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LB100: Main table 2020
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Farewell to an outstanding editor
Today marks Alex Novarese’s last day at Legal Business before leaving the company for new challenges elsewhere. Alex has been an outstanding editor of the magazine for more than seven years. Under his leadership, Legal Business has gone from strength to strength, ushering in a brand new digital platform, a complete overhaul of content and …
Leadership and development
Philip Price TP ICAP Team size: 120 Major legal advisers: Allen & Overy, Herbert Smith Freehills, K&L Gates, Linklaters, Mayer Brown, Osborne Clarke, PwC, Sidley Austin, Simmons & Simmons, Squire Patton Boggs, Travers Smith ‘We try and do what we call “brilliant basics”,’ TP ICAP executive director and group general counsel (GC) Philip Price …
Operations and procurement
Vincent Cordo Shell Team size: 30 Major legal advisers: Allen & Overy, Baker McKenzie, Clifford Chance, Eversheds Sutherland, Norton Rose Fulbright, Reed Smith Appropriate fee arrangements (AFAs) are now used on 100% of Shell’s new external instructions. The overall average for AFAs – including all legacy matters – teeters between 80-85%. For context, fellow …
Interview with… Dan Kayne
Dan Kayne General counsel (regions) Network Rail Why change how you run your panel? Lawyers are likely to be very different in the next decade because disruption across the industry is giving GCs more choice while societal pressures are demanding a different kind of approach. Great lawyers used to be have been described as ‘T-shaped’, …
Ethics and governance
Andrew Eames St Modwen Properties Team size: Nine Major legal advisers: Burges Salmon, Eversheds Sutherland, Gowling WLG, Mayer Brown, Osborne Clarke, Pinsent Masons, Shoosmiths
Interview with… Paul Lister
Paul Lister Director of legal services and company secretary Associated British Foods How difficult was it to adjust to a corporate responsibility role, even if it looks like compliance? Very. The legal team’s values are rigour and integrity, and we decided early on they should be the values of the ethics and CR teams. It …
Societal change and the big picture
Elspeth Vincent Ecotricity Team size: Three lawyers Major legal advisers: Dentons, Lewis Silkin, TLT Elspeth Vincent practises what she preaches: she cares about environmental sustainability, carving out a career as a renewables and environmental lawyer since 2008 before going in-house to ultimately become head of legal at green energy firm Ecotricity.