Barclays has appointed Gibson Dunn & Crutcher corporate finance partner Judith Shepherd to the newly-created role of deputy general counsel to oversee its corporate activity. Shepherd will head up Barclays’ specialist legal teams in corporate and commercial, litigation and disputes, human resources and banking products. Shepherd will join Barclays on 4 September and work alongside Jeremy Ogden, Barclays’ other deputy general counsel.

First reported on legalweek.com (15 May)