaking up PE
‘No-one should be under any illusion that the hours are fewer, or the work less demanding. You don’t have the…
‘I work with the best M&A lawyers in the world’ – Carlyle’s Heather Mitchell
Heather Mitchell – Partner, chief risk officer, head of EMEA and global general counsel for Investments, Carlyle Squire, Sanders &…
The Private Equity Elite: the top general counsel in PE
What does it take to run the legal team in one of the most profitable deal shops in the world?…
‘I had the time of my life as a trainee at Travers’ – GIC’s Jarlath Pratt
Jarlath Pratt – Assistant GC (Europe), GIC Year of qualification: 2006 Travers Smith, 2006-10 Barclays Capital, 2010-13 GIC, 2013-present Why…