Tobacco giant overhauls legal function after merger to usher in specialist teams
Imperial Tobacco has restructured its core UK legal team following its takeover of Spanish tobacco rival Altadis.
Imperial Tobacco has restructured its core UK legal team following its takeover of Spanish tobacco rival Altadis.The merged company has around 35-40 lawyers, including 10 in the legal team's Bristol headquarters. The overhaul will see the Bristol lawyers organised across four legal disciplines - company/commercial, intellectual property (IP), litigation and regulatory - rather than by geography. Lawyers within the wider group will then report into the relevant UK discipline head.
January 22, 2009 at 12:32 AM
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Tobacco giant overhauls legal function after merger to usher in specialist teams
Imperial Tobacco has restructured its core UK legal team following its takeover of Spanish tobacco rival Altadis.
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