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Who's The GC Guiding BP Through Latest Leadership Crisis?

By Sue Reisinger

When a company makes a dramatic shake-up to its board, like the one BP PLC announced earlier this week as it took the extremely rare action of dismissing its chair, the chief legal officer is likely to play a guiding role navigating the company through the process.

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