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Top GC trio lead Corporate Counsel Forum

Three of Europe's most prominent general counsel will be spearheading the debate at this year's Legal Week Corporate Counsel Forum. The trio are set to lead a discussion on a wide range of topics affecting general counsel from career management to practical advice on running an in-house legal department.
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Ex-Sony in-houser George joins boutique Edge

Former Sony BMG senior in-house lawyer Alasdair George has joined ex-Mishcon de Reya partner David Glick at his media law and investment boutique, Edge. George, who joins Edge next week, had been with the music giant for 13 years before leaving Sony BMG last autumn to start his own consultancy group.
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Ex-Monster GC settles civil fraud charges

Ex-Monster general counsel Myron Olesnyckyj has settled civil fraud charges related to the employment giant's backdating share options case, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said last Thursday (5 April). Olesnyckyj was charged by the US regulatory body in February with backdating stock options grants from 1997 to 2003 and misrepresenting compensation expenses for his personal profit and that of other executives at the company.
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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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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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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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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.
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