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Apple seeking general counsel for EMEA

Apple is on the hunt for a new general counsel for Europe, the Middle East and Africa to bolster the tech company's legal function outside the US. The computer giant does not currently have a general counsel for the region.
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International Edition

Which? makes informed choice with first law panel

Which? magazine, famous for giving consumers impartial advice on products from cars to washing machines, has reviewed its own legal line-up to create its first formal panel. The magazine and campaigning body has named five firms on a new line-up after its first-ever formal review of outside counsel.
2 minute read

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Motorola calls out for new UK head of legal

US telecoms giant Motorola is on the hunt for a new UK head of legal after Palwinder Hare announced that he is to leave the company. Hare moved to Motorola in 1999 after qualifying at legacy firm Wilde Sapte and working in-house at GEC Alstom and BTR (now Invensys). He will be leaving at the end of the month but would not comment on his next career move.
2 minute read

International Edition

Corporate Counsel: Local bank, local lawyers

HSBC law chief Richard Bennett explains why his team thinks local and avoids empire-building. Michelle Madsen reports Soaring up over Docklands and boasting one of the best views in London, HSBC's glittering City headquarters are not what you would immediately imagine when thinking of your local bank.
6 minute read

International Edition

Barclays gets Datacert aid with panel review

Barclays has introduced a new IT system to help it cut down legal costs. The bank will use technology provided by US company Datacert, which allows it to compare cost information and staffing details from its external counsel in its current panel review. Barclays is the first UK business to use the system. Andrew Dey, head of operations at Barclays legal and compliance, said: "It will allow us to make in-depth considerations with much more information at our fingertips."
1 minute read

International Edition

Ex-Monster GC faces jail sentence as stock options scandal rumbles on

A group of high-profile general counsel have found themselves in the firing line as the share options scandal currently dogging corporate counsel continues across the US. In the latest chapter of the controversy, employment giant Monster's ex-general counsel, Myron Olesnyckyj, has pleaded guilty to criminal charges involving stock-option backdating and tech-company BEA Systems general counsel Bob Donohue has been demoted.
3 minute read

International Edition

Corporate Counsel: City giants still fall short of commercial hype, warn clients

Quality is not yet a given, warn corporate counsel, who report that advisers are still not living up to their own sales pitch for commercial know-how. Michelle Madsen examines the findings of the latest Verdict survey Law firm claims of commercial savvy are failing to convince their audience, say clients, who argue that even basic quality of work from major City firms cannot yet be taken for granted.
4 minute read

International Edition

Tyco names Reinsdorf as new general counsel

Tyco International has announced that general counsel William Lytton is to retire and will be replaced by in the role by former Tyco company secretary Judith Reinsdorf. Reinsdorf, who returns to the company after two years as general counsel at computer science company CS Bard, will report to chief executive Ed Breen and takes up her new post on 12 March.
2 minute read

International Edition

GE to ditch e-tendering to 'deepen relationships' in Euro panel review

General Electric (GE) is turning its back on its controversial online auction tender process as it embarks upon a review of its European advisers. GE, one of the world's biggest companies, has launched a review of its European legal panel and hopes to complete the process by the end of the summer. But the company will not be using the innovative eBay-style auction method in which firms attempt to outbid each other by lowering fee rates in real time to secure panel work.
2 minute read

International Edition

BLP partner takes Morgan Stanley secondment

Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) has seconded another partner to a client, sending property partner Robert Bindless to Morgan Stanley Real Estate as the legal team's acting UK head of finance.
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