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• Shearman & Sterling senior partner shifts to GC role at Citigroup

  Apr 06 2012 The senior partner at Shearman & Sterling, Rohan Weerasinghe, has announced that he is leaving the firm to take up a role as the general counsel at Citigroup.... more

• The Times publishes list of 100 most influential lawyers in Great Britain

  Mar 22 2012 The Times has published its annual list of the most influential lawyers in Great Britain. The Times Law 100 includes includes judges, charity executives, human... more

• Siemans UK hires former Vodafone commercial legal director as general counsel

  Mar 16 2012 Siemens UK has hired Claire Carless as its general counsel for Great Britain, calling her away from her former post as Vodafone’s commercial legal director. The new... more

• Practical Perspectives on Scoping Legal Projects

  Jan 06 2012 Legal Project Management (LPM) assigns extraordinary importance to providing legal services that deliver value as perceived by the client. Yet over and again we... more

• Rumours say Gerson Zweifach will be appointed next GC at News Corp

  Dec 31 2011 Rumour has it that Gerson Zweifach, a partner at Williams & Connolly in Washington, D.C., is set to become the next general counsel at media giant News Corporation.... more

• One in three firms and corporate counsel plan to add staff in first quarter of 2012

  Dec 31 2011 Around one third of law firms and corporate counsel in the US plan to add legal staff in the first quarter of 2012, according to the quarterly Robert Half Legal Hiring... more

• Pillsbury associate leaves to become general counsel in Chinese security firm

  Dec 28 2011 A senior associate in Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman’s Washington DC office has been hired as the general counsel at client company China Security & Surveillance... more

• Coca Cola GC Geoffrey Kelly steps down

  Dec 21 2011 The general counsel at Coca Cola, Geoffrey Kelly, has announced his retirement from the role after a 42-year career with the company. Kelly joined Coca-Cola in 1970... more

• Herbert Smith boosts Paris infrastructure practice with A&O hire

  Dec 04 2011 Herbert Smith has boosted its energy and infrastructure practice in Paris with the hire of partner Christophe Lefort, who was previously the general counsel at French... more

• Legendary Entertainment hires partner from Munger, Tolles & Olson as GC

  Nov 30 2011 Burbank-based media company Legendary Entertainment has hired J. Martin Willhite as its general counsel. Legendary has offerings in film, television and comics, and... more

• GCs comment on the Hungarian pharmaceuticals industry

  Nov 21 2011 The pharmaceutical market in Emerging Europe is clearly facing a need for realignment with pressing issues of reduced health care expenditure, governmental cost... more

• GC at Boeing leads $18bn deal with Emirates Airlines

  Nov 16 2011 The General Counsel at Boeing, J. Michael Luttig, is leading an in-house team that will guide the largest sale of aircraft in the company’s 95 year history. The deal... more

• Robert Half Legal compares US and Canadian salary statistics

  Oct 25 2011 Legal placement firm Robert Half Legal has released its annual Salary Guide, which tracks trends in legal compensation and hiring in the US and Canada. The survey... more

• US venture capital firm creates in-house legal department in India with Amarchand hire

  Sep 19 2011 US venture capital firm Bessemer Venture Partners has created an in-house legal department in India with the hire of Amarchand Mangaldas principal associate Karan... more

• US general counsel pay on the rise

  Aug 01 2011 A survey on the compensation of general counsel by legal publication Corporate Counsel has shown that pay for chief legal officers has made some recovery after a... more

• A&O GC sentenced to more than 15 years prison for fraud

  Jul 29 2011 The former general counsel for A&O Resource Management Ltd, Russell Mackert, has been sentenced to more than 15 years in prison for his role in scheme that defrauded... more

• Bye, Bye, Miss American Pie. Susan Hackett Moves to New Role.

  Jun 16 2011 What a bombshell! It’s true: after 22 years, Susan Hackett, gloriously outspoken, brilliant, and forward-thinking general counsel has announced that she is leaving... more

• Study reveals controversial billing practices at large firms

  Jun 10 2011 A new study looking into law firm billings has armed general counsel with information that will help them to negotiate reduced fees. The study, conducted by legal... more

• Mergers point to shift in legal services industry

  Jan 02 2011 Two recent mergers have highlighted changing currents in the legal services industry. Thomson Reuters' purchase of legal-process outsourcing firm Pangea3 and Axiom... more

• Recruitment strategy - looking beyond grades and status

  Nov 15 2010 Indiana law professor Bill Henderson has predicted changes to the way that law firms go about their hiring. He says that the traditional approach of hiring graduates... more

• Three firms assist in negotiations for potential $3bn CommScope deal

  Oct 26 2010 Telecommunications equipment maker CommScope is negotiating with The Carlyle Group regarding a potential transaction that would result in CommScope becoming a private... more

• Four firms lead on Unilever's US$3.7bn acquisition

  Sep 28 2010 Cravath, Swaine & Moore, Slaughter and May, Sidley Austin and Latham & Watkins have taken lead roles on the $3.7 billion all-cash acquisition of leading US hair... more

• Barclays poaches top talent Erica Handling from Ashurst

  Sep 24 2010 Barclays Capital has hired Ashurst head of securities and structured finance Erica Handling, appointing her to the role general counsel. Ashurst senior partner... more

• US securities firm Jefferies Group hires new GC from WilmerHale

  Sep 22 2010 New York securities firm Jefferies Group Inc has hired Michael J Sharp as general counsel. Sharp leaves the partnership at WilmerHale to join the company, where he has... more

• European GCs say the party is over

  Sep 20 2010 At a roundtable discussion at London's College of Law yesterday, general counsel from major corporations including Royal Dutch Shell, Nokia Corporation, and British... more

• Discretionary bonuses dropping, says US survey on in-house lawyers

  Sep 06 2010 A survey into compensation for in-house counsel has reported that pay has dropped across the board in the past year, and even top lawyers at major corporations are... more

• Dewey & LeBoeuf encourage diversity in outside counsel

  Aug 25 2010 Dewey & LeBoeuf have been promoting diversity beyond their own offices, sending letters to general counsel encouraging them seek diverse (female, ethnic minority or... more

• In House lawyers and general counsels under pressure to cut costs

  Aug 18 2010 The 2010 Legal Department Benchmarking Report has revealed that in-house legal departments and general counsels in Australia and New Zealand are under pressure to... more

• Legal Project Management Moves In-House

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• Neeta Sanghavi, Country Counsel, UBS

  Jun 15 2010 Issues a company’s General Counsel faces with the changing trends in the Indian capital markets With investors ready to invest in the Indian markets from all... more

• Survey finds lawyers charge different fees for different clients

  May 26 2010 A new survey examines the billing practices of over 4000 law firms, 50,000 individual billers and 18.9 million invoice items, to find that firms are charging different... more

• AIG asks ex-Lehman lawyer Thomas Russo to be next general counsel

  Jan 12 2010 US insurance giant American International Group Inc. (AIG) has asked Thomas A. Russo, former legal affairs chief at Lehman Brothers, to be its next general counsel,... more

• Freshfields hires former Bank of America Deputy GC David Onorato

  Jul 14 2009 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, which launched its US litigation practice in January, has added a new hire: David Onorato, the former deputy general counsel for Bank... more