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‘Anne is single-handedly building Summit’s legal department from scratch,’ says one private practice source, adding: ‘We consider her to be a rising star in the legal profession’. Summit Materials is a leading heavy building materials company, based in Denver, Colorado. In its first five years, Summit completed more than 28 acquisitions forming nine operating companies across 17 states, with its combined executed transactions value to date exceeding $1.5bn. During her short time in the role, ‘thoughtful, grounded, practical and very approachable counselor’ Anne Benedict has promoted corporate responsibility, by establishing a committee which works alongside the business community, to undertake voluntary and charitable work. As the company’s first and only in-house lawyer, Benedict leads legal and compliance functions across all nine of the company’s management teams.