THOROGOOD PROFESSIONAL INSIGHTS
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SUCCESSFULLY MANAGING THE IN-HOUSE LEGAL FUNCTION AN INSIDER’S VIEW – REVISED EDITION
Barry O’Meara
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THOROGOOD PROFESSIONAL INSIGHTS
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SUCCESSFULLY MANAGING THE IN-HOUSE LEGAL FUNCTION AN INSIDER’S VIEW – REVISED EDITION
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The author Barry O’Meara is a Solicitor who, following education at Charterhouse, served five year articles and his early post-qualification life in private practice. On 1st January, 1965 he joined the Legal Department of Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd at the company’s headquarters at Millbank, Westminster where he spent the next thirty years, retiring at the end of 1994 as Deputy Group Solicitor. He then joined the leading City firm, Rowe & Maw, as a consultant. During a very busy career, Barry participated in the transformation of ICI from a major English company with overseas aspirations to a ‘World Class’ internati