Managing External Legal Resources

April 2008

Abstract

In today's world, obtaining the best legal support from both internal and external resources is a constant challenge. During the past ten years it has become the norm for this to be provided by partnering arrangements of both internal and external lawyers in some form of service provision. Increasingly, it is important for in-house lawyers to review the needs and future requirements of their organisation, to procure them in a defined and documented way, and to take account of a number of options for the future. The market for the provision of legal services may now be at a critical point, with the possibility of alternative providers and structures becoming possible, and in-house lawyers will wish to consider what their options may be for the future.

Author

Richard Tapp

Former: Company Secretary and Director of Legal Services, Carillion, UK

Richard Tapp is Company Secretary and Director of Legal Services at Carillion plc. Carillion plc is a major FTSE-listed integrated support services and construction business operating in the UK and internationally. He leads professional teams numbering more than 150 people, including a team of some 30 qualified legal staff globally in Carillion’s legal team, the group’s Ethics and Compliance Office, Corporate Secretariat, Communications, Government Affairs, Mergers and Acquisitions and Global Insurance teams. He is the architect of the ground-breaking Carillion Advice Services - a managed legal services team which provides a range of legal services and resources, both through a number of new legal sourcing offerings and through the Legal Aid Scheme. He has led a range of innovative legal sourcing arrangements for Carillion, including the formation and development of the Carillion Legal Network, and the integration of its work with that of Carillion Legal and Carillion Advice Services. He is the general editor of The Future of the In-House Lawyer: the General Counsel Revolutino (Law Society Publishing - to be published Spring 2016) co-author of In-House Lawyers’ Toolkit (Law Society) and Managing External Legal Resources (ICSA) and speaks and writes on in-house, legal practice management and corporate governance issues. He was FT Innovative Lawyers European In-House Lawyer of the year in 2013. Before joining Carillion plc in 2002, he was for six years Company Secretary and Group Legal Adviser for Blue Circle Industries PLC, a FTSE 100 heavy building materials business operating globally. He has specialised in corporate and compliance work, leading merger and acquisition work internationally and having responsibility for competition and anti-trust work in a number of jurisdictions. He has established, run and integrated in-house legal teams in North and South America, Europe, Australasia, the Middle East and Asia. Richard is a Solicitor. He holds Batchelor’s and Master’s degrees in law, and a Master of Business Administration. He is also a qualified Chartered Secretary and Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators. He is Visiting Faculty at the International Law Management Executive Programme for senior lawyers run by Instituto Empresa in Madrid.

Company

Carillion

Carillion is a leading integrated support services company with a substantial portfolio of Public Private Partnership projects and extensive construction capabilities. The Group had annual revenue in 2015 of some £4.6 billion, employs around 46,000 people and operates across the UK, in the Middle East and Canada. The Group has four business segments. Support services - this includes facilities management, facilities services, energy services, utility services, road maintenance, rail services and consultancy services. Public Private Partnership (PPP) projects - this includes investing activities in PPP projects for Government buildings and infrastructure, mainly in the Defence, Health, Education, Transport and Secure accommodation sectors. Middle East construction services - this includes building and civil engineering activities in the Middle East. Construction services (excluding the Middle East) - this includes building, civil engineering and developments activities in the UK and construction activities in Canada. Carillion news releases can be found at www.carillionplc.com

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