The AA appoints former A&O lawyer as first GC following public listing
The AA has appointed former Allen & Overy lawyer Mark Millar as its general counsel and company secretary, three months after being floated on the London Stock Exchange.
September 17, 2014 at 07:08 PM
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The AA has appointed former Allen & Overy lawyer Mark Millar as its general counsel and company secretary, three months after being floated on the London Stock Exchange.
The appointment, which came into effect on 8 September, was announced to the market yesterday (17 September) and is the first time the roadside recovery group has had a general counsel.
Millar joins from Domino's Pizza, where he was also general counsel and company secretary, having moved to the company in February 2013. He was previously the chief lawyer at media company and magazine group Future, where he had been based since 2002.
Prior to his time in-house, Millar worked as an associate at Allen & Overy and Simmons & Simmons.
At Domino's, UK head of legal Jayne Fearn has been promoted to the general counsel role, while Paul Waters has been appointed to fill Millar's company secretary duties on an interim basis.
AA's accelerated £1.4bn initial public offering (IPO) on the London Stock Exchange in June took the company out of the hands of parent company Acromas, the private equity-backed company created through the merger of AA and retirement over-50s holiday company and insurer Saga in 2007.
When the AA was in private hands, the company's legal affairs were headed by Acromas general counsel Lesley Hurst, with financial controller Rob Scott handling the company secretary role.
AA's public listing yielded roles for Covington & Burling, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom, and Pinsent Masons.
Clifford Chance took the headline role for the AA and its selling shareholders, with corporate partner David Pearson leading a team alongside capital markets senior associate Tony Lally.
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