City of London Law Society recruits first-ever chief exec with Bar Council hire
The City of London Law Society (CLLS) has appointed a chief executive for the first time with current Bar Council chief executive David Hobart set to take up the new role in May. Hobart will step down from his role at the Bar Council in the same month to take up the new job. He has been chief executive of the Bar Council since 2004, leading its policy development and management.
January 10, 2011 at 10:50 AM
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The City of London Law Society (CLLS) has appointed a chief executive for the first time with current Bar Council chief executive David Hobart set to take up the new role in May.
Hobart will step down from his role at the Bar Council in the same month to take up the new job. He has been chief executive of the Bar Council since 2004, leading its policy development and management.
The CLLS is currently headed by chairman David McIntosh, who is set to step down in June, when the role will be shared between the new chief executive and a new chair yet to be appointed.
The Bar Council is yet to announce who will take over from Hobart as chief executive.
McIntosh said: "I am delighted that the CLLS has been able to recruit someone of the standing of David Hobart at a time when it is important to consolidate and advance the society's role on behalf of all its members, including the majority of the UK's leading commercial law firms."
Prior to joining the Bar Council, Hobart was the assistant chief of the defence staff in the Ministry of Defence with responsibility for the development of British defence policy between 2001 and 2004.
The CLLS currently has a membership of more than 14,000 City solicitors across 58 corporate firms, including 12 US firms.
The society announced in March last year that Kirkland & Ellis, Sullivan & Cromwell, Latham & Watkins and White & Case had all signed up to its membership.
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