Suzanne Wise – Network Rail
Suzanne Wise General counsel and company secretary Network Rail Suzanne Wise joined Network Rail as general counsel earlier in January 2012.
Kate Staples – Civil Aviation Authority
Kate Staples General counsel and secretary Civil Aviation Authority Kate Staples’ industry experience is broad and extensive: she joined the Civil Aviation Authority as general counsel and secretary in September 2010. Previously, she earned her stripes at the Department for Transport, with roles including head of aviation legal from May 2006, and head of …
Kevin Bourque – DVB Bank
Kevin Bourque Senior vice president and counsel DVB Bank Kevin Bourque leads the legal team at DVB Bank, which specialises in financing transport assets. With an external legal spend of between £20m and £40m he is sole in-house counsel but has four secondees from his law firm panel.
Carol Hui – Heathrow
Carol Hui General counsel and executive director Heathrow Carol Hui heads a team of 12 lawyers and four secondees taken from some of Heathrow’s seven panel firms, firms that are mainly used for M&A deals, bond issues and major litigation. Heathrow is currently in the process of disposing of Stansted Airport, and is using …
Keith Austin – DHL
Keith Austin Vice president and head of legal UKIEEMEA DHL As head of legal at DHL since 2006, Keith Austin leads a team of 30 lawyers across seven countries spanning Europe and the Middle East. He particularly enjoys ‘supporting a team which consistently achieves great employee opinion survey results, which reflect the way we …
Howard Carter – Transport for London
Howard Carter General counsel Transport for London Transport for London’s general counsel, Howard Carter, deals with a broad range of legal issues from large commercial projects and property to employment, public law and disputes. Heading a team of 75 lawyers, he effectively runs a full-service firm, located at TfL’s Windsor House HQ in central …
Andrew Levy – Stagecoach UK Bus & Rail Group
Andrew Levy Legal director Stagecoach UK Bus & Rail Group Andrew Levy’s small legal team advises Stagecoach across its three main divisions, which account for 12% of the UK rail market, 20% of the UK bus market and a coach business across both sides of the Atlantic.
Andrew Winterton – easyJet
Andrew Winterton Head of legal and compliance easyJet Andrew Winterton’s team advises on a host of contentious and non-contentious matters, ranging from M&A and competition to contract and consumer law. He manages the panel of UK-based legal advisers but also uses local firms in other jurisdictions, forming mini panels in countries where easyJet has …
Andrew Garner – Associated British Ports
Andrew Garner General counsel Associated British Ports Andrew Garner heads the legal division of Britain’s largest port operator. He was appointed in 2005, and successfully navigated Associated British Ports through a multibillion-pound takeover in 2006 by a consortium of private investors, which included Goldman Sachs and Prudential.
Andrew Bardot – International Group of P&I Clubs
Andrew Bardot Secretary and executive officer International Group of P&I Clubs As executive officer of International Group of P&I Clubs since 2006, Andrew Bardot is secretary of a body that insures 90% of the world’s oceangoing fleet. One private practitioner describes him as ‘one of the top private practitioners looking at things from the …
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