When Nick Deeming joined BOC 18 months ago, he was confronted with a legal department that was badly out of sync with the business it served. While the business had moved to a global structure, the legal function remained firmly wedded to a regional focus. The department’s 40 lawyers were spread around the world and there was little communication between the different regions.
The dilemma for the new general counsel was whether to make the best of the structure already in place, tamper around the edges, or initiate a complete and immediate revamp of the legal team. Fresh from IT giant Sema, Deeming opted for the latter.
