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Back to in-house lawyers in The Legal 500 United Kingdom 2011
BAE Systems plc
Warton Aerodrome, Preston, PR4 1AX, EnglandMcDowell, Steve
Head of Legal Services - Military Air Solutions
- Phone:
- 01772 854891
- Email:
Responsible for legal compliance within the military air and information business.
- Size of department:
- Five.
- Career:
- Trained Collier Littlers, Manchester; qualified 1980; private practice 1978-86; Pilkington Plc 1986-89; BAE Systems Plc 1989 to date.
- Education:
- Preston Catholic College; Manchester University (1977 Hons 2(1)).
- Leisure:
- Aerospace, the law.
Smyth, Julie
Senior counsel – information superiority and services
- Phone:
- 01772 854272
- Email:
Senior counsel and management committee member for ISS. Responsible for managing the provision of legal services for ISS. ISS is part of the air sector for BAE Systems and provides platforms through life services and information management.
- Size of department:
- Nine.
- Career:
- Trained Baker & McKenzie 1993-96; Eversheds 1996-98; BAE Systems plc 1998 to date.
- Education:
- Loreto College, Manchester; Queen's College, Oxford (1989 BA French and Italian, 2:1); College of York (CPE; LSF); Bristol University (Diploma in intellectual property).
- Leisure:
- Golf, yoga.
BAE Systems plc
Warwick House, PO Box 87, Farnborough Aerospace Centre, Farnborough, Hampshire, GU14 6YU, EnglandElston, Mike
Chief Counsel India
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Formerly Chief Counsel for the UK-based land systems division, Mike is now BAE Systems' first Chief Counsel India, based in Delhi. Mike is responsible for all legal and compliance matters relating to BAE Systems' business in India.
- Career:
- Qualified 1999; solicitor Eversheds 1999-2001; legal adviser BAE Systems 2001; appointed chief counsel 2007; Chief Counsel Land Systems 2007-08; Chief Counsel India 2008 to date.
- Education:
- St Anselm's College, Birkenhead; University of Dundee (1995 LLB Hons); College of Law, Chester.
- Leisure:
- Liverpool Football Club, travel, curry, swimming.
BAE Systems plc
Warwick House, Farnborough Aerospace Centre, Farnborough, GU14 6YU, EnglandGelsthorpe, Ed
Chief counsel – labour law
- Phone:
- 01252 383 843
- Email:
Responsible for employment, pensions, rem and ben, data protection and ancillary legal matters for the BAE Systems group and management of team to support this.
- Size of department:
- 12 in labour law group.
- Career:
- Trained at Bircham Dyson Bell; qualified 1991. Solicitor, Hill Dickinson 1992; legal adviser, GEC-Marconi 1994; senior legal adviser, BAE Systems plc, 2000-07 (with responsibility for group corporate and commercial agreements and with particular focus on IT/outsourcing as well as regulatory work); chief counsel – labour law, BAE Systems plc 2007 to date.
- Education:
- Nottingham High School; Downing College, Cambridge (MA (Hons) law 1988); College of Law, Guildford; University of Grenoble.
- Leisure:
- Music, art and architecture.
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