Bluechip management adviser Boston Consulting Group (BCG) has recruited Ernst & Young (E&Y) global general counsel Jeremy Barton as its new legal chief, with the consultancy preparing to expand its legal activities into Europe.

Barton is set to join BCG on 1 May and will divide his time between Boston and London. He joined E&Y from legacy firm Andersen, where he was general counsel for Europe and then deputy global general counsel, responsible for winding up the company in the last year of his tenure.