In-house luminary and Vodafone group general counsel Rosemary Martin is set to retire after more than a decade at the helm, to be replaced by well-respecte
In-house luminary and Vodafone group general counsel Rosemary Martin is set to retire after more than a decade at the helm, to be replaced by well-respecte
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Unlike some flightier in-house counsel, Vodafone’s head of legal for commercial operations, IP and corporate secretariat, Wayne Spillett, has stayed loyal
Employing 500 legal professionals worldwide, Vodafone has plenty of legal support. But its legal team is constantly honing how its services can best be delivered. The use of in-house service centres and alternative legal service providers (ALSPs) now plays a crucial role in its function.
Creating a seamless service is a key objective here, as is achieving cost savings. Wayne Spillett, head of legal – commercial operations, Group Legal, explains how this team works closely with their panel firms: “We challenge them to run our matters as efficiently as possible, including making use of low-cost centres and new technologies where possible.
“But we also partner with the lawyers in Vodafone’s shared services centres to bring them into our in-house legal family, a collaboration which has worked very well. In certain circumstances, it also makes sense for us to partner with ALSPs and our relationship with them has evolved over time,” he says.