This month has seen a celebration of South Asian heritage, commemorating and raising awareness for people with their roots in the region. The Lawyer spoke to Shika Soni and Krishna Raman as part of South Asian Heritage Month to discuss their experiences and advice as in-house lawyers of South Asian descent. Soni is assistant general […]
When Nicholas Golding joined Pandora as UK legal head in August 2018, the Copenhagen-headquartered retailer was at the start of a two-year turnaround strategy which that would overhaul its operational structure. Having become the world’s largest jewellery retailer, Pandora was to now focus on profitability. “Pandora particularly attracted me because of the brand and the […]
From a tiny room in a shared space in Canary Wharf to being labelled the most valuable UK tech startup at the time, Revolut is a success story. This is all down to the hard work behind the scenes of transforming this startup into a high-profile fintech bank. Joining from Herbert Smith Freehills, Tom Hambrett […]
The Missguided app features on many women’s home screens as another fast fashion app to scroll through prior to an important event, party or date. After 18 months of having no general counsel and only using interim options, Missguided hired Phil Clancy in 2019. “It was just too good an opportunity to turn down. I always […]
Seen from the motorway, the warehouses are sheds of a graduated blue. John Lewis, River Island, Amazon are some of the names on the walls. They are all assets operated by logistics company GLP Europe; its general counsel, Rachel Walker, is on a quest to see them one by one. “I have been in most […]
One of Laura Farnworth’s earliest memories of Atom Bank was arriving in a barren boardroom absent of printers and filing cabinets ready to crack on. So much so that her first question to new colleagues was straight to the point: “What do you need me to do?” Seven years on, the mobile-only bank has gone […]
January 2020 and the year was alight with possibility. London-based Ennismore was a young business which had recently debuted its sleek Hoxton-branded hotels in the US and introduced a co-working concept within its hospitality properties. Then travel was suddenly brought to a standstill. “At Ennismore we saw Covid coming from the start of 2020,” says […]
The pandemic has accelerated the shift away from cash to contactless payments. For The Royal Mint and its general counsel, there’s opportunity to diversify.
Alison Coates-Howard, general counsel at Bristol-headquartered tech recruitment business Opus Talent Solutions, is on the lookout for apprentices that want to take a different route into the world of law. They don’t have to have a law degree – what they need is to be enterprising, ambitious and hungry to learn. Coates-Howard joined Bristol-based Opus […]
2020 was the 125th anniversary of the National Trust – a year that was due to be one of celebration culminating in a garden party at Buckingham Palace. Instead, the heritage conservation charity, which was founded in 1895 by a trio made up of social reformer Octavia Hill, solicitor Sir Robert Hunter and clergyman Hardwicke […]
So far, BrewDog’s Richard Street has been in charge of a department of one, but that is all set to change when the brewer embarks on a public listing
Concerned about reports that domestic abuse had spiralled during the pandemic, Royal Mail senior legal adviser Charlie Ryan set to work helping victims access support