For example, Evergreen, now Britannic Retirement Solutions, is catering for more affluent people coming up to retirement. And Britannic Money deals mainly, though not exclusively, for the financially sophisticated. East's office has been at the centre of these developments and coordinates the company's relationships with its external firms. Co. East and her team deal with the majority of commercial contracts, trademarks and licensing, domain names and intellectual property work in-house, although they do turn to their firms for additional support, for example Richard Black and Jane Pittaway at Wragges. The variety of work in the in-house environm ent is one of the main advantages that East associates with her job.
Nobody here can stick to one thing.
It's one of the blessings if you like, though occasionally it can be one of the burdens. I think that should apply to our team as well as to everybody else. And it seems that her team is set to grow in the coming months. East aims to expand the in-house legal capacity as workloads increase. It is now likely that Britannic will recruit general commercial practitioners for work such as distribution agreements, or more particularly in the area of partnership, which is set to continue to be important in a company constantly looking to expand its customer base and markets.