Being general counsel at one of the world's most high-profile companies means the role of legal adviser to Microsoft is combined with that of government relations adviser. Ed Thornton talks to Microsoft's top UK lawyer about life working at the software giant
June 07, 2006 at 08:03 PM
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The original version of this story was published on Legalweek
When Chris Parker joined software giant Microsoft two years ago he was well used to run-ins with regulators. “I had been there, bought the T-shirt and got the scars from dealing with regulators,” he explains over a coffee at Micro-soft’s UK headquarters in Reading.
In 1997, when he was UK legal counsel at the Digital Equipment Company (DEC), Parker played an instrumental role in settling a European Commission (EC) investigation into the company.
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