The firm's recruits include Liz Kelly,
group general counsel at Nationwide Building Society; Tim Hamilton, former head of clients and markets at Addleshaw Goddard; and Mike McGrath, one of four founding partners of legacy Pinsents» Manchester office.
According to Robin Saphra,
group general counsel at Colt Group (pictured): «What distinguishes and differentiates a law firm is no longer just quality of legal advice, but how they manage the entire process of providing that advice.
Susan Flook,
Group General Counsel at The Body Shop International, is quoted as saying:
Not exact matches
«The broader detail and the silences in the report should give many people pause and that doesn't seem to have happened yet,» said Emma Channing, the
general counsel at the Argon
Group, which helps projects in the industry raise funds.
«It actually presents a relatively clean issue for the court,» said Lawrence M. Noble, a former top lawyer
at the Federal Election Commission who is now the
general counsel for the Campaign Legal Center, a watchdog
group.
In the same article we reported that while the Citizens United case was pending before the U.S. Supreme Court, Virginia Thomas, the wife of the Justice, created a nonprofit Tea Party advocacy
group, Liberty Central, Inc., with a former lawyer for the Charles G. Koch Foundation, Sarah Field, acting as her
General Counsel and a former Koch lobbyist, Matt Schlapp, serving on her board
at inception.
Prior to joining Vision Critical, she served as
General Counsel at Q9, a provider of outsourced data center services, practiced in the Corporate Group of Baker & McKenzie and held legal counsel positions with several companies, including CanWest Global and General Motors of
Counsel at Q9, a provider of outsourced data center services, practiced in the Corporate
Group of Baker & McKenzie and held legal
counsel positions with several companies, including CanWest Global and General Motors of
counsel positions with several companies, including CanWest Global and
General Motors of Canada.
On Monday, the $ 11.7 billion wealth giant announced that the lawyer
at the centre of the deepening scandal, former
group general counsel and company secretary Brian Salter, has left the company.
Michael Held, Executive Vice President of the Legal
Group, and
General Counsel (Speaker) Date: Wednesday, May 17 (EDT) / Thursday, May 18, 2017 (China Standard Time) Time: 10:30 PM EDT (10:30 AM China Standard Time) Subject: Lawyers and Risk Management Event: Speech
at University of International Business and Economics Organizers: University of International Business and Economics Location: University of International Business and Economics Beijing, China
Mr. Lally's past practice has included successfully representing President George W. Bush before the Miami - Dade and Orange County Boards of Election
at the 2000 Florida Recounts; handling numerous complex corporate reorganizations involving multi-jurisdictional assets; recovering priceless stolen art from an international auction house; restructuring of clients» business affairs to reduce their tax and liability exposure; successfully litigating major elections cases and appeals; representing media
groups in domestic and international litigation; handling complex domestic relations, divorce, and custody matters; serving as
general counsel to numerous corporations in the health care, media, manufacturing, and hospitality industries; and representing parties in multi-national litigation.
COSA also elected three new directors to two - year terms: Lisa M. Freiley is
General Counsel / Director of the Property Casualty Insurance for Education (PACE) program
at the Oregon School Boards Association; Tiffany N. Richardson is the
General Counsel and Director of Policy and Legal Services
at the South Carolina School Boards Association; and Marc L. Terry is a partner in the Labor, Employment and Employee Benefits
Group at Mirick O'Connell in Westborough, Massachusetts.
Before starting her career in education, Leigh was Senior Managing Director in the Investment Management
Group of Bank One (now part of JPMorgan Chase), served as the company's Litigation Director and a division
General Counsel, and practiced law
at the Washington, D.C. firm of Arnold & Porter.
Here's a «Your Dot» essay making this point, written by Robert J. Goldstein, a professor of law
at the United States Military Academy
at West Point, across the Hudson from my town, who has also served as
general counsel for the environmental
group Riverkeeper.
«It has become painfully obvious over the past few years that ALEC is corporate lobby front
group masquerading as a charity —
at taxpayer expense,» said Arn Pearson,
general counsel at CMD.
Our guests to discuss the case and its implications were Neil S. Siegel, associate professor of law
at Duke Law and former law clerk to Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and Mathew D. Staver, president and
general counsel of the anti-abortion group Liberty C
counsel of the anti-abortion
group Liberty
CounselCounsel.
Other speakers include Ylva Lindquist, Vice President &
General Counsel, EMEIA, Xylem Inc, Håkan Broman,
General Counsel and Executive Vice President, NCC
Group, Jonas Jeppsson, Chief Legal Officer
at Widespace AB, and Peter Danowsky, Partner, Danowsky & Partners.
Our
group includes a former
general counsel of the New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), a former deputy
general counsel at the Florida DEP, and a former deputy assistant secretary for water and science
at the U.S. Department of the Interior.
Each year, BTI Consulting
Group surveys more than 300
general counsel at major American corporations and publishes its annual BTI Litigation Outlook report.
Host Shereen Mitwalli (left); with partners Thanos Karvelis and Abdulla Ziad Galadari and senior associate Gerry Rogers; and awards judge Cherine Ghali,
general counsel at Dubai
Group
Mandates encompass being lead Canadian
counsel for the Joint Administrators of Nortel UK and 23 Nortel entities in Europe, Middle East, and Africa regarding the division of Nortel's $ 7 - billion in cash and claims against the Canadian estate; representing Katz
Group Canada
at the Supreme Court of Canada; representing Tim Hortons in a $ 65 - million claim; being class
counsel in a $ 100 - million class action against Canada Cartage Systems Ltd.; and acting for
General Motors Co. dealers in a $ 250 - million multi-party action.
As a former rugby player, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial
Group (MUFG) EMEA
general counsel Stephen Bendall puts teamwork
at the centre of his management of the legal team
at one of the world's five largest banks.
Malaysian bank CIMB's
group general counsel Lee Chin Tok picked up the In - house Counsel of Distinction award at the Emerging Market Awards, for leading his team in the implementation of a company - wide strategic plan to boost growth across CIMB's consumer, commercial and transaction banking
counsel Lee Chin Tok picked up the In - house
Counsel of Distinction award at the Emerging Market Awards, for leading his team in the implementation of a company - wide strategic plan to boost growth across CIMB's consumer, commercial and transaction banking
Counsel of Distinction award
at the Emerging Market Awards, for leading his team in the implementation of a company - wide strategic plan to boost growth across CIMB's consumer, commercial and transaction banking units.
STANLEY MABBITT, previously associate
general counsel at Bank of America, has joined the consumer financial services and mortgage banking
groups based out of both Phoenix and Washington, D.C..
It's important that we do our part to encourage private firms to invest in this talented pool of students and professionals because the work we do today will have a direct and positive impact on the companies where we work and on the shape of the Canadian workforce,» Simon Fish, executive vice president and
general counsel at BMO Financial
Group, tells Legal Feeds.
Star alumni: John Pallett, MP from 1954 to 1962; Sidney Valo, first CEO of the Greater Toronto Airports Authority; Thomas Santram, vice president legal, Cineplex Entertainment LP; Robert Wasserman, director of legal services for Canada and Latin America, Starbucks Coffee Co.; Suzanne Michaud, senior advisory
counsel at RBC law
group; Maria Tassou, vice chairwoman of Criminal Injuries Compensation Board; Liana Turrin, general counsel of Altus Group
group; Maria Tassou, vice chairwoman of Criminal Injuries Compensation Board; Liana Turrin,
general counsel of Altus
Group Group Ltd..
For me, I have sought to apply the lessons in my subsequent roles as
general counsel at Ernst & Young Global and
at the Boston Consulting
Group.
Sole City aviation finance partner Rob Murphy, the global head of asset finance and co-head of the aviation sector
group, is retiring
at the end of the year to join CDB Aviation Lease Finance — the aircraft leasing unit of China Development Bank — as
general counsel and chief operating officer.
Jeremy Barton is a partner and global
general counsel at The Boston Consulting
Group.
Mr. Boock was previously a member of the National Consumer Finance Litigation & Compliance Practice
Group at Akerman Senterfitt LLP in Los Angeles, and prior to that, served as Assistant
General Counsel at Bank of America, N.A. in Los Angeles.
Prior to joining the company, he was vice president and
group counsel of the Specialty Retailing Group at General M
group counsel of the Specialty Retailing
Group at General M
Group at General Mills.
The featured speakers are Michael B. Lachuk, deputy
general counsel and director of the Intellectual Property
Group at Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC); Frank Cuypers, head of intellectual property
at Swiss Re; and Jim Myers, who hosts the IP Master Class and, Heinze writes, «has been lead trial
counsel in a wide variety of patent infringement litigation nationwide.»
Alistair Asher, the
general counsel of the Co-operative
Group, was on a higher basic salary than the average FTSE 30 legal chief even before news of the group's above inflation pay review emerged at the wee
Group, was on a higher basic salary than the average FTSE 30 legal chief even before news of the
group's above inflation pay review emerged at the wee
group's above inflation pay review emerged
at the weekend.
The African in - house community were also well represented
at the event, with major winners including Tammi McMahon - Panther of Procter & Gamble, who was named Junior Corporate
Counsel of the Year, and Josie Lyon of the Protea Hotel
Group, who won the
General Counsel of the Year award.
So I thought I'd share some of tips for success put forth by the
group that included former chief justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Margaret Marshall, Richard Quimby, a litigation partner
at Gonzalez Saggio & Harlan, and Boston Bar Association president Paul Dacier, who is also executive vice president and
general counsel of EMC Corp..
Our consultants have been responsible for placing lawyers
at some of the largest and most prestigious institutions in the world, from entry level roles to Global
Group General Counsel positions.
As Bindu Cudjoe, vice president, deputy
general counsel technology and operations legal, and chief knowledge officer of legal, compliance and security
groups at BMO, pointed out, BMO lawyers are investing time looking
at what the fees were on a matter and what they paid for certain kinds of services.
The
general counsel group at RBC took home the Innovation of the Year award from the inaugural Innovatio Awards presented Sept. 4 by Canadian Lawyer InHouse magazine.
From the complex legal matters involved in IP prosecution and maintenance, to the increasing difficulties media companies, content creators and producers encounter on a daily basis, Lawyer Monthly has been speaking with Jane Hyndman,
General Counsel at Compact Media
Group, this month.
The Former
General Counsel and Vice President of Human Resources
at Sentry
Group and Founding Partner of Ward Norris Heller & Reidy, is a Strategic Addition to the Leadership Team
He moved to Reed Smith in 2012 after 15 years
at Bank of America where he was an associate
general counsel managing the mortgage litigation
group.
Tell us about your decision to leave law practice and start a technology company.My last legal position was deputy
general counsel at MUFG, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial
Group.
This post was written by Rob Thomas, vice president, Market Development
Group, Corporate Legal segment
at Thomson Reuters The recent Legal Week Corporate
Counsel Forum in Surrey provided a look into the latest developments in the in - house profession, from the evolving role of the general counsel, to pressures on law departments to operate more efficien
Counsel Forum in Surrey provided a look into the latest developments in the in - house profession, from the evolving role of the
general counsel, to pressures on law departments to operate more efficien
counsel, to pressures on law departments to operate more efficiently,...
William worked
at Allen & Overy in the City and Burges Salmon in Bristol before becoming
General Counsel and
Group Company Secretary
at AIM - listed renewable energy company Helius Energy plc..
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at 40, Santamaria being the
Group General Counsel of ANZ Bank, the third largest in Australia.
At our general counsel meetings — where we bring together 20 - 30 chief legal officers at a time along with some of the law firms» managing partners — we talk a lot about the specific innovations of the various law firms in the group, and even come up with ways the firms can further innovate to drive value for our GC group and the in - house community overal
At our
general counsel meetings — where we bring together 20 - 30 chief legal officers
at a time along with some of the law firms» managing partners — we talk a lot about the specific innovations of the various law firms in the group, and even come up with ways the firms can further innovate to drive value for our GC group and the in - house community overal
at a time along with some of the law firms» managing partners — we talk a lot about the specific innovations of the various law firms in the
group, and even come up with ways the firms can further innovate to drive value for our GC
group and the in - house community overall.
So the Center kicked off in September 2016 and the Center for Innovation is one of the recommendations that came out of the ABA Commission on the Future of Legal Services report and that recommendation was adopted by the ABA Board of Governors and we kicked off this fall and that's as Ed had mentioned that we're both involved with that, that's another
group where when we attend those meetings I feel like a child sitting
at the grown - ups table with the individuals who are involved with —
general counsel from some of the largest companies in the world, law school dean, just amazing
group of people.
Several recent key hires
at Elevate include Jack Diggle, previously head of strategy for the legal
group at Barclays; Dan Coll, who managed Oracle's legal operations
group as Associate
General Counsel; Howard «Bud» Phillips, previously CIO of LeClairRyan; and James Odell, formerly Chief Operating Officer of Australia and South East Asia for Baker & McKenzie.
The 2018 Exemplar Honorees are Bradley Gayton,
Group Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer and
General Counsel at Ford Motor Company; Deborah Majoras, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary
at Procter & Gamble and John Gleeson, Partner
at Debevoise & Plimpton.
A
group of other senior Avvo executives, including
general counsel Josh King, chief financial officer Monica Williams, chief product officer Sachin Bhatia, and chief technology officer Kevin Goldsmith, plan to leave the company
at the same time.