Thomson Reuters’ UK legal chief tells Alex Aldridge about the benefits of using regional law firms, why Herbert Smith wasn’t for him and how he’s getting ready for the upturn

A year on from the merger between the Thomson Corporation and Reuters – which created the world’s largest information multimedia news agency – and there has still been no review of the new company’s fused panel of UK legal advisers. And according to Daragh Fagan, Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) general counsel (GC) for Thomson Reuters Markets division, there are no plans for one.