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Emap GC Folland quits for DIY group

Emap is on the hunt for a new general counsel after current legal chief Nick Folland announced he is to leave the media giant to join DIY retail group Kingfisher. Folland, who has also worked in-house at Cable & Wireless, left Emap last week (5 April) after almost six years with the company.
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Corporate Counsel: Private equity, public scrutiny

Lawyers who make the move from private practice to industry often say that they want to be 'in the thick of it', but the growing band of senior corporate counsel operating in private equity must sometimes wonder whether you can have too much of a good thing.
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City elite eye Lloyds roles as bank targets capital markets

One of the UK's largest banks, Lloyds TSB, is searching for law firms to provide it with capital markets advice as it prepares to ramp up its activity in the sector. City firms are queuing up to secure work from the bank, which is restructuring its operations to focus on the capital markets sector and is keen to increase the number of advisers it uses. Early indications suggest its current 10-firm capital markets adviser roster will double.
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Drinks giant GC Crutcher calls time

Brown-Forman, the parent company of iconic drinks brand Jack Daniel's, has announced the retirement of its veteran general counsel, Michael Crutcher. Crutcher, who joined the company in1989 as general counsel and company secretary from Kirkpatrick & Lockhart - now K&L Gates - will retire at the end of August.
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International Edition

Law Society in push for Whitehall PC fees

The Law Society is attempting to force Government lawyers to pay for practising certificates (PCs) in a controversial move that could gift the body around £1m a year.
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International Edition

Ex-Linklaters chief quits Nomura GC role

Former Linklaters managing partner Terence Kyle retired this week from investment bank Nomura after three years as its general counsel. Kyle will be joining forces with mentoring consultants IDDAS on his departure. No successor has been named as yet, but the heads of transaction legal, corporate legal and compliance - respectively Colin Blackmore, Mark Chapman and David Gordon - will share the role until a replacement is found.
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International Edition

JP Morgan's Hailes to head up high-level risk group

JP Morgan assistant general counsel Tim Hailes has been named as the chairman of a high-level capital markets working party that is attempting to create industry standards to manage risky financial products. Hailes was appointed to the newly-created position of group global chairman earlier this month.
2 minute read

International Edition

Clyde & Co Dubai head joins insurance company

International General Insurance Holdings has appointed Clyde & Co's Dubai office head, Jonathan Silver, as one of two new members of its board. The underwriting and reinsurance company, which is registered in the Dubai International Financial Centre, has total assets in excess of $240m (£122m). Silver joins the board of 11 directors alongside Hani Tarazi, former managing partner of the United Arab Emirates branch of Deloitte & Touche.
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International Edition

Tyco to groom 10 hopefuls as senior European lawyers

International conglomerate Tyco is taking on trainees for the first time in an effort to foster legal talent in its junior ranks. The manufacturing giant is bolstering its ranks of lawyers in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) with the hire of 10 'legal specialists' who will work as paralegals while being groomed for positions as regional in-house lawyers at the company.
2 minute read

International Edition

Corporate Counsel: Red tape looms large on general counsels' need-to-know wishlist

Corporate governance and mounting red tape are firmly at the top of clients' agenda when it comes to getting help from outside advisers, according to new research.
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