Ben Wheway

Ben Wheway

Ben joined Legal Week from the Press Association in 2005 and has since held a number of roles including news editor, online managing editor, production editor and bassist in Legal Week's in-house covers band The Scoops.

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September 14, 2018 | International Edition

RPC secures 'major coup' for regulatory team with hire of former colleague of new SFO director

Sam Tate, EMEA anti-corruption head at financial crime consultancy Exiger, joins RPC as a partner

By Andrew Messios

3 minute read

September 12, 2018 | International Edition

Conditions of ex-SFO chief's move to Slaughter and May revealed

Letter from vetting committee also reveals Slaughters outbid three firms to secure role on multimillion-pound Tchenguiz brothers litigation

By Ben Wheway

3 minute read

September 11, 2018 | International Edition

Ripple GC leaves blockchain network to join crypto-payments startup as legal chief

Former PayPal and eBay lawyer takes new GC role amid legal claims against blockchain network

By Andrew Messios

2 minute read

September 07, 2018 | International Edition

Sponsored post: find out about the latest legal technology trends at ndElevate EMEA

NetDocuments' annual summit, ndElevate 2018, is taking place in London on 12 September

By NetDocuments

1 minute read

September 05, 2018 | International Edition

'We're already taking work away from the magic circle' – what lawyers really think about Brexit

While law firms are publicly putting on a brave face over Brexit, the private views of many lawyers paint a very different picture

By Legal Week

5 minute read

September 03, 2018 | International Edition

DLA bolsters London insurance and construction teams with RPC and Pinsents partner hires

Firm makes senior addition to City insurance team with hire of RPC partner Rebecca Hopkirk

By Legal Week

2 minute read

August 31, 2018 | International Edition

The British Legal Awards 2018: will you be among this year's in-house winners?

One week until deadline for entries for British Legal Awards 2018

By Legal Week

2 minute read

August 23, 2018 | International Edition

GDPR three months on: what have we learned since the new data privacy rules took effect?

Nuix EMEA regional counsel William Mitchell talks to Legal Week publishing director John Malpas about data privacy and GDPR

By Legal Week

1 minute read

August 10, 2018 | International Edition

The Legal Week Innovation Awards 2018: who won what... and why

A full rundown of all the winners at this year's Legal Week Innovation Awards

By Legal Week

3 minute read

August 08, 2018 | International Edition

A crisis hits: strategies for GCs to manage what happens next...

A crisis presents an opportunity for in-house lawyers to demonstrate the commercial value they bring to their business

By Jeremy Drew

3 minute read


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