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General counsel, group company secretary and executive vice president, corporate communications and corporate social responsibility | Singapore Press Holdings
Head of legal South African device business | Huawei Technologies Africa
Group company secretary and governance officer | African Rainbow Minerals
Group head legal and regulatory management | Transnational Corporation
Chief legal and regulatory affairs officer | Airtel Networks
Company Secretary/Chief Legal Officer | BUA Group
Cluster head legal, Anglophone West Africa, East and Southern Africa | Novartis
General Counsel/Head, Compliance and Risk, Africa | Junior Achievement Africa
General counsel and corporate governance officer | Banco Promerica GUATEMALA
General Counsel and corporate secretary | US Energy Development
Group general counsel, chief compliance officer | Infosys
Inderpreet is the group general counsel and the chief compliance officer of Infosys. In this role, she leads the legal and compliance function of the company. She is a strategic...
General counsel and chief compliance officer | Gauge Capital
General Counsel and Corporate Secretary | Ecopetrol USA
Audrey Guaqueta joined Ecopetrol USA’s leadership team as general counsel and corporate secretary, in October 2024. Audrey has over 19 years of legal experience, with ten years in management, holding...
Chief Operating Officer and Chief Legal Officer | Carnelian Energy Capital
Chief Legal Officer & Corporate Secretary | AZZ
Tara Mackey has served as AZZ Inc.’s Chief Legal Officer & Secretary since 2014, where she manages all legal matters for the company, Corporate Governance, M&A, SEC Reporting, the AZZ...
Regional General counsel, Latin America & Carribbean | Bacardi
Vice president & associate counsel - compliance and ethics | Southern Glazer's Wines and Spirits
Delia C. Reyes is currently the Vice President-Associate Counsel, Compliance & Ethics at Southern Glazer’s Wine and Spirits (SGWS )– Central Region. Delia joined SGWS in March 2020 holding Legal...
General counsel and chief administrative officer | CSC Generation Enterprise
General counsel and corporate secretary | EVRAZ North America
Executive vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary | Conagra Brands
Executive vice president, chief legal and people officer | Obama Foundation
Vice president legal, deputy general counsel | Etihad Airways
Counsel, senior manager | Mondelēz Snacking México
Managing director and general counsel, APAC | Christie’s Hong Kong
Legal director - Asia | TI Fluid Systems
Stanley Lui, a seasoned legal and compliance professional, brings extensive expertise across diverse industries. Currently serving as Legal Director for Asia at TI Fluid Systems, Stanley oversees supply contracts, product...
Executive director and general counsel, APAC and EMEA | Lenovo
Executive vice president | Banco Múltiple BHD
Chief legal officer | Sociedad Administradora de Fondos de Pensiones y Cesantías Porvenir
In-house legal counsel SR | Comunicacion Celular Claro Colombia
Superintendente legal and cumplimiento | Sinchi Wayra
Director of corporate and legal affairs | Nestlé Chile
Chief legal officer, executive officer | The Gibraltar Life Insurance Company
Corporate officer, group chief legal officer and group compliance officer | SoftBank Group
Managing director and head of Japan legal | Barclays Securities Japan
Regional general counsel and compliance officer | AESC Group
Chief legal and governance officer, Africa | Prudential Africa
Wambui is a seasoned commercial legal adviser with over 25 years of experience, offering strategic and creative counsel across legal, compliance, risk, governance, commercial, and corporate advisory roles. Wambui has...
Country head of legal, governance and company secretary | BPR Bank Rwanda
Vice president global employment, compliance and business ethics | Sitecore
Vice president, legal and compliance | Türkiye Wealth Fund
General counsel - legal and compliance | Enerjisa Üretim
Vice president, general counsel, Eurasia and Middle East | Coca-Cola Company
Vice president, general counsel and secretary | Semtech
General counsel and regulatory affairs director, EMEA and APAC | Experian
Head of legal | SuperSport International
Vice president, legal and general counsel | Porsche Cars North America
Senior vice president, deputy general counsel, chief compliance officer | Endeavor
Chief administrative officer and general counsel | Davidson Hospitality Group
Cluster head legal, Anglophone West Africa, East and Southern Africa | Novartis
General counsel and company secretary | Nigeria LNG
Assistant general counsel, company secretary | Channels Media Group
Group chief legal officer and company secretary | BUA Group
Chief legal and regulatory affairs officer, company secretary | Airtel Nigeria
Asesor jurídico, oficial de gobierno corporativo | Banco Promerica
Vice president, legal and regulatory and government affairs | Federal Express Corporation – Latin America & Caribbean
Senior vice president, chief commercial counsel | World Fuel Services
General counsel, corporate secretary and chief administrative officer | CSC Generation Holdings
General Counsel and Corporate Secretary | EVRAZ North America
Executive vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary | LRS
Executive vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary | Conagra Brands
Executive Vice President, Chief legal and people officer | Obama Foundation
Legal director | Fomento de Construcciones y Contratas
Director, legal – construction and major projects | Transport for NSW
Director, employment, workplace relations and administrative law | The University of Sydney
Senior legal counsel | Palisade Investment Partners
Senior counsel and assistant company secretary | Ansell
Counsel, senior manager | Mondelēz Snacking Mexico
Vice president legal, deputy general counsel | Etihad Airways
General counsel and board secretary | Arab Bank for Investment and Foreign Trade (Al Masraf)
| Louis Dreyfus Company
Senior corporate lawyer | Pluspetrol
Head of corporate legal department | Greenock Trust
Counsel, senior manager | Mondelēz Snacking México
General counsel and company secretary | Legal & General
Global general counsel and company secretary | InterContinental Hotels Group
Group general counsel and company secretary | Informa
Executive vice president legal | Banco BHD y Centro Financiero BHD
In-house legal counsel SR | Comunicacion Celular Claro Colombia
Superintendente legal y cumplimiento | Sinchi Wayra
Alvaro Muñoz-Reyes is currently 37 years old, holds a Law Degree from the Universidad Católica Boliviana (2010) and two master’s degrees from ESADE – Universidad Ramon Llul (2015). His first...
Legal director and corporate affairs | Urbanova Inmobiliaria
Chief legal officer, group compliance officer and corporate officer | SoftBank Group Corp.
Senior counsel, legal and compliance, Korea and Japan | GE Healthcare Pharma
Chief legal officer, executive officer | Gibraltar Life Insurance Company
General counsel, Philippines and beauty and well-being, Southeast Asia | Unilever Philippines
First vice president and alternate corporate information officer | BDO Unibank
Vice president - contracts and special projects | Aboitiz Equity Ventures
Vice president and assistant general counsel | Semtech
Director of legal and policy, general counsel | European Broadcasting Union
Chief legal and compliance officer and group general counsel | Bekaert
Vice president | Türkiye Wealth Fund
General counsel Eurasia and Middle East | The Coca-Cola Company
Director of legal affairs | TANAP Doğalgaz İletim
Managing counsel CEE and head of legal Türkiye office | Shell
Legal, compliance and internal audit director | Roche Türkiye
Legal and compliance advisor | Peakup Teknoloji̇
Legal and compliance director | Marsh Sigorta ve Reasurans Brokerligi
Head of legal and compliance | Enerjisa Uretim Santralleri
Regional legal liaison | Grupo Promerica
Executive counsel, head of litigation | Kuok Singapore
Global vice president, strategy SAP sustainability engineering | SAP
Chief legal and risk officer | The Lottery Corporation
General counsel and company secretary Australia and New Zealand | IBM
Head of legal, Australia and New Zealand, and company secretary | Demant
General counsel and company secretary | Australian Rail Track Corporation
Executive vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary | MediWound
Senior vice president, legal affairs | Warner Bros. Discovery
Chief legal officer and corporate vice president | Equifax
Vice president, legal and general counsel | Porsche Cars North America
General counsel Germany and EMEA, general counsel private bank and managing director | Deutsche Bank
Manager - corporate governance and compliance | Pacific National
Head of legal, upstream and development | Origin Energy
General manager - legal | Nissan Motor Co. Australia
Senior legal counsel | Nano Digital Home Loans
Associate general counsel Asia | McKinsey & Company
Head of anti money laundering operations | Macquarie Group
Senior legal counsel | Chartered Accountants, Australia and New Zealand
Associate general counsel/director | Capgemini
Legal manager strategic projects and litigation | Estafeta Mexicana
Senior vice president general counsel | Christian Dior Couture
General counsel and board secretary | Arab Bank for Investment and Foreign Trade
General counsel, company secretary and chief legal officer | Dubai Aerospace Enterprise
General Counsel | FCC Construcción
General counsel and chief compliance officer | Pentius
Vice president of legal, regulatory and government affairs | FedEx
Senior vice president, chief commercial counsel | World Fuel Services
Head of corporate legal department | Greenok Trust
Managere of the COO legal service department | Telecom Argentina
Argentina head of legal and legal head of territory | Cardif Insurance, Services & BNP Paribas
Legal director and corporate affairs | Urbanova Inmobiliaria
Legal counsel contracts | Comcel - Claro Colombia
In house legal advisor | Esso
Compliance director and DPO | Cabot Financial Spain
Group general counsel; covid-19 crisis coordinator; global transformation leader | Bekaert
General counsel Eurasia and Middle East | Coca-Cola
Head of legal and compliance | Zer Merkezi Hizmetler ve Tic. A.Ş.
Legal and sustainability chapter head | Roche Pharma Turkey
Chief legal officer and member of the executive committee | DGPays
Vice president of legal and compliance | Turkey Wealth Fund
Head of legal Türkiye and managing legal counsel | Shell
Associate corporate counsel – real estate legal, EMEA & India | Google Ireland
Chief Legal and Risk Officer and non executive director | Tabcorp Holdings
General Counsel & Company Secretary Australia and New Zealand | IBM
General counsel and company secretary | Australian Rail Track Corporation Ltd (ARTC)
Vice president, general counsel and secretary | Morguard Corporation
Editor’s note: This interview was conducted prior to March 2020. Beverley Flynn joined Morguard in 2003 and was appointed general counsel and secretary in 2004. She has more than 15...
Executive vice president, stakeholder relations and general counsel | TC Energy
Chief legal officer and corporate secretary | Canadian Pacific Railway
General counsel and corporate secretary | Packers Plus Energy Services
UK general counsel | HSBC
Team size: 53, with additional support from HSBC group legal teams and contractors and secondees What are the most important transactions, litigations or other major projects that you have been...
General counsel and company secretary | Legal & General
Group general counsel and company secretary | Informa
Group vice president, secretary and general counsel | Kroger
Executive vice president, general counsel | Aflac
Executive vice president, general counsel and secretary | Goldman Sachs
Senior vice president and general counsel | Kimberly-Clark
Executive vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary | WEC Energy Group
Executive vice president, general counsel and chief administrative officer | CenturyLink
Group vice president, chief administrative officer and general counsel | Ford Motor
Executive vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary | Advance Auto Parts
Executive vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary | USAA
Executive vice president, general counsel and secretary | Oracle
Executive vice president, general counsel and secretary | Discover Financial Services
Executive vice president, chief legal officer | State Street Corp.
Senior vice president and general counsel | Tenet Healthcare
| Pernod Ricard
Team size: 35 in the HQ team Major legal advisers: Allen & Overy, Clifford Chance, Debevoise & Plimpton, DWF, Macfarlanes, RPC, Shepherd and Wedderburn This year will see a period...
| Inmarsat
Team size: 14 Major legal advisers: Bird & Bird, Clifford Chance, Fieldfisher, Jones Day, Steptoe & Johnson The services sector makes up more than 70% of the EU’s gross domestic...
| Eve Sleep and Rockley Photonics
Team size: Four Major legal advisers: Baker Botts, Cooley, Mewburn Ellis, Norton Rose Fulbright, Stevens & Bolton Ciaran Rooney has a rare position in that his expertise is spread across...
Legal affairs director and head of compliance | Mapfre Turkey Companies
What are the most important transactions and litigations that you have been involved in during the last two years? One of the most important projects of the last two years...
Legal director - Turkey, Caucasus and Central Asia | Coca-Cola
What are the most important transactions and litigations that you have been involved in during the last two years? I’ve been assigned to lead the legal affairs of MENA organization...
General counsel | TAV Airports Holding
How do you suggest in-house lawyers build strong relationships with business partners? As in-house lawyers we have to prevail the full knowledge of the business side of the sector that...
Legal, compliance and internal audit director | Roche Turkey
What are the most important transactions and litigations that you have been involved in during the last two years? The localisation of Roche Products with a local partner and the...
General counsel and director of global business | TV8 and Acun Medya
What are the most important transactions and litigations that you have been involved in during the last two years? I have been involved in the creation of the reality competition...
Director of legal affairs | TANAP
What are the most important transactions and litigations that you have been involved in during the last two years? In leading the legal affairs department, I have provided considerable input...
Legal director | Emaar Turkey
What are the most important transactions and litigations that you have been involved in during the last two years? A zoning plan amendment has been completed successfully in cooperation with...
Legal and compliance lead - Nordic and Baltic region | MSD Türkiye
What are the most important transactions and litigations that you have been involved in during the last two years? I have been involved in several major transactions and litigations within...
Senior Attorney | Cleary Gottlieb
Number of years practice: 18 Principal practice areas: Capital Markets, Mergers, Acquisitions and Joint Ventures, Sovereign Governments, and International Institutions Bar admissions: New York, Argentina, Spain Languages spoken: English, Spanish,...
Of Counsel | Paul Hastings
Number of years practice: 16 Principal practice areas: Corporate, capital markets, finance, restructuring Bar admissions: New York Languages spoken: English, Spanish Of counsel Pedro Reyes is a highly regarded name...
Partner | Thompson & Knight LLP
Number of years practice: 25 Principal practice areas: Energy Project Development, Project Finance, and Mergers and Acquisitions, with a particular focus on the US and Latin America Bar admissions: Florida,...
Global Head of Energy Project Finance | Greenberg Traurig LLP
Number of years practice: 30+ Principal practice areas: Project Finance, Project M&A, Project Development, (all focusing on wind, solar and other renewable technologies) Bar admissions: California Languages spoken: English Jeffrey...
Legal director, legal and government affairs (Great China scope) | Sephora
What are the most important transactions and litigations that you have been involved in during the last two years? A wholesale channel integration transaction for two famous internal brands. A...
Legal, compliance and quality director Russia and Belarus | Novo Nordisk
What are the most important transactions and litigations that you have been involved in during the last two years? A localisation (CMO) deal for our Biopharma portfolio in Russia, in...
Director of legal department | Auriant Mining
What do you feel are the most effective techniques for getting the most out of external counsel, in terms of how to instruct them? First you need to choose a...
Head of legal and member of the board | Exclases Holdings
What are the most important transactions and litigations that you have been involved in during the last two years? First, constant support for the sale and delivery of helicopters to...
General counsel, Russia, CIS, Central and Eastern Europe | Eli Lilly
Group general counsel and member of the executive committee | Tabcorp Holdings
What are the most important transactions and litigations that you have been involved in during the last two years? I recently changed roles, so most of the matters relate to...
General counsel and company secretary | Australian Rail Track Corporation (ARTC)
What are the most important transactions and litigations that you have been involved in during the last two years? The GC division has implemented a dispute resolution protocol with major...
| Walt Disney Company Brasil
Can you briefly explain how the legal team is structured, highlighting key individuals and their role within the department? The legal department of The Walt Disney Company (TWDC) is structured...
Legal director | Vodafone Qatar
Ian Quigley has enjoyed an impressive rise at Vodafone Group since 2009. ‘Looking to gain international experience’, he moved within the Group from Vodafone Ireland to Vodafone Qatar in 2013,...
Chief legal officer | Dubai Aerospace Enterprise
Among the foremost aviation leasing companies in the world, Dubai Aerospace Enterprise boasts a fleet of hundreds of aircraft worth billions of dollars. Lesley Jones has acted as chief legal...
General counsel | Gulf Specialized Works
Eyad Yousef Jaber has been in place as general counsel at Gulf Specialized Works since 2015, after ‘learning and acquainting myself with all disciplines of law’ through a successful period...
General counsel and company secretary | Waha Capital
In the more than six years he has been at Waha Capital, Peter Howley has spearheaded a major expansion of the team’s abilities. ‘There has been a significant up-skilling of...
Head of legal department and board secretary | Arab Bank for Investment & Foreign Trade (Al Masraf)
In place at Arab Bank for Investment & Foreign Trade (Al Masraf) since 2008, Razi Heyasat brings unparalleled experience of the company’s operations to his role as head of the...
General counsel | OpenJaw Technologies
Upon qualifying as a solicitor in January 2009, Gemma Neylon joined the Irish and UK roll of solicitors, specialising in technology, IP and commercial law. She also qualified as an...
Senior counsel - real estate | Google
Tom O’Malley, senior corporate counsel – real estate EMEA with Google Ireland, began his career pursuing his training and early years of practice at Macfarlanes in London in its real...
International counsel | Slack
‘Elaine Nerney is international counsel with Slack. Slack works with partners and developers globally to build apps and integrations that streamline work and automate mundane task. Prior to joining Slack...
Head of legal | MHI Modern Homes Ireland
Julie-Ann McCaffrey began her role as head of legal at MHI Modern Homes Ireland (MHI) in 2018 in Ballyjamesduff, County Cavan, Ireland. Prior to MHI, she worked at one of...
Deputy general counsel | Vodafone Ireland
‘As head of legal in Vodafone, Ireland’s leading mobile communications operator and a company subject to stringent regulation, Katie Feeney is instrumental in driving the success of the business’ deals....
Group general counsel | Allied Irish Banks (AIB)
Helen Dooley, group general counsel at AIB leads one of the largest in-house legal teams in the country at around 134 lawyers. AIB is a major Irish consumer and commercial...
General counsel | Aviva Insurance Ireland
Michael Cooney is the general counsel of Aviva Ireland with overall responsibility for the Aviva’s life and non-life operations in the country. With over 10 years’ experience in the in-house...
Legal counsel Ireland | Aramark
As legal director Ireland for Aramark Northern Europe, Emer Carey is the senior Irish based lawyer for one of the largest US employers in Ireland. A nominator highlights that, ‘this...
Chief legal officer | Goshawk
Peter Caley, the highly experienced and capable chief legal officer at Goshawk, qualified as a solicitor in England and Wales in 2001 and spent 10 years in private practice based...
Head of legal – Ireland | Optum Ireland
A multiple award winning candidate, Miriam Caley returns to the GC Powerlist, having previously featured in 2017 and 2018. Caley, a former associate at Matheson and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer heads...
General counsel | Avolon
Ed Riley’s career started at Clifford Chance in London in 1997 and as a trainee he enjoyed a six-month client secondment to Airbus in Toulouse, which sparked his interest in...
Vice president legal | Nordic Aviation Capital
Declan Moloney joined NAC, the world’s largest regional aircraft leasing company, as vice president legal in 2017 and works within the transaction legal team. He is responsible for advising, negotiating...
General counsel, legal, compliance and risk | SIRO
Audrey Marie O’Sullivan, general counsel of legal, compliance and risk at SIRO, began her career in private practice at McCann FitzGerald in Dublin. Dual qualified in Ireland and England and...
Senior legal counsel and company secretary | Horizon
Anne-Marie Dempsey, senior legal counsel and company secretary at Horizon, began her career with Mathesons in private practice. After a two-and-a-half-year stint on secondment at the Houses of the Oireachtas...
Legal and corporate affairs manager and secretary of the board | Masisa
His experience in the market is highly valued by peers, one of whom says ‘Reyes has strong legal expertise developed through his years of experience in the legal environment’, adding,...
General counsel and compliance officer | Nestlé Chile
Andrés Eyzaguirre Larraín, general counsel and compliance officer at Nestlé Chile, is at the forefront of the in-house legal market in Chile and a highly skilled lawyer. At Nestlé he...
Executive vice president, general counsel and secretary | Aramark
Steve Reynolds is highly distinguished in the US in-house legal market having been named the global general counsel of two Fortune 200 companies in his career. Prior to taking his...
Managing general counsel | Fluor
‘John Reynolds is a great counsel for a variety of issues related to construction and engineering contracts and related claims. He has vast experience of negotiating, accompanied with a commercial...
Executive vice president, general counsel | Starz Entertainment
Audrey Lee, executive vice president, general counsel of Starz Entertainment, has extensive experience in the media legal industry through multiple executive in-house positions at leading cinematic production companies. She previously...
Executive vice president of business affairs and chief legal and compliance officer | Brooklyn Sports & Entertainment (BSE)
‘Jeff B. Gewirtz is responsible for advising BSE’s board of advisory directors and executive management on key legal, business, and strategic matters for BSE’s broad sports and entertainment industry holdings....
Senior vice president, chief legal officer and secretary | American Air Liquide Holdings
Air Liquide USA has a 100 year history in the US market and today has more than 20,000 employees in more than 1,300 locations across the country. Air Liquide offers...
Senior vice president and general counsel | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
‘I have had the honour and pleasure of working with Richard S. Boskey of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (“DFCI”) on a significant number of matters. Boskey is a fantastic general counsel...
Insurance | Legal & General
Team size: 22 Major law firms used: Clifford Chance, Eversheds Sutherland, Pinsent Masons, Slaughter and May ‘He’s an average musician,’ says Legal & General chief executive Nigel Wilson of his...
Chemicals, Healthcare and Pharmaceuticals | Bupa
Team size: 174 Major law firms used: Herbert Smith Freehills, Slaughter and May, White & Case International healthcare company Bupa had a busy year for M&A in 2018. The company...
Banks and professional services | HSBC
Team size: 1,200 (75 in the UK) Major law firms used: Allen & Overy, Addleshaw Goddard, Dentons, Eversheds Sutherland, Hogan Lovells, Norton Rose Fulbright, Pinsent Masons, Simmons & Simmons For...
Retail and Consumer Products | Heineken UK
Team size: 10 Major law firms used: DLA Piper In 2017, the UK arm of global brewing giant Heineken made a substantial £403m acquisition of around 1,900 pubs owned by...
Retail and Consumer Products | Pernod Ricard
Team size: 35 in the HQ team Major law firms used: Clifford Chance, DWF, Macfarlanes, RPC, Shepherd and Wedderburn Amanda Hamilton-Stanley is relishing the opportunity of being group GC of...
Partner | Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
Number of years practice: 17 Principal practice areas: Capital markets, M&A, debt restructuring Bar admissions: New York, Argentina, Spain Languages spoken: English, French (proficient) and Spanish With particular experience in...
Of counsel | Paul Hastings
Number of years practice: 15 Principal practice areas: Corporate, capital markets, finance, restructuring Bar admissions: New York Languages spoken: English and Spanish Of counsel Pedro Reyes is an up-and-coming name...
Partner | Orrick
Number of years practice: 24 Principal practice areas: M&A and private equity, energy, infrastructure, renewable energy, banking and finance Bar admissions: Texas, Florida Languages spoken: English and Spanish Another key...
Partner; global head of project finance | Morrison & Foerster
Number of years practice: 37 Principal practice areas: Project finance, renewable energy and clean technologies, energy regulatory, M&A and private equity investment and buyouts Bar admissions: California Languages spoken: English...
Partner, co-head of international arbitration | Clifford Chance
Number of years practice: 34 Principal practice areas: International arbitration Languages spoken: English What is the geographical focus of your practice in Africa? Pan-African practice; I have a...
Vice president, associate general counsel | World Fuel Services
Vice president and associate general counsel Jeffrey Weissman joined World Fuel Services in 2009. He led the Company’s defense of complex environmental and related wrongful death and personal injury tort...
Assistant general counsel | Time Warner
Joey Nussbaum left Sullivan & Cromwell in 2000 to join the dot.com boom, culminating in a joint legal and business role at communications software developer Leapstone Systems. ‘I began in...
Assistant general counsel | Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, is one of the fastest growing large cap companies in the country, with share prices around one and a half times what they were four years ago. As...
Vice president-legal, West region | Balfour Beatty Construction
With ‘unparalleled legal expertise’, Lewis Ensley has drawn considerable industry recognition, throughout his seven-year career with Balfour Beatty. The British construction company agreed to sell its US professional service business...
General counsel | Air Liquide Global E&C Solutions
Michael Dailey has drawn particularly praise for his handling of global EPC projects, during his time as general counsel for French industrial services and fuel provider Air Liquide. ‘Michael possesses...
Managing director, general counsel and chief compliance officer | GSO Capital Partners
Handling legal and compliance functions for one of the largest debt investment funds in the US market, Marissa Beeney has been active in new business initiatives for GSO Capital’s fund...
Senior vice-president, general counsel and secretary | Hertz Global Holdings
When Hertz acquired Dollar Thrifty recently, it was the culmination of a long-fought battle of which Jeffrey Zimmerman was a key player. The transaction was littered with complexities; two different...
Managing director and regional general counsel | Tishman Speyer Properties
When Bradley Turk made his first move in-house to Tishman Speyer in October 2007, he was unaware of the crisis that was about to hit the global real estate market...
Vice-president, general counsel and secretary | Lincoln Center
And corporate counsel working for a non-profit organization could do well to take inspiration from Leslie Rosenthal. The Lincoln Center first tapped her in 2005 to oversee its transformation from...
Senior vice-president of human resources and general counsel | DavCo Restaurants
The number of lawsuits against DavCo – which holds the exclusive franchise in Maryland for Wendy’s Restaurants – has reduced considerably since Stacey Jackson came on board some fifteen years...
Secretary and general counsel | PPL Corporation
PPL Corporation recently made headlines around the world when it convinced the Supreme Court to overturn a decision banning its use of foreign tax credits against the UK “windfall tax”...
Managing director and general counsel | The Carlyle Group
Jeffrey Ferguson is a fine example of someone whose career has grown in concert with the organization he works for. He first began working with Carlyle as outside counsel, then...
Executive vice-president, general counsel and secretary | Discover Financial Services
Kelly McNamara career history is both remarkable and rare. From her humble beginnings as an unpaid summer intern, she went on to become Discover’s general counsel (the company was spun...
| Roche Pharma Turkey
The in-house legal team at Roche Pharma Turkey is led by Soley Güzel, legal, compliance and internal audit director, and is made up of four lawyers, two specialists, an internal...
| Procter & Gamble Turkey and Caucasus
The Turkish arm of the US multinational consumer products company Procter & Gamble (P&G) has a legal team of five professionals, and is led by Ozge Ayoz, legal and government...
| PepsiCo Turkey
The in-house legal team at PepsiCo Turkey has been recognised in this list for its skill and commercial tenacity in all legal matters pertaining to the global beverage and snack...
| Mey İçki
The legal team at Mey İçki has routinely impressed peers in the Turkish legal market. Under the leadership of Meltem Azbazda the legal team continues to provide expert legal advice...
| Media Markt Turkey
Europe’s largest retailer for consumer electronics, Media Markt opened its first location in Turkey in 2007 in Istanbul and has gone from strength to strength expanding across the country with...
| Mapfre Turkey Companies
The legal team at MAPFRE Turkey expertly handles the legal affairs of both the MAPFRE Sigorta and MAPFRE Yaşam Sigorta companies (“Mapfre Turkey Companies”). Merve Öney is the legal affairs...
| Japan Tobacco International (JTI) Turkey
Providing guidance to three separate companies in Turkey, the legal function at JTI Turkey supports the business as a whole whilst functioning in a highly regulated market. Legal director Seden...
| ING Bank Turkey
The Turkish subsidiary of ING, a Dutch multinational banking and financial services corporation, started its representative office in Turkey in 1991 and focuses on corporate and financial institution lending, financial...
| Henkel Turkey
Henkel is a German chemical and consumer goods company with a significant presence in Turkey, employing around 1,500 people in the country. Ozgur Colpan leads the legal team as the...
| GE Turkey
The legal team at GE Turkey is responsible for providing legal and compliance leadership and strategic legal advice to all the business and corporate teams globally and locally. It generally...
| EYG Group
Founded by Ömer Faruk Çelik a major investor in Turkish land and properties, EYG was founded in 2014 and has already taken the Turkish real estate sector by storm. Having...
| Emaar Turkey
Emaar Turkey is one of the most valuable and rapidly growing property development companies across the Middle East and UAE with a considerable portfolio in shopping malls, retail, hospitality leisure...
| Burgan Bank Turkey
Chief legal counsel Tolga Erendaç leads a team of 11 lawyers and four support staff at Burgan Bank Turkey. The team is divided into two main functions, consultancy and corporate...
| British American Tobacco (BAT) Turkey
At BAT Turkey, Ceren Kartari is the head of legal for the Turkey-North Africa (TNA) area and, in this capacity, she leads the legal team of five lawyers and a...
| Brightstar Turkey
Brightstar, a world-leading mobile services company, has been operating in Turkey since 2009 and has a presence in the country’s 81 provinces with around 1,350 outlets. Brightstar’s legal team is...
| Allianz Turkey
Şebnem S. Karaduman, chief legal counsel, assistant general manager and executive board member manages the in-house legal team which provides services as three sub functions: legal consultancy, corporate litigation and...
| Yum! Turkey
A US Fortune 500 company that owns globally recognised restaurants such as Pizza Hut, Kentucky Fried Chicken and Taco Bell, Yum! Brands operates 123 stores in Turkey under its Turkish...
| The Coca-Cola Company Turkey, Caucasus and Central Asia
Covering Turkey and the Caucasus and Central Asia regions (TCCA), the regional legal team at global beverage producer Coca-Cola has remained a strategic business partner that provides high quality, timely...
| Statkraft Turkey
The Turkish legal team at Norwegian-based Statkraft, a leading international provider of hydropower and Europe’s largest generator of renewable energy, is recognised for its commitment to delivering world-class regional support...
| Siemens Turkey
Led by general counsel Mehmet Celal Savaş, the Turkish legal team of eight at Siemens, Europe’s largest engineering company, creates value as ‘a real business partner’. As Savaş is part...
| Samsung Turkey
South Korean multinational electronics company Samsung has been one of the more visible actors in the Turkish market in recent years. In 2016 it secured €100m in funding from the...
| Roche – Turkey
Established in Turkey since 1958, Roche is a Swiss multinational pharmaceutical and diagnostics company focused on advancing science to improve people’s lives. Legal and compliance director Gonca Uyguç leads the...
| Pfizer Turkey
To maintain Pfizer’s reputation as one of the world’s premier biopharmaceutical companies, the company’s legal teams work tirelessly in the background, providing excellent project management and supreme commercial awareness to...
| Nestlé Turkey
Since the previous general counsel was transferred to Nestlé headquarters in Switzerland in 2015, the legal team of the transnational Nutrition, Health and Wellness company’s Turkish branch has been headed...
| Mondelēz International Turkey
Chief Legal Counsel Duygu Kırca leads the Turkish legal department of US-headquartered multinational confectionery, food, and beverage company, Mondelēz International. To allow lawyers at Mondelēz to serve business units better...
| Mey İçki
Wine and spirit maker Mey İçki was established in 2004 following the privatisation of Tekel’s alcoholic drinks division. Led by general counsel and company secretary Meltem Azbazda, the company’s legal...
| LG Turkey
The legal team at LG Turkey, a subsidiary of the multinational electronics company, operate with autonomy from their headquarters. As the Turkish company is considered to be the leading subsidiary...
| ING Bank Turkey
Chief Legal Counsel Çiğdem Dayan leads the 26-strong legal team at the Turkish subsidiary of ING, a Dutch multinational banking and financial services corporation focused primarily on consultancy and litigation...
| Henkel Turkey
As general counsel, Ozgur Colpan leads the legal team of five at the Turkish arm of multinational consumer and industrial goods company Henkel. After defining external law firm policies and...
| GlaxoSmithKline Turkey
In the past two years the legal team at pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has undergone major structural changes, enhancing of its regional responsibilities. Leading the legal team’s operation as cluster...
| EWE Turkey Holding
Since June 2014, Ruşen Gürlük Yarpınar has headed the legal team at EWE Turkey Holding, the Turkish arm of German EWEW AG and the first and largest international investor in...
| Citibank Turkey
Having over 200 million customer accounts and operating in more than 100 countries, Citibank is one of the leading global financial institutions in the world. It started doing business in...
| CEVA Logistics Turkey
A team of four lawyers and two support staff support the Turkish operations of CEVA Logistics, a UK-headquartered supply chain solutions company that serve national and multinational clients. The team...
| Cargill Turkey
Food, agriculture, financial and industrial products and services conglomerate Cargill has been growing in the Middle East, Turkey and North Africa (METNA) region in recent years. During this time, the...
| adidas Turkey
Covering the emerging markets in Turkey, Bulgaria and Romania, the legal team at adidas Turkey is led by Ugur Degirmenci who serves the German multinational sportswear manufacturer as legal and...
Country legal counsel, company secretary and assistant general manager | Citibank
A veteran banking in-house lawyer with almost 20 years of experience in the field, Süreyya Uğurses has worked for some of the country’s biggest banks, including Isbank, HSBC and Eurobank....
Legal director | Coca-Cola
Described as ‘a proactive individual with strong negotiation skills’, Coca-Cola Turkey’s legal director Zeynep Derman Küçükönder has been working in-house for more than 17 years. With extensive experience in multinational...
General counsel | TAV Airport Holding
Ceyda Akbal joined TAV Airport Holding, the leading airport operator in Turkey, in 2009 as legal counsel and, after only three years, was promoted to the role of general counsel....
| Wolseley
Led by Richard Shoylekov, group general counsel, the Wolseley legal team is committed to the highest standards of corporate governance. As the world’s leading specialist distributor of plumbing and heating...
| Louis Dreyfus Group
The legal team at Louis Dreyfus is exposed to political and global changes on a daily basis. In the past two years the legal team has faced reorganisation of the...
| Honeywell Technologies
Led by award-winning general counsel Koenraad Van Himbeeck since 2002, the Swiss legal team at Honeywell Technologies has been driven towards excellence by a combination of strong leadership and a...
General Counsel | Crealogix Holding AG
Martin Frey prides himself for being a conduit for transactions and achievements within the company, by building trust and being both a good communicator and listener. ‘Besides all successful contract...
Group General Counsel, Head of Group Corporate Services Dept. | SICPA HOLDING SA
Richard joined SICPA, the leading provider of secured identification, traceability and authentication solutions to governments and industry, in 2008 as group general counsel. His responsibilities include legal & compliance, intellectual...
Regional general counsel, Asia Pacific | LafargeHolcim
Patrick McGlinchey assumed the role of regional general counsel Asia Pacific at LafargeHolcim in February 2014. With overall responsibility for all legal and governance matters in Asia Pacific, McGlinchey leads...
General counsel, group company secretary and executive vice president, corporate communications and corporate social responsibility | Singapore Press Holdings
Ginney Lim has been with her current employer, Singapore Press Holdings (SPH), since 1992. After joining the media organisation as corporate secretary and general counsel, Lim successfully set up the...
| Walt Disney
The activities of Walt Disney in Russia are not limited to film production, but include the entire spectrum of brands and business activities that the company undertakes on a global...
General Counsel (Russia, Israel & CIS) | Eli Lilly and Company
An ambitious and pragmatic lawyer, Andrey Valovoy has reached great professional heights in his career. His tenure as general counsel for Russia, CIS & Israel at Eli Lilly has seen...
Head of Legal | CTC Network CJSC (CTC Media, Inc).
Andrey Titov has worked in the position of head of legal at CTC Media, Russia’s leading independent broadcasting company, for almost eight years and sees his organisational modifications to the...
Head of Legal | SAP CIS and Baltic States LLC
Alexey Spektor is a lawyer with a diverse educational background, including a physics PhD, a civil law degree and a partial MBA. This has provided him with practical experience and...
Head of legal | Zefir Media
‘The work of a lawyer in the media sector in Russia, in my view, is extremely interesting from a legal perspective’, opines Alexey Smirnov, head of legal at Russian media...
General Counsel | A&NN Group
When he arrived at investment firm A&NN in 2013, Alexey Sinkarenko’s substantial private practice experience motivated him to convert the legal department into a ‘law firm’. To achieve this, he...
Head of Legal | Exclases Holdings Ltd. (distributor of AgustaWestland Helicopters)
Participating in the sale of AgustaWestland helicopters in Russia and CIS has been extremely rewarding for Sergey Potanin, head of legal at Exclases Holdings. ‘Working with the most important and demanding...
Senior Counsel/Legal Director (RMEA) | Parallels, Inc.
Alexey Petrusha has had a wealth of experience in the IT sector. Having previously risen from legal advisor to head of legal at Siemens IT Solutions (now Atos IT Solutions)...
General Counsel | International Grain Company
‘I like that my job allows for relative freedom in my professional and personal aims’ says Andrey Mikheev, general counsel at the International Grain Company, a Russia based marketer and...
Head of a Legal Unit | Vnesheconombank (VEB)
As head of a legal unit within Russian state bank VEB’s wider function, Andrey Lvov has contributed to the completion of several notable transactions. Among these, the project Tobolsk-Polymer (in...
Chief Legal Officer | Northern Capital Gateway LLC
Starting out as an in-house lawyer straight after graduating with his law degree in 1995, Sergey Krylov has grown to become a highly trusted professional with an outstanding reputation. He...
International Legal Counsel | Proxima Capital Group
Prior to starting his in-house career at NVision Group in 2013, Sergey Dmitriev has gathered around ten years of professional experience working for leading law firms across Germany and Russia....
Senior lawyer and head of M&A | NPRO Ural LLC
As head of legal and M&A, Sergey Baksheev manages 12 legal employees across two separate plants at NPRO Ural, one of Russia’s leading mining businesses. Centralising the activities of legal...
General Counsel | Megapolis Group JSC TC
Alexey Andronov heads the legal department at the leading Russian logistics and distribution company, Megapolis Group. One year into the role, he has already managed to implement an effective legal...
| Ripley Perú
The Ripley Perú legal team has worked on expanding Ripley’s retail departmental chain across Peru, supporting the company in establishing and opening numerous stores and banking branches across the country....
| Ferreycorp
The Ferreycorp legal team has overseen a number of high-profile transactions and landmark agreements, most recently participating in talks to register a third bonds program of debt instruments in Peru...
| Corporación Lindley
The Corporación Lindley legal team worked on forming the largely anticipated alliance between Arca Continental and Lindley, consolidating one of the largest bottlers in the global Coca-Cola system and representing...
| Honeywell
The Middle East legal team of the multinational conglomerate Honeywell is formed of three experienced lawyers led by the regional general counsel Dalia Al Sayeh. The legal team has partnered...
| GE Middle East, North Africa and Turkey
With revenues of more than $14bn a year, GE’s Middle East, North Africa and Turkey (MENAT) division plays an important part in the conglomerate’s global operations. The MENAT legal team...
head of legal – special projects | Etihad Airways, United Arab Emirates
As Etihad Airways’ special projects legal head, Ashley Whitcher has led some of the airline’s most ground-breaking cross-border transactions of recent years. He is also credited for his role in...
general counsel and company secretary | SEDCO Capital, Saudi Arabia
Former Charles Russell Speechlys LLP partner, Nicholas Polley, is credited by sources for his exceptional international structured finance expertise. As general counsel and company secretary to leading Sharia-compliant private wealth...
general counsel | Alinma Bank, Saudi Arabia
Publicly-owned financial institution, Alinma Bank, specialises in Sharia-compliant retail, corporate and investment banking. General counsel Eyad Othman is a respected lawyer in the nation’s financial services sector, with previous employers...
regional legal counsel and company secretary | Oceaneering International, United Arab Emirates
‘As in-house legal counsel it is also vital to think outside the box and to take on the role of commercial strategist’. Lamprell’s former general counsel, Andrew Onley heads Oceaneering’slegal operations...
general counsel | Oman Air, Oman
Heading Oman’s national airline’s legal and compliance functions, Vaughan Crossley is a leading regional expert in aviation law, with over two decades’ industry experience. Formerly a partner at Clark Ricketts...
| Honeywell
The highly recognised in-house legal team is supported by Tanya Quiñónez, regional general counsel, HBT Latin America at Honeywell, based in Mexico. The wider team handles the legal affairs of...
| Honeywell
The Honeywell legal team is constantly engaged with business leaders to ensure alignment with the company’s strategic plan in Mexico and across the wider region. During the past year, it...
Vice president - legal, finance and fleet | Aeroméxico
A specialist aviation lawyer, Carlos Hassey Artigas has accumulated experience which is multifaceted in nature as it includes regulatory, commercial, tax, and liability issues. His legal career began as an...
General counsel for Latin America | Kellogg Company
During an in-house career of over 20 years, Pablo Reynoso Mendoza has worked for a number of major companies including Altria, Kraft and Philip Morris. He is currently general counsel...
| Irish Greyhound Board
Operating as the regulators and promoters of greyhound sport in Ireland, semi-state owned company Irish Greyhound Board’s position as governors of the unique sport demands a niche legal perspective. The...
| EY Ireland
The Irish arm of accountancy firm EY are guided through legal and risk issues by a team led by general counsel and risk management leader Suzanne Tucker, who has held...
General Counsel | Panda Group
‘In-house legal departments have become a lot more popular in this jurisdiction over the past few years – it’s a growth industry in Ireland’. Just two years into his first...
General Counsel | Avolon Aerospace
‘The aircraft leasing industry is truly global’, Ed Riley says, adding: ‘Avolon has a “can-do” culture and is continually looking to innovate wherever possible’. Widely respected across Ireland’s legal community,...
General Counsel | OpenJaw Technologies
Providing innovative technological solutions within the travel industry, OpenJaw Technologies’ client portfolio includes British Airways, Four Seasons Hotels & Resorts, TravelSky and AIRMILES. An accomplished IP lawyer and trade mark...
General Counsel Ireland & Expansion Markets, Legal Director, EMEA | Yahoo!
Emma Kearney heads all Ireland legal support and plays a central role in EMEA operations for Yahoo, the internet industry giant. With an ever-increasing legal and geographic remit, she has...
Group General Counsel | AIB Corporate Banking
A seasoned in-house lawyer, Helen stands apart from her peers in her capacity to build exceptional in-house functions, according to sources. Managing around 150 lawyers at the Ireland Big Four...
Senior legal counsel | Horizon Pharma
Senior legal counsel at Horizon Pharma since May 2015, Anne-Marie Dempsey is praised highly for her superior understanding of the pharmaceutical industry. Formerly Shire Pharma’s pioneer lawyer outside the UK...
Regional Counsel - Ireland, Demand | Diageo Plc
As Diageo’s regional counsel, Becky Crawley’s role extends far beyond the purely legal. Crawley prides herself on her strategic business planning and in 2014 was a finalist of the Diageo...
Senior vice president and general counsel | Wipro
Prior to joining Wipro, a leading information technology, consulting and outsourcing company, Inderpreet Sawhney gained five year’s in-house experience at ITC, and 14 years at Silicon Valley law firm The...
Head of legal power generation compression | Siemens, Energy Sector
Björn Ley heads an international team of lawyers and has successfully achieved a ‘deeper understanding and implementation of our business partner concept’, which in concrete terms means that legal is...
General counsel | Deichmann SE
Shoe retailer Deichmann has over 33,000 employees and a turnover of €4.5bn. The long established company, founded in 1913, has converted its legal status into a SE in 2010, an...
Vice president patents | Fresenius Medical Care
Joerg Dreyhsig is vice president for patents for medical instruments company Fresenius Medical Care, which has a turnover of $14bn and has 86,000 employees. Dreyhsig focuses on the areas of...
Legal counsel | OSRAM
Bradley Chait is the sole legal financial advisor for all of OSRAM’s subsidiaries, a position the company has created when preparing its de-merger from Siemens in 2012. Chait advises the...
director of intellectual property, digital and distribution | Accor Hotels
Accor Hotels have a portfolio of over 6000 trademarks and they operate in around 92 countries across the world with over 3500 hotels and 5000 domain names under their control....
legal manager- Europe real estate department | Decathlon International
Ingrid Berteyn first joined Decathlon in 2000 as a real estate lawyer, a position she held for eight years after which she was promoted to legal manager for the entire...
EYDAP is the publicly listed but state-owned municipal water and sewage company of the city of Athens and the largest company of its kind in Greece serving over 4.3 million...
General counsel, chief compliance officer and chief operating officer | Oasis Management, Hong Kong
Phillip Meyer joined Oasis Management in 2007 and serves as its general counsel, chief compliance officer and chief operating officer. In this the role he is responsible for the full...
General manager of legal department | Taikang Life Insurance, China
Jeffrey King made an immediate impact at Taikang Life Insurance, the ninth largest life insurer by premium income in China, when he took on the role of general manager of...
General counsel and legal director | Gammon Construction
Ashley Howlett’s career in private practice saw him live and work in Auckland, London, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, Hong Kong and Beijing and ascend to the very top of the profession...
Group general counsel | Noble Group, Hong Kong
Noble Group is one of the largest commodities traders in the world and is a regular member of the Fortune global 500 rankings. With 2015 revenue of $67bn, headquarters in...
| Ripley
As one of the largest companies in Chile, Ripley requires a sizeable legal department to protect its multinational portfolio of services across Chile, Peru, Argentina and Colombia. As the company...
General counsel | MASISA
‘Hard working, thorough, with a good analytical mind’, Patricio Reyes Urrutia heads up the legal team at Masisa, a wood products company headquartered in Chile. Reyes has a reputation of...
General counsel Chile | Nestlé Chile
Andres Eyzaguirre, the ‘excellent’ general counsel at Nestlé Chile boasts 15 years of experience as an in-house and private practice lawyer and has been educated across Chile, Switzerland and Italy....
Legal affairs and corporate social responsibility manager | Sodimac
Part of the Falabella group of companies, Sodimac is a leader in the home improvement market with warehouse stores across Latin America. Juan Carlos Corvalán joined the company in 2004,...
Chief counsel (Central America, Caribbean and Andean Countries) | Banco de Reservas
Patricio Reyes is the legal manager at Banco de Reservas, a leading bank in the Dominican financial system and a driving force for social welfare in the country. For the...
Manager of legal and reputational risk | Banco de la Producción
Julio Reyes first encountered Banco de la Produccion (BANPRO) in 2000 when he was hired by the board in charge of liquidating the assets from Banco Intercontinental and assisted its...
Executive vice president, general counsel | Goldcorp
Charlene Ripley, general counsel for Goldcorp, boasts 25 years’ experience in the field of corporate law. Ripley has an impressive list of achievements that includes building LINN Energy through numerous...
General counsel | Vector Aerospace Corporation
Starting out as a private practice lawyer in 1997, Tracy Connelly McGilley accepted a position as securities counsel at Nortel Networks after a brief two year spell at a law...
Executive vice president, legal | Postmedia Network
Jeffrey Haar joined Postmedia, the largest newspaper group in Canada, in January 2012 as executive vice president and general counsel. Currently leading a team of seven employees, Haar has managed...
General counsel | Packers Plus
Tracey Beaudoin started her tenure at Packers Plus Energy in 2009 when the company was on a mandate to fuse industry expertise with the ability to build a legal team....
| Morgan Stanley
The most senior lawyer in Brazil for global financials company Morgan Stanley is João Camarota, managing director, head of legal South America and an inclusion in the inaugural GC Powerlist:...
Legal Director | Laboratórios Pfizer
Shirley Meschke joined Pfizer, the world’s largest research-based pharmaceutical company, in 2006. Having led mergers, acquisitions, divestments, business transactions and corporate reorganisations that were crucial to the region, she was...
General counsel and company secretary | Chorus
‘An exceptional legal professional with strong business acumen’, award-winning corporate counsel Vanessa Oakley played a central role in New Zealand’s largest demerger, between Chorus and Telecom NZ in 2011. Her...
Senior in-house lawyer | Indue Ltd
Taking up her current role in November 2015, Stacey Hester currently acts as a senior in-house lawyer for Indue Ltd. In her previous role, also in the financial sector, Hester...
General counsel and company secretary | Australian Rail Track Corporation Ltd (ARTC)
Federal government-owned ARTC manages most of the nation’s interstate rail network. It has been through considerable changes over recent years, with significant development projects, and the announced plans for its...
General counsel, board secretary and partner | Deloitte
‘The role of the general counsel as a business leader is vastly underrated’, opines Rachel Besley. Heading a 20-strong team, she has supported Deloitte’s Australian operations through a period of...
General counsel, executive vice president, corporate communications & CSR and company secretary | Singapore press holdings
‘Looking back at my career, I believe my biggest personal achievement is having built up a strong, capable, dedicated, effective and conscientious team,’ says Ginney Lim, reflecting on her 20...
General counsel, Asia Division | Hays Plc
Currently heading the Asia legal function for Hays Plc, UK and Australia-qualified Chris Dancey’s career has moved full circle, having once worked as a legal recruitment consultant. He developed Hays’...
| WorleyParsons
Australian Securities Exchange listed engineering company WorleyParsons is serviced by a legal team consisting of lawyers, contracts administrators and two administrative staff reporting to the general counsel in its operations...
| Harvey Norman
Founded in 1982, Australia’s Harvey Norman brand – which retails several categories of electric goods and appliances – extends to approximately 280 company-owned and franchised stores in Australia, New Zealand,...
| Beyond International
Founded in Australia, Beyond International is an international television and film production company with operations in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, and the United States. Having joined the company in...
General counsel | Genneia
Currently operating as general counsel at Argentina-based power company Genneia, formerly known as Emgasud, the talented Diego Abelleyra is in charge of the organisation’s legal affairs. Abelleyra describes his function...
Director South America | Assurant
Assurant is a global provider of risk management solutions, protecting where consumers live and the goods they buy. A Fortune 500 company, Assurant focuses on the housing and lifestyle markets,...
General counsel and chief compliance officer | Genneia
Diego Juan Abelleyra has been general counsel of Genneia since June 2010 and chief compliance officer since March 2018. Genneia, formerly known as Emgasud, is an Argentine power company, a...
General counsel | Endemol Shine Group
Emma Moloney boasts an impressive legal career having taken on various legal leadership roles with the likes of Sky, Amazon (Kindle) and News UK. Moloney completed her law degree in...
Senior vice president legal, IT, M&A; group general counsel | Bekaert
Philip Eyskens has amassed a lengthy career with Belgian-based steel wire transformation and coating business, Bekaert, a company that employs almost 30,000 staff worldwide and operates in 120 countries. Joining...
Senior corporate counsel and company secretary | Goodman
Goodman is a global industrial property group which owns, develops, and manages industrial real estate in 17 countries including logistics facilities, warehouses and business parks. It is the largest industrial...
Senior legal counsel – group insurance | AIA Australia
Tina Davey joined AIA Australia (AIAA) as senior legal counsel in April 2016. She provides strategic legal support to AIAA’s group insurance channel and shared services teams, and is also...
General counsel and business integrity officer | Unilever Philippines
Described as ‘instrumental to Unilever’s success’ by nominating sources due to her ‘elevation of the role of general counsel from a legal advisor to a trusted and valued business strategy...
General counsel, group company secretary and executive vice president, corporate communications and corporate social responsibility | Singapore Press Holdings
Ginney Lim heads the secretariat and legal division and oversees the corporate communications and corporate social responsibility division of Singapore Press Holdings (SPH). She concurrently holds the position of general...
Legal director | Laboratórios Pfizer
After three years in the position of legal director of Pfizer Brazil, Shirley Meschke Mendes Franklin de Oliveira was designated to perform additional roles of cluster legal lead position for...
Group legal innovation officer | Novartis
As the group legal innovation officer, Maurus Schreyvogel drives peak in-house legal department performance and accelerates functional innovation. At Novartis, his focus is on the corporate legal department’s best practices...
General counsel and chief compliance officer | Swiss International Airlines
Patrick Heymann is the general counsel responsible for all legal affairs of Swiss International (SWISS), Edelweiss Air and the Lufthansa Group Switzerland. Heymann amasses eight years of executive responsibility in...
Vice president and assistant general counsel | Semtech
Jeffrey Gutierrez serves as the vice president and assistant general counsel for Semtech (International), the Swiss subsidiary of Semtech Corporation, a NASDQ-listed (SMTC) supplier of analogue and mixed-signal semiconductors (collectively,...
Director of legal and policy, general counsel | European Broadcasting Union (EBU)
After several years at a leading City of London law firm working on high profile competition cases, Richard Burnley moved to a senior associate position in Ofcom’s legal team, working...
Group general counsel and chief compliance officer | Infosys
A global leader in technology services and consulting, Infosys provides a range of digital solutions to clients in more than 50 countries. At the helm of the legal function of...
Legal manager | Banco de la Producción (BANPRO)
In 2000 Julio Reyes began his in-house career when he worked at PRIBANCO (Primer Banco Inmobiliario) as a loans officer for a few months. That year he was hired by...
Sven Hähnel leads the integrated cross-border Germany, Switzerland and Austria in-house legal team of EY, which has achieved notable successes of late. Externally, among a number of project-based achievements, Hähnel...
Litigation counsel and associate director | Macquarie Group
Alexandra Heysen is an experienced litigation counsel and associate director based in Sydney, first joining Macquarie Group in November 2014 after a glittering career at the Royal Bank of Scotland,...
General counsel and company secretary | Australian Rail Track Corporation (ARTC)
Reporting directly to the CEO and chairman of the Australian Rail Track Corporation (ARTC), Gavin Carney is the general counsel and company secretary of the company with responsibility for the...
| The Hong Kong Jockey Club
Founded in 1884, The Hong Kong Jockey Club is a world famous racing club with an integrated business model, comprising racing, entertainment, a membership club, sports betting and lotteries, as...
| Morgan Stanley
Marco Chung is the regional head of legal for the private funds team and the investment banking M&A team at international finance giant Morgan Stanley, and leads a team consisting...
| McKinsey & Company
McKinsey & Company is a global management consulting giant, founded 90 years ago in Chicago and with a global footprint of 129 cities in 65 countries. It is well known...
Brian Pong is EY’s Asia Pacific area counsel and general counsel of the Greater China region, supervising along with deputy general counsel, Judy Wong, a team of 15 legal counsel...
| The Walt Disney Company Latin America
In March 2019, 21st Century Fox was acquired by The Walt Disney Company, causing a major change within the workings of the Fox organisation in Latin America. In addition to...
| Shanghai Disney Resort
Though it only opened officially in mid-2016, Shanghai Disney Resort’s backroom operation has been in operation for a much longer period, as the company geared up for the running of...
| Morgan Stanley Greater China
In 1994, Morgan Stanley opened its Shanghai office, establishing a presence in China as one of the first global investment banks. Since then, it has provided fully-integrated financial services across...
| Honeywell
Safeguarding the smooth operation of Honeywell’s diverse portfolio of high-tech products is a significant in-house legal department, which is constantly busy with the company’s heavily regulated and complex supply chain....
| GE Middle East North Africa and Turkey
Bruce McAlister, general counsel global growth and MENAT, leads the legal team responsible for Middle East, North Africa and Turkey, having been with GE for 18 years. McAlister has overall...
| MoneyGram
MoneyGram is an international money transfer company with headquarters in the US. Its global legal team is made up of 20 individuals who report into the executive vice president, general...
| Louis Dreyfus Company (LDC)
Made up of 19 lawyers in EMEA and 11 in Switzerland, the legal team of LDC boasts an impressive portfolio of completed global ventures and acquisitions in the areas of...
| Honeywell
Honeywell is a Fortune 100 company that invents and manufactures technologies to address tough challenges linked to global macro trends such as safety, security, and energy. It has approximately 129,000...
| The Hong Kong Jockey Club
Founded in 1884, the Hong Kong Jockey Club is one of the oldest institutions in Hong Kong, providing horse racing, sporting and betting entertainment. The organisation is the largest taxpayer...
| Morgan Stanley
Serving as executive director, Marco Chung heads both the private equity legal team and investment banking M&A legal team at Morgan Stanley Hong Kong, the global investment banking giant. Kevin...
| McKinsey & Company
The global management consulting giant McKinsey & Company opened its first office in Hong Kong in 1985 and has been enjoying a strong presence ever since, with over 1,500 client...
| Hong Kong Disneyland
Hong Kong Disneyland is the largest theme park in Hong Kong and the fifth Disney Resort in the world. To date, Hong Kong Disneyland has welcomed millions of guests, both...
| EY Ireland
Suzanne Tucker, general counsel at EY Ireland leads the legal team of five lawyers covering all elements of in-house legal matters for the company. She oversees a team that covers...
| Grupo Rey
Grupo Rey is one of the main Panamanian groups in the consumer products industry selling fresh produce, food and dry goods in Panama, serving the needs of thousands of Panamanians....
Senior vice president, general counsel, corporate secretary and chief compliance officer | Royal Caribbean Cruises
Bradley Stein oversees more than 40 staff across the corporate legal, litigation and claims and global compliance and ethics groups at Royal Caribbean Cruises and its associated brands. He joined...
Vice president and associate regional counsel | Turner Broadcasting System Latin America
Atlanta-based Astrid Seijas McGeeney is vice president and associate general counsel for Turner Latin America. She oversees all legal matters across Latin America, including the acquisition of new content for...
Vice president and general counsel, Group Stationery, Latin America, Middle East & Africa | BIC International
LaTanya Langley serves as vice president and general counsel at BIC International, the world’s number one manufacturer of ballpoint pens and a leading producer of other writing instruments. To get...
Regional counsel, Latin America and the Caribbean | Verifone
Casey Furman heads legal affairs for the Latin America and Caribbean operations of Verifone, an electronic payment company that sells merchant payment devices and operating systems to businesses across the...
Associate general counsel for M&A, strategy, innovation and Latin America | Avis Budget Group
Kimberly Chainey’s wide-ranging role sees her leading on the legal aspects of Avis Budget Group (ABG)’s global M&A matters, protecting its global IP and supporting its strategic initiatives around new...
| MoneyGram International
The business of global money transferring services brings with it inherent risk, a requirement to think globally and a need for high levels of technical expertise. Able to understand these...
Legal, compliance and quality director (BACIS) | Novo Nordisk
Novo Nordisk’s legal, compliance and quality director in Russia and CIS, Sergey Viktorov established the regional legal department from the ground up, as the former legal team had experienced a...
General counsel (Russia, Israel & CIS) | Eli Lilly and Company
In his role at the global pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly, Moscow based Andrey Valovoy leads legal affairs across Russia, CIS, Israel and 12 central and southern European Countries. Apart from...
Legal director | Lenta
Sergey Prokofiev is the current legal director for Lenta, one of the largest retail chains in Russia, having joined the company in 2012 with the objective to oversee all aspects...
Head of legal department | Exclases Holdings
Directly involved in formulating the strategy of Exclases Holdings, a distributor of Leonardo (formerly AgustaWestland) helicopters in Russia, Sergey Potanin has recently made his mark on the company by implementing...
Director, head of legal | Sibur
Alexey Nikiforov is extremely proud of the role he plays supporting the business objectives of one of the most important gas processing and petrochemical companies operating globally. Sibur posted almost...
Legal and corporate affairs director | Rusagro
Rusagro is the largest vertically integrated agriculture industry holding company in Russia and occupies the leading positions in sugar, pork, crop, oil and fats production in the country. Headquartered in...
Head of legal | Bashspirt
Distinguished head of legal of Bashspirt Sergey Isanov has over 16 years of experience in advising in the food manufacturing, wholesale and retail sector at one of the largest Russian...
Head of legal department | The Bank of Russia
Alexey Guznov became head of the legal department of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation, also known as Bank of Russia, in 2014, having previously worked at the bank...
Head of legal | BASF Group
German-headquartered global chemical giant BASF generated €58bn worldwide revenue in 2016, making it the largest chemical producer in the world. It has a presence in all corners of the globe,...
General counsel | Megapolis Group
To broaden its portfolio of goods, the leading consumer goods company MEGAPOLIS Group has recently been involved in various negotiations, pilot projects and subsequent comprehensive distribution agreements with worldwide recognised...
Legal and compliance director | MSD Turkey
From her base in Istanbul, Funda Zeynep Ekincioğlu leads both the legal and compliance functions at the Turkish operation of global healthcare leader MSD, and has a history of providing...
Legal affairs director | Trans-Anatolian Natural Gas Pipeline (TANAP)
Verging on megaproject status, the Trans-Anatolian Natural Gas Pipeline (TANAP) is a multi-billion dollar pipeline project that aims to transport natural gas from the Caspian Sea to Turkey and Europe....
Chief legal counsel | Citibank
Nominated during the research process by a private practice source, renowned country legal counsel for Citibank in Turkey Süreyya Uğurses is a highly accomplished banking in-house lawyer with more than...
Legal director - Turkey, Caucasus and Central Asia | Coca-Cola İçecek
Zeynep Derman Küçükönder joined the Turkish business of Coca-Cola in 2005, initially as a country legal counsel and then as legal director for Turkey, Caucasus and Central Asia business unit....
| Morgan Stanley
The lean but highly capable legal team at Morgan Stanley in India provides legal coverage to all front office businesses of the global financial services firm, in addition to dealing...
| EY India
The 11-person EY India in-house legal team has experienced significant growth since starting with only two lawyers five years ago. As national director for legal and general counsel for India...
Head of legal and corporate at lifecell | lifecell Ukraine
Described by a former colleague as ‘a deep-thinker with great analytical experience’ and praised heavily by peers for his attention to detail and superior communication skills, Andrey Osipov’s 17 years...
General counsel | Avolon
Ed Riley drew particular acclaim for his role in Dublin based aircraft leasing company Avolon’s IPO on the NYSE in December 2014. ‘This was the culmination of the first four...
General counsel | SIRO
SIRO, a startup business owned by telecoms giants ESB and Vodafone, aims to bring high speed internet service online across Ireland, especially smaller rural areas and so bridge the ‘digital...
General counsel | OpenJaw Technologies
Gemma Neylon is an in-house lawyer with a formidable academic record. Since 2011 she has been general counsel at OpenJaw Technologies, a company that transforms travel companies into travel retailers...
Vice president and general counsel | Element Fleet Management
Damian Maloney believes that ‘there is a certain amount of confidence you need in order to practice as an in-house lawyer’, and if so his career successes so far show...
General counsel Ireland and head of EMEA privacy, senior legal director | Yahoo!
Emma Kearney is a highly experienced lawyer in the IT sector, who plays an influential role in Yahoo!’s EMEA operations. Employed by the global internet giant since 2014, Kearney has...
General counsel | CarTrawler
CarTrawler is global vehicle hire business, and having built the CarTrawler legal department from scratch upon her appointment to the role of head of legal in 2010, Kearney assumed her...
Deputy CEO, director of legal and corporate affairs | Naftna Industrija Srbije
As deputy CEO, director of legal and corporate affairs for Naftna Industrija Srbije (NIS), a Serbian multinational oil and gas company, Fominykh has been involved covering all legal matters relating...
Head of legal (Russia and CIS) and lead counsel (Global Business Services, CEE) | IBM
IBM, the largest technology and consulting employer in the world, has been present in Russia and the CIS for over 40 years and is a leading provider of high-value solutions...
Legal director | Aer Lingus
Aer Lingus is the flag carrier for Ireland, with its 52-aircraft fleet presenting a symbol of the nation around the world. It operates a mixed service of both short and...
General counsel | Inver Energy
With over 25 years of experience in all aspects of commercial law, Ursula Earley is responsible for establishing the legal function at Inver Energy and making it a key part...
Group general counsel | Allied Irish Banks (AIB)
Founded in 1966, AIB is a financial services group that operates primarily in the Republic of Ireland and the UK. Group general counsel for the company since 2012, Helen Dooley...
Head of legal Ireland | Optum
Healthcare company Optum is part of UnitedHealth Group (UHG). Whilst UHG has been in Ireland for almost 20 years, its Dublin presence has expanded recently and its in-house legal team...
Chief legal officer | Goshawk
With a portfolio of aircraft valued at over $4.5bn, Goshawk is a world-class specialist in aircraft leasing based in Dublin. Having gained significant in-house legal experience with regard to aircraft...
| Ripley
As one of the largest companies in Chile, Ripley requires a sizeable legal department to protect its multinational portfolio of services across Chile, Peru, Argentina and Colombia. As the company...
Global head of litigation and opposition, global intellectual property | Fresenius
Experienced European patent lawyer Dr Jörg Dreyhsig, is the vice president for patents for medical instruments company Fresenius, which has a turnover of $14bn and employs 86,000 people. Dr Dreyhsig...
Head of legal affairs | Çelebi Holding
Çelebi Holding is another constituent of Turkey’s historically successful airline industry. As an airport services provider, it provides the support and logistics services that allow aircrafts to function, and has...
General counsel | TAV Airports
Ceyda Akbal currently leads the legal department at TAV Airports Holding, a company established in 1997 as a joint venture of Tepe, Akfen and Airport Consulting Vienna and won the...
| Louis Dreyfus Company
The Dutch-headquartered Louis Dreyfus Company is a global commodity trader that is involved in a multitude of industry sectors, and possesses a dynamic operation in Asia – a region it...
General counsel and corporate secretary | Credicorp Capital
April 2017 saw Oscar Eyzaguirre appointed to the role of legal director for Peru at Credicorp Capital, a financial services firm that has undergone a number of changes within its...
Senior vice president legal and deputy general counsel | Grupo Aeroméxico
Carlos Hassey Artigas is an integral member of the Grupo Aeroméxico in-house legal team in his position of senior vice president legal and deputy general counsel, and lays out the...
| The Walt Disney Company
Commonly referred to as Disney, The Walt Disney Company founded its Argentina operation in 1990. Today its legal team in the country is represented by a number of outstanding in-house...
Head of legal, Southern Europe | PayPal
Emilio Meyer-Pellegrini joined PayPal shortly after its split from eBay and a few months after it became a listed company. ‘One of the reasons why I joined PayPal was to...
Group legal director | East African Breweries (EABL)
East African Breweries Limited (EABL) is East Africa’s leading branded alcohol beverage business with a number of notable brands in the beverage industry including beers, spirits and non-alcoholic drinks, and...
| Keystone Bank
Keystone Bank was established in Nigeria in 2011 after taking over the assets, including subsidiaries and liabilities, of the now defunct BankPHB. It currently operates 184 branches located across the...
Group general counsel, regulatory and ethics executive | Massmart Holdings
‘An enthusiastic leader with excellent creative, strategic thinking’, the ‘charismatic’ Michael Spivey is commended by sources for his handling of the integration process, following the Massmart/Walmart merger, two years ago....
General counsel and company secretary | GFH Financial Group
Responsible for a wide range of corporate, commercial, investment and financing matters, the general counsel position at GFH was filled by Nicholas Polley in June 2017. The Islamic investment bank...
Chief legal officer | OSN
Sophie Moloney has had a decorated in-house career since moving on from the TMT practice of UK law firm Ashurst in 2003. After a seven year spell as a principal...
Group head legal and compliance | Bank Audi
Bank Audi is Lebanon’s largest bank in terms of customer deposits and total assets. The bank offers universal financial products and services including corporate and commercial, retail and private banking...
General counsel | Gulf Steel Works
Gulf Steel Works is a steel fabrication company that undertakes projects for leading companies, such as Saudi Aramco, Sabic and Maaden in addition to international EPC contractors. Since joining the...
Head of legal department and board secretary | Arab Bank for Investment & Foreign Trade (Al Masraf)
Arab Bank for Investment & Foreign Trade (Al Masraf) traces its history back to 1975, when it was formed with the goal of promoting cooperation in financial matters between Arab...
Chief legal counsel | Ma’aden
Stephen Bodley, chief legal counsel for $2.5bn-revenue Saudi mining company Ma’aden, has made the most of his time in the Middle East. ‘Working in the Middle East has been amazing’,...
General counsel | Abu Dhabi Investment Council (ADIC)
The Abu Dhabi Investment Council (ADIC) is one of the primary investment arms of the government of Abu Dhabi, operating and enlarging a highly varied portfolio of investments. The diversified...
