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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

‘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...

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...

‘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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

‘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...

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...

‘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....

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...

‘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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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”...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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, 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

‘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...

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...

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...

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)...

‘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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

‘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...

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...

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...

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...