Many of the British Legal Awards judges are general counsel. It was evident during their deliberations that they felt great sympathy for Tony McDonald, general counsel of National Express Group, who helped steer National Express through a tumultuous period that included knife-edge negotiations with the Government over a rail franchise that had run into trouble and a hostile takeover by a consortium that included a major shareholder, which was in turn blocking a rights issue designed to stabilise the company's finances. Then there were the corporate governance issues thrown up by the resignation of the chief executive and elevation of the chairman to executive chairman status as an emergency measure.
December 07, 2010 at 01:59 AM
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