AOL has shed half of its 22-strong European legal team as it sells off the internet access side of its business to Neuf Cegetel in France, Carphone Warehouse in the UK and Telecom Italia in Germany.
Three members of the internet giant’s UK legal team have joined Carphone Warehouse as part of the £370 million sale, including assistant general counsel Nicky Hadley. Two other senior lawyers – UK general counsel Phil Wall and assistant general counsel Bernard Tute – have taken on non-legal positions at other companies.
