Switzerland Teams 2016
| 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:...
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...
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...
| 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,...
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 retailer” in 2011, Coop’s focus on ethical sourcing and sustainable practices places heavy demands on its legal team. In particular, the team has won praise for its involvement in environmental management recycling regulations. Given Coop’s close network of food and retail affiliates, the legal team dedicates a lot of effort to brand management. The company also sells products from Max Havelaar Fairtrade and the legal team has taken on considerable responsibility in the partnership of these socio-environmentally responsible brands. In 2005, Coop became one of the retailers to introduce self-checkout facilities to Switzerland through its Passabene system. The legal team helped spearhead this innovation and were fundamental to its smooth inception and efficiency, a success they replicated with the subsequent introduction of an Apple iPhone App allowing customers to scan items.
