Litigator's chief interest is banking

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James N. Roethe, the exexuctive vice pres and general counsel of the Bank of America and BankAmerica Corp, heads a department with 400 employees in 12 offices, including 175 lawyers. The largest legal offices are in San Francisco and Los Angeles. In the outside counsel department, the bank tries to give 75% of work goes to 35 firms, so that enough work goes to the same people that relationships are developed with them. The merger with Security Pacific Bank added greatly to the bank's litigation work. Roethe's philanthropic activities include the California Shakespeare Festival and the San Francisco Legal Society.

BankAmerica Corp., BAC, Roethe, James N.

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Calling overseas for telecom deals

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Mark A. Chudzinski, then general counsel of Ameritech International Inc, one of the 7 Baby Bells formed after AT & T's breakup and one covering most of the Midwest, works for the corporation's international business unit and uses London's Clifford Chance as his primary outside counsel because of their international scope and their capacity to staff a transaction without multijurisdictional elements. He has used them all over the world. Chudzinski's department handles all the legal aspects of the company's international investments.

Chudzinski, Mark A., Ameritech International Inc.

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A sales pitch won't sway this buyer

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Andrew D. Hendry, the senior vice-pres, general counsel and secretary of the Colgate-Palmolive Co, supervises a department of 20 lawyers in New York and 40 abroad. The company spends about $20 mil yearly on outside counsel. Hendry feels one of the responsibilities of the general counsel is to make sure the company's ethical compass remains on course. Since Colgate deals in consumer products, foreign divisions must, according to Hendry, be much closer to their culture.

Colgate-Palmolive Co., CL, Hendry, Andrew D.

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