Stephanie Hamon

Former Barclays legal executive Stephanie Hamon is joining Norton Rose Fulbright to launch a legal operations consulting practice.

Hamon, who left Barclays in May this year, will lead the division, which is due to launch in August 2019 and will offer advice to in-house legal teams on strategic legal consulting, legal operations and legal operations delivery.

Hamon was previously managing director and head of external engagement, legal, at Barclays, where she began in 2015. She has also held the role of head of business development in Clifford Chance's Hong Kong office for nearly three years from 2010, and before that was in the Magic Circle firm's Paris office, first as client relationship manager and then as director of strategy and business development.

Hamon said in a statement: "A GC or legal team has two roles. First, advising on legal risks and opportunities. Second, supporting their company's wider objectives as a business partner. There are lots of advisers who help manage legal risk, but very few who help with being an effective business partner."

Norton Rose Fulbright global head of business and global sponsor of NRF Martin McCann, added that the new practice would "get us closer to clients".

"The better we understand our clients' complete needs, the better we are able to service each aspect of the work we do for them. This will give us maximum insight into clients' most pressing concerns, and the opportunities to really add value across all of the work we do."