Switzerland Teams 2019
| Coop
Coop
Group general counsel and company secretary | Aviva
| Coop Danmark
| PricewaterhouseCoopers
Group executive governance and sustainability and general counsel | Flinders Port Holdings
Associate general counsel | Meta
Commercial transactions attorney | Amazon
General Counsel and Company Secretary | Flinders Ports Holdings
| COOP Norge
Group general counsel and company secretary | Aviva
General counsel | Capital One
Partner | Cleary Gottlieb
Number of years practice: 33 Principal practice areas: Bankruptcy and Restructuring, Capital Markets, Litigation, M&A, Project Finance Bar admissions: New York Languages spoken: English Richard Cooper is one of the...
General counsel and company secretary | Flinders Ports Holdings
‘Adam Cooper is a very experienced commercial general counsel and company secretary, heavily relied on by the executive at Flinders Ports Holdings, not just in respect of legal matters, but...
Legal manager Chile | Thiess Chile
Rodrigo Mackenna Cooper has been central to the blockbuster deals that Thiess Chile has inked in the past 24 months. ‘Last year Thiess negotiated and awarded a massive mining service...
Insurance | Aviva
Team size: 360 Major law firms used:Allen & Overy, DLA Piper, Latham & Watkins, Linklaters, Pinsent Masons, Slaughter and May People have been on Aviva group GC and company secretary...
Partner | Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
Number of years practice: 30 Principal practice areas: Bankruptcy and restructuring, finance, M&A, private equity Bar admissions: New York, US Court of Appeals (First Circuit), US Supreme Court Languages spoken:...
Cooperative retail and wholesale company Coop is one of the largest retailers in Switzerland, with over 2,000 shops and more than 54,000 employees in the country. Appointed “world’s most sustainable...
General counsel Chile | Ferrovial Servicios
Rodrigo Mackenna Cooper has worked in-house for a range national businesses including large multinational corporations, covering different industries and types of businesses. According to him, ‘this means that I have...
| Coop Norge
Producing an annual revenue figure of NOK 30.04bn, the historic Oslo-headquartered Coop Norge is a flagship cooperative that has a number of business concerns in the retail sector. Considering the...
| Banco Credicoop
As Argentina’s largest cooperatively-owned bank, Banco Credicoop has a legal function comprised of some of the country’s best legal talent. Amongst its longest-serving members are Vanesa Paula Sulam who joined...
Partner | Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Number of years practice: 30 Law school attended: Duke University, LSE, Columbia Law School Languages spoken: English Principal practice areas: Bankruptcy and Restructuring, Finance, M&A, Private Equity Admissions: New York,...
Coop is one of Switzerland’s largest retail and wholesale companies. Employing around 90,000 people, it operates 2,458 sales outlets and stores. The Coop Group can be broken down into two main areas of business, namely, retail and wholesale/production. In the retail sector, Coop operates exclusively in Switzerland, whereas in the wholesale and production business area, the Group is active throughout Europe. Trusted by the business, the highly capable legal team of Coop is responsible for handling various legal matters as well as making sure the business is compliant in all regards. In 2018 total sales of Coop amounted to CHF30.7bn, an increase of 5% from the previous year. Both retail and wholesale/production developed positively, posting growth of 2% and 9% respectively.
