Leanne Oliver serves as the senior vice president and general counsel for PepsiCo Foods North America, a combined $USD30bn business which includes Frito-Lay North America and Quaker Foods North America....

Annette, a Kenyan national, is a distinguished corporate lawyer with 16 years of experience in the legal field. She currently serves as the general counsel and corporation secretary at AGRA,...

Anne is the company secretary and chief legal officer at Housing Finance Bank. She previously practiced in the multi-media and oil industries. She has over 15 years’ experience as a...

Fabrizio is not only an outstanding legal practitioner with a wealth of legal knowledge and expertise, he has also led Ferrero’s legal team of over 100 people to a degree...

Editor’s note: This interview was conducted prior to March 2020. Bruno-Étienne Duguay has acted as chief legal officer for Novacap since 2008. He brought a wealth of experience to the...

What are the most important transactions, litigations or other major projects that you have been involved in during the last year? Responding to the pandemic and preparing for Brexit aside,...

Team size: 14 Major legal advisers: Bindmans, Bird & Bird, Lewis Silkin, RPC, Travers Smith Grainne Brankin, GC of the 100-year-old UK national standards body, is leading its reformed approach...

Team size: 140 Major legal advisers: Addleshaw Goddard, CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer SSE has been through immense strategic change recently, announcing its intention to realign its...

Number of years practice: 13 Principal practice areas: Bankruptcy and Restructuring, Capital Markets, Leveraged and Acquisition Finance, Mergers, Acquisitions and Joint Ventures, Project Finance, and Infrastructure Bar admissions: New York...

How do you suggest in-house lawyers build strong relationships with business partners? In-house lawyers must understand the concerns and needs of internal clients and business people and address them accordingly....

What are the most important transactions and litigations that you have been involved in during the last two years? January 2018 was interesting, with my employer being served with a...

What are the most important transactions and litigations that you have been involved in during the last two years? Bosch’s legal services team has been involved in significant research and...

What are the most important transactions and litigations that you have been involved in during the last two years? Since its separation from Investa Property Group, AVID Property Group (AVID)...

‘I would like to nominate Brooke Connell to be included in the GC Powerlist: Australia 2019. She is effectively responsible for the general counsel role at Velocity Frequent Flyer (which...

What are the most important transactions and litigations that you have been involved in during the last two years? At Novartis Romania, we are committed to improving the wellbeing of...

Douglas is the leading premium beauty retailer in the European beauty industry with about 2,400 stores and fast-growing online platforms in 26 European countries. Having joined the company in 2014,...

Malte Bannenberg started his career as an associate in a small boutique law firm, before becoming part of the in-house team of a securitisation company eventually taking over from the...

In what ways do you see the in-house legal role evolving in your region over the next few years? I expect an increase in the number of in-house lawyers in...

In what ways do you see the in-house legal role evolving in your region over the next few years? The in-house legal role is becoming more and more important in...

What would you say are the unique qualities required to be successful as an in-house lawyer in your industry? The key element to be a successful in house lawyer is...

What would you say are the unique qualities required to be successful as an in-house lawyer in your industry? Regardless of what you are selling or buying, the scope of...

Noted in the GC Powerlist: Middle East Teams 2018 for her excellent leadership of the EITC (du) legal team, general counsel and senior vice president legal Anneliese Reinhold returns this...

After training and launching her career in the corporate department of A&L Goodbody, Nicola O’Connell spent five years at eircom, now called eir, as in-house counsel and a member of...

Joanne Ross began her career at McCann FitzGerald in 1999 completing a training contract and then worked for three years PQE in M&A and private equity before relocating to Belfast....

As general counsel for Bartra Capital Property, Sally Anne Sherry plays a key role in some of the most significant real estate transactions in Ireland. In 2018, among other substantial...

Evelyn O’Donnell, director of legal at Davy Private Clients continues to impress in her leadership of the legal team at Davy which was included in the GC Powerlist: Ireland Teams...

Grainne McLaughlin has a formidable track record in private practice, as an in-house counsel and in the public and private sectors. McLaughlin trained with William Fry and worked in their...

‘As head of legal for retail and commercial banking at Ulster Bank, Yvonne Glynn has an extremely broad remit and works closely with the business in launching new retail products...

Yvonne Czajkowski acts as senior legal counsel within the contracts and legal office at Trinity College Dublin. She was the first solicitor hired in this office four years ago and...

Yvonne Cunnane acts as the main privacy advisor to the Facebook business in Europe and leads a growing team of data protection and privacy lawyers. Under her guidance, the data...

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...

Deirdre Runnette is a highly accomplished and skilled general counsel who has made a name for herself in the technology industry. She has 20 years of experience in private practice...

‘Joanne H. Raphael is the senior vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary for one of the largest investor-owned companies in the US utility sector. As general counsel, Raphael has...

‘My advice [to aspiring general counsel] is to learn as much as possible about the business you support and the industry you cover’, Bennett A. MacDougall, chief legal officer of...

One year before joining Amarin, a biopharmaceutical company focused on the commercialisation and development of therapeutics to improve cardiovascular health, Joseph T. Kennedy was honoured as an Irish-American by the...

Mary Anne Hilliard, executive vice president and chief legal officer for Children’s National Health System (CNHS), started her career as a pediatric nurse, demonstrating a passion for children’s health and...

Team size: 10 Major law firms used: Eversheds Sutherland ‘I’ve been trying to focus on what drives risk and what drives poor behaviour,’ Severn Trent group GC and company secretary...

Team size: 75 Major law firms used: Addleshaw Goddard, CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer After a merger-induced interlude, SSE’s GC Liz Tanner has stepped back into the...

Number of years practice: 24 Principal practice areas: Energy, M&A, securities and derivatives enforcement and regulatory Bar admissions: District of Columbia, New York, US Supreme Court, US Court of Federal...

Number of years practice: 11 Principal practice areas: Energy, aviation, bankruptcy and restructuring, capital markets Admissions: New York Languages spoken: English and Spanish One of the most promising up-and-coming US...

‘Anne is single-handedly building Summit’s legal department from scratch,’ says one private practice source, adding: ‘We consider her to be a rising star in the legal profession’. Summit Materials is...

Kenneth Schwartz is incredibly focused on providing legal services in the fastest, and most cost-effective way, to his organization. To achieve this, he favors an approach of consolidation and segmentation...

TE Connectivity’s strategy map puts emphasis on serving as a premier partner for customers, delivering superior returns for shareholders and retaining a highly engaged employee base in a bid to...

Fabienne Crisovan describes herself as, ‘the single point of entry and expert knowledge among the legal department thereby providing comprehensive legal advice with one voice’. Her areas of expertise include...

Marianne Malate-Guerrero has been senior vice president and head of legal at SM Investments Corporation (SMIC) for the last 10 years. She started her legal profession in private practice in...

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...

Kenneth Ho was appointed general counsel for Swire Pacific Offshore in 2008. ‘The learning curve has been extremely steep but the past nine years with Swire have been the most...

Jannet Cruz-Regalado concurrently occupies the roles of vice president for legal at Shell Philippines and is Royal Dutch Shell’s managing counsel for global litigation, Asia Pacific. Cruz-Regalado is integral to...

The Russian telecom operator Virgin Connect has a worldwide reputation for the provision of internet and telecommunication services to both individuals and business clients across the country. It has a...

‘The legal team is today considered a trusted business partner by the entire organisation, which the team considers as its most important trademark’, says Charlotte Bertelsen who leads the legal...

The legal department at Lantmännen, a Swedish agricultural cooperative, comprises of nine lawyers. The team is widely known for its dedication to various M&A transactions, the effective use of an...

Via close cooperation with various other departments within the organisation, the legal function at H & M Hennes & Mauritz (known internationally as H&M), a Swedish clothing retail company, provides...

As senior vice president, corporate counsel and compliance officer at the world’s leading insurance broker and risk advisor company, Marsh, Anne Worm-Peterson is praised for her ‘unique ability for making...

A legal counsel for over seven years at NCC Housing AB and then head of department for four years, Danne Stattin had already built significant experience in contract negotiation and...

Before joining leading energy company Schneider Electric, Yvonne Ivarsson held a number of position at various institutions, including the Faculty of Law at Lund University, where she was a lecturer...

Annette Ikast is the general counsel for energinet.dk, a non-profit enterprise owned by the Danish Climate and Energy Ministry, where she heads a team of 24 including two heads of...

Synne Homble joined Cermaq in 2006 as the company’s first in-house lawyer. Prior to her hiring, all legal affairs were handled through external law firms, even though legal work had...

With an impressive career spanning multiple sectors Anne Diness, attorney general counsel at DEIF, brings a multidimensional and global understanding for strategy and legal requirements. Diness began her career at...

By setting up the legal department, Susanne Berens Olsson has moved Göteborg Energi AB away from handling legal matters through a decentralised method of using external law firms, at high...

Award-winning general counsel Anneliese Reinhold is an influential voice in the Middle East’s in-house community, and a bastion for diversity. Reinhold joined du, UAE’s second telecoms operator in 2005, during...

Supporting the Middle East’s first privately-owned submarine cable system, Kenneth Awoonor-Renner adds real value with his capacity to think holistically, across legal and business factors, according to sources. Gulf Bridge International (GBI)...

Lourdes Ivonne Massimi Malo began working for Grupo Simec, considered the largest producer of specialty steel in North America, in 1994. She has served as legal corporate manager since 1999...

With extensive experience in private practice at a number of Argentine firms between 1996 and 2003, Carlos Lanardonne moved in-house at Empresa Nobleza-Piccardo as senior head of legal affairs for...

Fabrizio Minneci, chief legal officer at Ferrero, the global consumer goods company privately owned by the Ferrero family, boasts a remarkable legal career of over two decades. Starting out as...

Flagship Irish retail group Dunnes Stores are supported by a versatile legal function that is well respected by peers. By virtue of operating in a market with other well-established and...

As EY’s Ireland GC, Suzanne Tucker is at the heart of its national strategic planning and is widely praised for her contribution to its corporate governance framework. The big four...

One of Ireland’s most widely known and respected in-house counsel, Joanne Ross has headed national utility Bord Gais Energy since 2011. With previous roles at Coca-Cola and Lagan Technologies, Ross...

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...

Providing all Facebook’s privacy support outside the US, Yvonne Cunnane is at the cutting edge of a niche area in a state of flux. Legal challenge to Facebook’s European privacy...

Up until 2010, Corinne Bourrat had been head of legal at renewable energy project developer juwi, when she moved into her current role as Corporate Compliance Officer. Her work focuses...

Hatfield Philips International is a servicer of primarily European CMBS transactions with hundreds of securitised, mortgage-backed bonds amounting to a high two figure billion euro sum. Deputy General Counsel Europe,...

French multinational company Veolia earns a global annual revenue of around €30bn from its four main environmental operating services and utility areas, namely water management, waste management, public transport and...

Ranked as the number one luxury goods company in the world by Deloitte’s 2016 Global Powers of Luxury Goods report, French multinational luxury goods conglomerate LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton...

Outside of its US home market, France is the largest market for Clear Channel, one of the world’s largest outdoor advertising companies. Since 2013 Patrick Remot has headed the legal...

With a PhD in international law at the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Asia and a lecturer in Paris and Thailand between 1993 and 1998, Anne-Laure Nguyen-Fitzgerald left her academic...

Anne-Sophie Le Lay is responsible for overseeing Renault’s global legal activities and acts as advisor to the board of directors. She joined the company in 2001 to help oversee the...

Elodie Lalanne-Larrieu joined renewable energy operator Valorem in 2008. The legal department, which she created as one of her first tasks at the company, comprises of four lawyers that manage...

Joanne Low identifies joining RRJ Management (HK), an investment firm with almost $11bn assets under management, in 2013 as one of the highlights of her career because of the exposure...

BCI is a Chilean bank that operates across four business areas: savings and deposits; insurance; asset management; and securities brokerage. Founded by the Yuar family in 1937, BCI has grown...

Digicel is a mobile phone network provider that does business in over 33 markets and serves 14 million customers across the Caribbean, Central America and Asia Pacific. An expert with...

The Bentall Kennedy in-house legal and compliance group is comprised of two compliance professionals, one law clerk and an executive assistant and is responsible for all legal and regulatory compliance...

Annelle Wilkins was appointed senior vice president and general counsel for HSBC Bank Canada in November 2007. She initially joined HSBC in 1995, and has held progressively more senior roles...

During his time in the role of vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary at the Canadian electric power and natural gas utility company Manitoba Hydro, Ken Tennenhouse has recruited...

Melissa Kennedy joined Sun Life Financial, one of the largest life insurance companies in the world with operations dating back to 1865, in 2014 and became chief legal officer in...

Kenneth Fredeen stands out from his peers due to his sterling reputation as a leader and his active participation in a range of diversity initiatives aimed at improving the quality...

Tracing its origins back to 1965, Lojas Renner has grown into one of the largest retail operations in Brazil through its Renner, Camicado and YouCom stores. In total, it employs...

With the imminent $28bn purchase by leading Swiss insurer Ace, Chubb Insurance looks set to become part of a global commercial and P&C insurance leader. Australian GC Vivienne Webster has...

‘Each day brings an assortment of interesting tasks and concepts, with challenges and fun’, Anne Lock says, adding: ‘Sharing a tea room with brilliant inventors is awesome’. Heading legal support...

‘Taking on the role of general counsel at Vodafone was a big honour but also a challenge’, Trent Czinner says. ‘It meant shifting from operating as a task-focussed senior lawyer...

‘It was a good time to join – it’s exciting to be a part of something that’s growing,’ says Joanne Low, on her decision to become RRJ Capital’s first in-house...

‘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...

Marnix van Ginneken joined Philips’ legal department in 2007 and became head of group legal in 2010. He is responsible for the various group legal departments including corporate and financial...

As the head of legal business development M&A and regulation, Anne-Bérangère Sudraud reports to the director of legal, strategy, regulation and public affairs of Engie Benelux. She possesses strong leadership...

Els Ponnet joined BNP Paribas Fortis in March 2000 as head of legal global markets, and over the years has assumed the position of head legal private equity, corporate finance...

Susanne Marston is an experienced legal counsel who fully understands the business, partnering with executive leaders to accelerate global business goals and how to build a strong team with a...

Hanneke Dorsman joined Dutch ban ABN AMRO initially as legal counsel in 1984, a role that she held for 17 years. In 2002 she assumed the additional role of head...

Patrice de Hemptinne is a general counsel with an accomplished international business expertise of more than 15 years with major top-ranked in-house and law firm experience. De Hemptinne is currently...

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...

Starting his legal career with JTJB, then a boutique litigation practice based in Singapore, Kenneth Ho recalls that being in a smaller firm ‘meant that youngsters like us were thrown...

After working at an international law firm and then as legal counsel in BASF’s global headquarters, Wennemer moved to Acer in Switzerland as senior legal counsel in 2010. Four years...

As a senior legal leader with extensive business orientation, Pierre-Etienne Boin prides himself for his international agricultural-biotechnology experience with leading Swiss life sciences company, Syngenta. Boin started his career with...

Vivianne Vera joined Samsung in September 2016 after serving as a senior in-house lawyer in other consumer products companies such as Asedif, the Edificadora Centroamericana Rapiparedes construction company, and as...

Mobile phone network provider, Digicel, operates in 31 markets across the Caribbean, Central America and Oceania regions and serves 14 million customers. Leading the Panamanian legal and regulatory team since...

Virgin Group’s Russian subsidiary Virgin Connect provides broadband internet access and telephony services to retail and business customers in 20 regions of the country. The company’s lean legal team led...

Led by Elena Prilenskaya the legal department of LVMH Moët Hennessy in Russia provides full support to the regional activities of one of the world’s largest wine and spirits producers....

The leading German reinsurance company Munich RE has been present in Australia since 1955. Serving as senior corporate counsel for Australasia, Vivienne Webster is effectively the company’s general counsel in...

An accomplished general counsel with more than 20 years of financial services legal experience and proficiency in risk and governance matters, Annette Spencer is the general counsel of UBS in...

After graduating from Monash University, the majority of Anne Lock’s 22 years in legal practice have been in-house, firstly with energy giant ExxonMobil, then consulting in the Middle East before...

Trent Czinner started as a paralegal at Blake Dawson Waldron (now Ashurst) in 1993 and qualified in 1995, and after a short stint working in administrative law in London he...

As group general counsel at AVID Property Group, Nicole Bannerman is the sole advisor on risk, strategy, compliance and more, operating within a complex and evolving national property development business...

TE Connectivity is a US$12bn global technology leader, providing connectivity with sensor solutions that are essential in today’s connected world. In China, the company’s 2,000 engineers work with local customers...

The TE Connectivity legal team stands out for being able to actively advise the business on innovative ways to help to grow the intellectual property portfolio while tackling the importance...

Suzanne Tinozzi was hired to set up the legal department of HSBC in Italy and to lead the investment banking division. ‘I started from nothing and have built the legal...

Fabrizio Minneci is Ferrero Group’s chief legal officer, and has an additional position at the global confectionary manufacturer as a member of its board of directors. Minneci joined the Ferrero...

Water and waste utilities giant Suez Environnement’s multi-billion dollar revenue business is a highly coordinated and well-run operation, with its legal team being a key buttress of this structure. An...

“One of the leading names in high-end luxury goods, the LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton legal team not only has to ensure the reputation of its brands worldwide, as well...

The Clear Channel France legal and compliance team is led by Patrick Remot and structured according to three departments: compliance, private law (headed by Naouel Khellaf) and public law and...

Dunnes Stores, an Irish retail institution for over 70 years, is still a family-run and privately owned operation, yet is one of the largest and most important retailers in Ireland...

Julia Lannerheim started her career in private practice as a lawyer at the Vinge law firm, working on corporate law and dispute resolution issues focusing on international and commercial disputes....

Since 2012, Anne Gynnerstedt has been the senior vice president, general counsel and secretary to the board of directors at Vattenfall, bringing her experience from Saab, SAS and the Swedish...

Since February 2012, Susanne Berens Olsson has led the legal team at Göteborg Energi and is involved in all areas of commercial law, corporate law, property law, land rights, public...

Carlos Lanardonne is general counsel and compliance officer for the Latin America region at Sandoz, the generics division of global pharmaceutical company Novartis. Before joining Sandoz in May 2014 he...

Susanne Kandel is Latin America general counsel at American Tower, a major owner, operator and developer of wireless and broadcast communication real estate. Present in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa...

Adrienne Cornejo has more than 25 years of legal experience across in-house and private practice roles, covering different sectors and holding a number of international roles. In her current role...

H&M Group is a Swedish multinational clothing-retail company consisting of eight defined brands, including H&M, COS and ARKET. With around 4,900 stores in 72 markets worldwide, the Group achieved a...

Working in the legal team for one of Norway’s biggest companies, Norsk Hydro, since 1998, Anne-Lene Midseim is a highly respected figure in Norway’s in-house legal community. The global aluminium...

Over the years multi-faceted lawyer Carine Lindman-Johannesen has accumulated a wide range of experience in the financial sector. Her multi-faceted career started in 2000 as a junior associate at the...

Suzanne Tucker joined EY Ireland in 2003 and has been working there as general counsel since, adding responsibilities for the firm’s risk management function since January 2016. She was the...

Nominated for his excellent legal work in the Irish public sector, Kenneth Ruane is the current head of legal affairs for the Republic of Ireland’s police force, An Garda Síochána....

Bord Gáis Energy provides gas and electricity to over 680,000 customers in Ireland. Joanne Ross, head of legal and regulation, has been with the company since 2011. She describes that...

Serving as Philips’s first in-house lawyer in Central Eastern Europe since 1996, Dr. Adrienne Benedek is responsible for establishing the internal legal function in the region and over several years...

In Argentina, Genneia is a leading supplier of energy solutions using the latest technologies for thermal equipment and a main investor in the country’s renewable energy projects. Legal affairs director...

Travel metasearch engine Skyscanner’s credentials as one of the UK’s most successful tech start-ups were underscored in November 2016 when it was acquired by Chinese online travel company Ctrip for...

A major global air transport player, Air France-KLM is a Franco-Dutch airline holding company incorporated under French law. In February 2018, the organisation recruited the highly regarded in-house lawyer Anne-Sophie...

Guinness in Cameroon has a history dating back to the 19th century, when European traders first brought stout to the African continent. The traditional Irish alcoholic beverage has since become...

Annemarie Mecca’s deep public finance experience spans energy, infrastructure, financial services and trade. She is particularly known for her work on significant international transactions involving multi-jurisdictional governments and state parties....

Telecoms company du occupies an important place in the history of the diversification of the UAE’s economy, as it was the first domestic telecoms company to challenge the market upon...

Number of years practice: 11 Law school attended: George Washington University, University of Pennsylvania Law School Languages spoken: English and Spanish Principal practice areas: Banking, Bankruptcy, Capital Markets, M&A, Project...