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The italian job - Telecom Italia's GC on one of Europe's most eventful in-house roles
By Alex Aldridge | July 29, 2010
Life at Telecom Italia (TI) is rarely dull. Italy's largest telecoms company is currently embroiled in two major scandals, each containing enough intrigue and drama to fulfil the war story quota of TI general counsel and company secretary Antonino Cusimano for a good few years. Not that he can share such tales publicly, of course. The first involves illegal gathering of personal information. Between 2001 and 2006 the phones of more than 5,000 Italians - among them journalists, politicians and other prominent individuals - were allegedly tapped. Since the scandal was uncovered four years ago there have been a host of arrests, including that of TI's former head of security, Giuliano Tavaroli.
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'The people at Freshfields knew I was trying to write a novel: that spurred me on'
By Legal Week | July 16, 2010
Freshfields associate Jonathan Lee, whose first novel 'Who is Mr Satoshi?' was published this month, on book readings, the Jeremy Kyle show and his fear of being perceived as pretentious....
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Dealmaker: David Aitman
By Legal Week | July 7, 2010
Freshfields antitrust co-head on his concert pianist dreams and the bishop keeping his kids in line...
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Five-star service - InterContinental Hotels GC in profile
By Alex Aldridge | July 7, 2010
Customers of the Indigo boutique hotel chain expect a certain level of service whichever country they are in. The same principle applies to users of the 50-strong legal team at InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG), whose seven brands include the Indigo network. Indeed, George Turner, the group's general counsel and company secretary, identifies the need to provide a consistent service as one of his main challenges. And there has been plenty of work for him and his team to wrestle with of late.
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Dealmaker: Phillip Slater
By Legal Week | June 24, 2010
Reed Smith finance partner Phillip Slater on his Soviet shenanigans and the lessons learned from Mr Fox...
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Flexibility key to success - the issues set to shape the future of law
By Legal Week | June 18, 2010
Keystone Law partner William Robins, Wragge & Co partner Jonathan Chamberlain and Badenoch & Clark senior manager Colin Loth discuss the issues that will shape the future of legal services...
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Dealmaker: Matthew Dening
By Legal Week | June 15, 2010
Sidley structured products partner and tragic Wolves reject Matthew Dening counts the 'colleague cost'...
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No lack of resources - ENRC's legal chief in profile
By Alex Aldridge | May 19, 2010
While most companies have spent the recession battening down the hatches, the Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation (ENRC) has been in expansion mode. Last month the FTSE 100 natural resources company, whose main assets are located in Kazakhstan, underlined its intentions to go global by purchasing a 12% stake in Northern Platinum, a South African platinum company. The move follows ENRC's acquisition last year of Camec, a copper and cobalt producer in the Democratic Republic of Congo, for £584m and prior purchase of 50% stakes in Brazil's BML iron ore project and the Xinjiang Tuoli Taihang Ferro-Alloy ferrochrome operations in China.
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Dealmaker: Paul Dolman
By Legal Week | May 6, 2010
Travers private equity partner Paul Dolman feels the warranty rage before cooling off with a damp towel...
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Powering into the FTSE 100
By Alex Aldridge | April 28, 2010
In December last year, energy company Aggreko joined the heavyweights of the stock market, entering the FTSE 100 for the first time following an 18% rise in its share price. For the company's director of legal affairs, Peter Kennerley, who joined from Scottish & Newcastle in October 2008, it feels good to be back. "When I was in the process of moving from Scottish & Newcastle [a FTSE 100 company until it was de-listed following its takeover by Heineken and Carlsberg in April 2008], my chief executive, Rupert Soames, joked that if I came on board he'd guarantee we would get into the FTSE 100. So it looks like he's fulfilled that side of the bargain," he says.
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