In-house moves: 

Energy and services company Centrica has appointed a new general counsel and company secretary, after Grant Dawson's retirement after 22 years at the company. Deputy group GC Justine Campbell has now taken on the role after two years at the company. She held previous GC roles at British Gas, Vodafone UK and Telefonica, and began her legal career at magic circle firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer.

Estate agency Nested.com has hired Katie Cosgrove as its new general counsel. Cosgrove joins from car sales company Carwow, where she was general counsel and group company secretary since January 2018. Having begun her legal career at Freshfields, Cosgrove spent just over two years at ZPG before taking up her role at Carwow, and before that worked in-house at Sony Computer Entertainment Europe.

Corporate Legal Operations Consortium (CLOC) has appointed Mary O'Carroll as its new president, following Connie Brenton's resignation from the role at the start of the year. O'Carroll joins from Google where she was director of legal operations, technology and strategy.

UK infrastructure group Balfour Beatty has hired Tesco's legal director of finance, corporate and technology Jonathan Lagan as its new general counsel, after current GC David Mercer announced his retirement. Lagan leaves Tesco after nearly a decade at the company. Before that, he spent four years at Shearman & Sterling as a senior associate in its London office.

Provident Financial has hired Charley Davies as group general counsel and company secretary, following Ken Mullins' retirement after 11 years at the company. Davies joins from Cabot Credit Management, where she was general counsel since 2014. She began her legal career at Clifford Chance, and she has held in-house roles at National Australia Bank, Royal & SunAlliance, and Lockton Companies International. Before joining Cabot Credit, she was a partner at RPC for almost two years.

In-house updates:

Deliveroo chief legal officer Rob Miller has left the company after just 12 months. The former Fieldfisher lawyer joined Deliveroo at the start of 2018 from tech startup company Improbable. Current Deliveroo vice-president of global communications and policy Thea Rogers will now become chief communications, policy and legal officer.

Digital bank Monzo has reviewed its legal panel, appointing three firms to the roster. Hogan Lovells, Taylor Wessing and Simmons & Simmons have won places on the panel, which runs from the start of 2019. Simmons will advise on matters including intellectual property and employment law, Hogan Lovells will cover regulatory and compliance issues, and Taylor Wessing will handle corporate fundraising matters.

Insurer Aviva is set to review its Group and Aviva Investors legal panels. The insurance company last reviewed its group panel in 2017, and its Aviva Investors panel the previous year.

Jaguar Land Rover is cutting its global workforce, with the restructuring likely to affect its legal team. The company announced it would be reducing its global workforce by about 4,500 people as part of its aim to deliver £2.5bn in cost reductions and cashflow improvements over 18 months.

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