Rene Chung was retained by a global innovation and technology licensing organisation to support a series of strategic hires within its growing Barcelona office. The organisation works with leading companies and research institutions worldwide, delivering tailored licensing solutions and patent programmes to support the commercialisation of advanced technologies.

Victoria van der Vaart and Samantha Knowles were retained by a global technology multinational going through a Deferred Prosecution Agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice. The company needed urgent support to grow its Corporate and Government Investigations function, spread across strategic global hubs in the U.S., Europe, and Asia Pacific. The multidisciplinary team needed qualified lawyers and…

A listed pharmaceutical giant retained Victoria van der Vaart to build their global privacy team. The first search for a Chief Privacy Officer required a dual UK and US search, looking for the best privacy lawyers with deep technology and digital experience. We assessed candidates with pharmaceutical and healthcare experience and benchmarked them against leading privacy lawyers…

Victoria van der Vaart was retained by a European pharmaceutical multinational to hire an EMEA Compliance Director. This position would sit in a newly acquired business that needed deep oncology compliance expertise and the ability to embed the group-level compliance program in a vastly different and more agile business culture. We conducted a pan-European search, identifying…

In preparation for the introduction of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), a diversified Fortune 100 multinational instructed Victoria van der Vaart to appoint two General Counsels for Privacy. The company already had one experienced lawyer leading privacy, who was subsequently appointed as Chief Privacy Officer. Both roles would have a broad Europe, Middle East, and Africa…

One of the largest Fortune 100 companies asked Victoria van der Vaart to conduct a pan-European search to find a functional General Counsel focusing exclusively on sanctions and financial crime. Reporting to the Global Head of Sanctions with a dotted reporting line to the Chief Compliance Officer, this person would be a qualified lawyer with top-tier law…