Practical Law Company
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Practical Law Company is a UK-based legal publishing company which provides legal know-how for business lawyers. It also acts as secretariat for the GC100 group of general counsel
and company secretaries.
The company was set up in the early 1990s by Chris Millerchip and Rob Dow to publish PLC Magazine. Since then it has expanded to provide predominantly web-based subscription services to law firms and law departments across a range of specialist subject areas such as corporate, finance, property, tax and intellectual property. UK based services include:
PLC has a staff of over 300, around a third of whom are lawyers, at its offices in Southwark
, London
.
PLC opened an office in New York, and launched its first US services in December 2008. US based services now include:
General Counsel
A general counsel is the chief lawyer of a legal department, usually in a corporation or government department. The term is most used in the United States...
and company secretaries.
- PLC Arbitration
- PLC Commercial
- PLC Competition
- PLC Construction
- PLC Corporate
- PLC Cross-border
- PLC Dispute Resolution
- PLC Employment
- PLC Environment
- PLC Finance
- PLC Financial Services
- PLC IPIT & Communications
- PLC Law Department
- PLC Pensions
- PLC Private Client
- PLC Property
- PLC Public Sector
- PLC Publications Portal
- PLC Restructuring and Insolvency
- PLC Share Schemes & Incentives
- PLC Tax
- PLC Which lawyer?
PLC has a staff of over 300, around a third of whom are lawyers, at its offices in Southwark
Southwark
Southwark is a district of south London, England, and the administrative headquarters of the London Borough of Southwark. Situated east of Charing Cross, it forms one of the oldest parts of London and fronts the River Thames to the north...
, London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
.
PLC opened an office in New York, and launched its first US services in December 2008. US based services now include:
- PLC Finance
- PLC Corporate & Securities
- PLC Law Department
- PLC Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation (coming in October 2011)
- PLC Labor & Employment (coming in October 2011)