NEXT
Sign in to follow

International Edition

Former Alcatel-Lucent GC takes on key Motorola role

Former Alcatel-Lucent general counsel Richard Pithcaethly has bagged a role as vice president and UK legal director for mobile phone giant Motorola, Legal Week can reveal.
2 minute read

International Edition

Tyco names new GC in LatAm overhaul

Tyco International has named compliance counsel Francisco Hernandez as its new general counsel for Latin America and the Caribbean, as the global conglomerate overhauls its regional legal team.
2 minute read

International Edition

Corporate Counsel: Tender mercies

As a consultant to law departments on more than a dozen competitive bids, I have found few that do efficient reviews of the responses they get to their formal requests for proposals (RFPs) for outside counsel. Many different techniques and methodologies are used in these reviews and not all of them are productive. Corporate law departments do not compare notes much, and law firms stay quiet about competitive bid processes, so it is difficult for either side to make the best possible use of this potentially very helpful tool. To remedy that gap (at least partially), here are seven innovative tips for conducting competitive bids.
8 minute read

International Edition

Software giant McAfee names new GC

Software giant McAfee has named Mark Cochran as its new general counsel, it was announced last night (10 September). Cochran joins the security technology company from tech market rival Hyperion, where he had been general counsel and company secretary since 2005.
1 minute read

International Edition

Corporate Counsel Q&A: Is pay the only way to reward my star performers?

What is the best way to distinguish and reward talent in a small in-house department without de-motivating the rest of the team? Is it all about pay, or are there better ways of rewarding the best people?
1 minute read

International Edition

Lawyers receive jobs pledge as banks remain defiant in face of credit crunch

Some of the City's top banks have pledged to avoid cutting legal staff in the wake of the current credit turmoil, despite mounting pressure on commercial jobs in the structured finance arena. Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) deputy general counsel Chris Campbell said that the state of the market would have "categorically no effect" on RBS's legal team, despite the bank last week announcing that it is to scale back its collateralised debt obligations team.
2 minute read

International Edition

BSkyB boosts career prospects for legal team with promotions revamp

BSkyB has overhauled its legal team in an effort to outline a clearer career path for its pool of in-house lawyers, Legal Week has learned.
2 minute read

International Edition

Searching questions

Launched from a garage by two students, Google has grown to become the internet's biggest success story. Michelle Madsen talks to European general counsel Nigel Jones about the paradox at his company's heart
8 minute read

International Edition

C&I signs up National Grid's Mahy as mentor

The Commerce & Industry (C&I) Group has signed up one of its biggest names yet to take part in its mentoring scheme.
2 minute read

International Edition

Equal rights body names legal head

Deputy chair of the Independent Police Complaints Commission John Wadham has been appointed as the group legal director for the Commission for Equality and Human Rights (CEHR).
1 minute read

More from ALM

More from ALM

Legal Speak is a weekly podcast that makes sense of what’s happening in the legal industry.

Resources

  • Aligning Client Needs with Lawyer Growth and Profitability

    Brought to you by BigHand

    Download Now

  • Technology to Make E-Discovery Smarter, Not Harder

    Brought to you by Nuix

    Download Now

  • Does Generative AI Have the Power to Transform Legal Services?

    Brought to you by HaystackID

    Download Now

  • International Export and Trade Assistance State Law Survey

    Brought to you by LexisNexis®

    Download Now