The U.K.-based site Legal Business reports that BDB Pitmans, Irwin Mitchell and Norton Rose Fulbright have been dropped from National Grid’s panel, which it says is worth about $15.4 million a year in the UK alone. The move, report Legal Business, followed an extensive tender process in which firms pay to compete for spots. Womble […]
Detroit-based DTE Energy announced that JoAnn Chávez will take on the role of senior vice president and chief legal officer. In this expanded role, Chávez will have overall responsibility for the Office of the General Counsel, Ethics & Compliance and Corporate Security. She succeeds DTE’s current senior vice president and general counsel, Bruce Peterson, who will retire […]
Jonathan Marsh’s attention is increasingly being diverted towards Iberia. In his role as international general counsel at the Paris-based energy company Total, Marsh (in the photo above) will soon be launching a process to create Total legal panels for different countries, including Spain and Portugal. Meanwhile, in his other major role, as president of the […]
Energy distributor CenterPoint Energy has promoted Jason Ryan to senior vice president and general counsel. Formerly senior vice president of regulatory services and government affairs at the companyC, Ryan will now oversee regulatory services, government affairs, corporate governance, securities and commercial law, litigation and claims, internal audit, environmental, and ethics, compliance and privacy. Ryan will […]
Giuseppe Ferrara (pictured) has been appointed Head of Legal and Corporate Affairs Europe responsible for the Europe region for the Enel group, including all of its various subsidiaries. In his new role, the lawuer, who has held positions of increasing responsibility in Enel since his entry in 1990, reports directly to the group general counsel […]
PDC Energy Inc. said in a statement that the company’s general counsel, Dan Amidon, will retire on December 31, and he’ll be replaced by Nicole Martinet, PDCs current associate general counsel. Martinet has been in her current position since March 2011. Prior to joining the oil exploration company, she served as an associate for the Corporate […]
Valero Energy Corp. announced that its general counsel, Jay Browning, who turned 60 earlier this year, will retire effective New Year’s Day. To replace him, the company’s Board of Directors has elected Jason Fraser, currently senior VP and counsel, public policy, strategy, and external communications. Browning has served in his post since 2013, during which […]
The industrial company Actuant announced on Monday that it hired Fabrizio Rasetti as its general counsel. The company makes specialized industrial tools, products for the energy industry, and motion control systems and is based in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin. Rasetti has extensive in-house legal and business experience. Most recently, he was at Boart Longyear, where he […]