Entertainment venues giant NEC Group’s first-ever general counsel is gearing up for a review of its legal advisers, it has emerged, while Christian Salvesen is to lose its second senior in-house lawyer in recent months.

NEC hired Keith Marriot, commercial legal director at shipping and manufacturing company Christian Salvesen, late last year to lead its six-strong legal team. Marriot spent five years at Christian Salvesen, where he dealt with logistics, outsourcing transactions and joint ventures. Prior to that, he spent five years as a solicitor at Hammonds.