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 railways legal.
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.
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 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Herbert Smith Freehills.
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 provide legal services to the business’.
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 London.
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.
Continue reading “Andrew Levy – Stagecoach UK Bus & Rail Group”
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 a registered presence.
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.
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 other side of the fence. After 25 years in private practice, he provides a very good perspective’.
Continue reading “Andrew Bardot – International Group of P&I Clubs”
Sainsbury’s
Nick Grant created the Sainsbury’s Legal Community in 2011, which involves multiple firms collaborating to provide advice. Thirteen firms carry out 99% of Sainsbury’s externally sourced legal work, including Linklaters, Addleshaw Goddard, SNR Denton and Bond Dickinson.
