BP group general counsel Bondy to join Reckitt Benckiser
Longstanding BP GC Rupert Bondy to take up new role at consumer goods giant
October 24, 2016 at 06:22 AM
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BP group general counsel (GC) Rupert Bondy is leaving the oil giant to join FTSE 100 consumer goods company Reckitt Benckiser.
Bondy, who has been group GC at BP since 2008, has resigned from his position and is set to leave by the end of the year.
He started his career in private practice, working for Morrison & Foerster in San Francisco and London, before joining legacy Lovells in 1994. He moved in-house to join pharma company SmithKline Beecham in 1995 as senior counsel for M&A and following the 2000 merger with GlaxoWellcome, was appointed GC of GlaxoSmithKline.
Bondy's time in charge of BP's legal team was eventful, encompassing the 2010 Macondo oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. US firms Kirkland & Ellis and Arnold & Porter won key roles for BP in the aftermath of the spill, defending it from damages claims that ran into billions of dollars in the US courts, while Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer partner Mark Rawlinson also played a key role, advising BP's board on its response to the disaster.
He also oversaw panel reviews in 2011 and 2014. BP's most recent UK roster includes Linklaters, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Herbert Smith Freehills, Norton Rose Fulbright, CMS Cameron McKenna, Pinsent Masons, Olswang, Addleshaw Goddard and Ashurst.
Reckitt Benckiser has been without a permanent GC since last year, when Bill Mordan left after 12 years at the company to become GC and corporate secretary at Shire.
Bondy already has links to Reckitt Benckiser as a result of the company's 2014 demerger of Invidior, its addiction control-focused pharma division, a move which saw him take a role on Indivior's board as an independent director.
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