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Accenture gets online adviser review underway

Consultancy giant Accenture has kicked off an extensive review of its advisers, which will see 26 City firms battle to secure a place on its highly-coveted commercial IT and outsourcing panel.
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International Edition

Clients funding war for talent... and they're not happy about it

Worries that generous pay increases are being passed on to clients through higher charge-out rates are causing disquiet among corporate counsel. Michelle Madsen examines the findings of the latest The Verdict survey
5 minute read

International Edition

Ex-Wilmer Hale man Crane named new Egg & Citi GC

Recently-merged financial services group Egg & Citi UK Consumer has appointed a new head of legal following the combination of the two companies in May. Tom Crane - the former Egg general counsel for Europe, the Middle East and Africa -was confirmed as the new head of the combined group's legal team today (22 June).
1 minute read

International Edition

Nine bluechips sign up 60 firms for cutting-edge legal network

A group of the world's leading companies, led by Cisco, have developed an innovative networking website that will give them free access to major law firms' precedents. The computer company is joined by Microsoft, General Motors and investment banking giants Citi and Merrill Lynch in the venture, dubbed Legal OnRamp, which will offer clients access to legal advice, precedents and updates as well as networking facilities such as 'wikis' and online chatrooms.
3 minute read

International Edition

BT boosts offshore legal capabilities with double South America opening

BT is expanding its offshore legal function with the launch of two outposts planned for Sao Paulo and Buenos Aires later this year. The new centres, which will house 5-10 lawyers when they are set up at the end of the year, will become BT's second and third offshore legal operations and will support the company's legal function in the US.
2 minute read

International Edition

Corporate Counsel: Taking flight

When banking giant Citi announced that it was to shift a sizeable chunk of its UK legal operations from London to Belfast, the move was predicted to cause waves - both at the bank and across the wider in-house community. The impact of this move, or even the number of lawyers set to move to Northern Ireland, is currently unclear; but recruiters have claimed as many as 40 London legal jobs could be on the line.
7 minute read

International Edition

Linde brings in Johnson & Johnson man as legal chief

German gas giant Linde has appointed a new head of legal, swiping Johnson & Johnson assistant general counsel Christian Rau to replace outgoing chief Nick Deeming. Rau is to join the gas and engineering giant as chief legal officer at the beginning of July having spent eight years at Johnson & Johnson.
2 minute read

International Edition

Bank of Ireland, Honeywell to slash legal costs

Two major companies have made moves to slash their legal costs with industrial giant Honeywell set to cut more than 100 advisers from its European roster and the Bank of Ireland (BOI) paring off a quarter of its in-house team.
2 minute read

International Edition

In-housers reluctant to use external lawyers

Corporate counsel are increasingly reticent to use external lawyers for general litigation advice, according to a new survey by accountancy firm Grant Thornton. While law firms feel that in-house lawyers should contact them early on in proceedings, the majority (55%) of in-house lawyers said the only time they turn to external lawyers is when proceedings are inevitable. Only 3% said they would speak to external lawyers to reach a faster settlement.
1 minute read

International Edition

Giants get in-house legal re-jig

McDonald's UK legal team was boosted last month by the hire of high-profile ex-easyGroup general counsel Dell Burnside. It is the second move in less than a year for Burnside, who left easyGroup only six months ago to head up the legal team at mobile phone trade group, the GSM Association (GSMA).
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