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Senior Staples in-houser nails legal top job

Office supplies giant Staples has named in-house lawyer Kristin Campbell as its new general counsel. Campbell, who has been at the stationery giant for 13 years, was promoted from deputy general counsel to general counsel on Wednesday (6 June) and will now report directly to Ron Sargent, the company's chairman and chief executive.
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Reuters to pilot media training for its advisers

Reuters has this week written to its legal advisers to offer them media training for the first time.
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Corporate Counsel: More than just a lawyer

If you are going to be a successful in-house lawyer you have to see yourself as something different. Different from what, or from whom, you may well ask? The simple answer is that you have to see yourselves as business legal partners; not aloof or separate from the business that you work for but as an integral part of it - and that means having a different set of skills from lawyers in private practice.
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Corporate Counsel: Lead from the front

Early on in my new role, I asked our chief executive officer (CEO) what he saw as my number one priority. His response was: "The primary role of a leader is to attract truly great people and then develop the hell out of them. As a leader, the general counsel should be no exception."
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Stephenson Harwood man named new Nirah GC

Stephenson Harwood finance partner Ian Fletcher has been named general counsel and company secretary of leisure and conservation development group Nirah Holdings. Fletcher began in the part-time role on 1 June and will work two days a week for the group while continuing until next year as a partner at Stephenson Harwood, which he joined in 1999 from legacy City firm Richards Butler.
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High-billing Sebastian quits Dentons for client L&R

One of Denton Wilde Sapte's highest billers has left the City firm to join top property client London & Regional Properties (L&R) in a move that will be watched keenly by rival advisers. Leonard Sebastian left Dentons at the beginning of May and, according to the L&R website, has become the company's chief legal counsel and a member of the its five-strong board. It is understood to be the first time the real estate giant has appointed an in-house counsel.
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Linde legal chief sets September departure date

Linde's chief legal officer Nick Deeming is to leave the gas and engineering giant at the end of September. he company confirmed the departure but refused to comment on any replacement.
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Senior GE lawyer's $500m claim against US giant

One of General Electric's (GE's) most senior lawyers is leading a $500m (£252m) class action against the company on behalf of its senior female employees. Lorene Schaefer, general counsel of GE's transportation arm, claims that the multibillion-dollar conglomerate systematically discriminates against its female lawyers.
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Cobbetts and Dickinson Dees cut in Housing Corporation panel review

Field Fisher and Addleshaws secure places on government housing agency's new-look legal roster
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Reuters taps Italy's Eni for new Euro law chief

Media giant Reuters has appointed Daragh Fagan as its new general counsel for Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
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