About

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 a team of around 24 staff. He says his focus is on providing ‘functional excellence’ in approaching the myriad tasks related to the legalities of the world’s largest building materials company. Amongst several career highlights, McGlinchey points to three in particular: the restructuring of Cable + Wireless USA, a matter which demonstrated his internal advocacy skills and technical excellence to ensure the group’s reputation was safeguarded; taking on a commercial role during his time at InterContinental Hotels group to ‘become a better and more effective lawyer driving value within the organisation’; and settling what was the largest class action in Australia during a spell at Aristocrat Leisure, helping the company to ‘successfully navigate its way through complex international disputes and improve its governance’. McGlinchey also notes his involvement in the complex and high-profile global merger between Lafarge and Holcim in July 2015 as a more recent milestone in his career. According to McGlinchey, this ‘required careful planning and involvement from the legal team with detailed advice on competition law, contracts, branding and minority shareholder protection’, further evincing his talents at all stages of a transaction.