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North American flour supplier Ardent Mills hires GC from Ball Corporation

Kate Kimball replaces Douglas Barkema, who left company in October

Women & Diversity in Law Awards – the candidates in the running for Woman of the Year

Ahead of the Women & Diversity in Law Awards in March, we profile the shortlisted contenders for the prestigious Woman of the Year Award

Paul Hastings, Sidley Austin and Ropes & Gray latest to hike London NQ pay

US firms raise salaries to £173k, £166.5k and £165k respectively as pay wars continue

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Kennedys opens 10th US office in Fort Lauderdale

Insurance specialist launches second Florida base to service yacht and marine clients as US expansion continues apace

Sony Playstation chipmaker AMD hires Lam Research CLO to head legal team

Ava Hahn replaces Harry Wolin, who is retiring after 24 years with the company

Sir Bob Neill MP among five new honorary KCs

Justice committee chair and British Red Cross legal adviser among those honoured

Simmons & Simmons announces Saudi Arabia debut

UK firm adds former DLA Piper partner and his team to open third Middle East office in Riyadh

Global organisations brace for growth in ESG-related litigation, study finds

A majority of organisations also expect overall disputes to stay the same or increase this year, according to Baker McKenzie survey

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Freshfields hires Cravath M&A partner in New York

UK giant follows up on Kirkland raid last week by securing third partner from Cravath since 2021

US defence specialist Leidos taps Rolls-Royce for next GC

Dan Antal returns to Leidos after three years at Rolls-Royce, replacing retiring GC Jerry Howe

Willkie adds Gibson Dunn partner to co-chair national white collar defence group

Former government lawyer Michael Li-Ming Wong joins in San Francisco and Palo Alto

Brown Rudnick adds UK white collar chief from Jenner & Block

Former SFO prosecutor Paul Feldberg latest in string of senior lateral hires for Brown Rudnick’s London office

Gowling WLG boosts corporate offering with London partner hire from Pinsent Masons

Corporate insurance and de-risking specialist Madhu Jain joins after five years at Pinsents

Morrison Foerster secures ECVC partner duo in Denver from Holland & Hart

Chuck Cotter and Finity Jernigan join West Coast firm having co-chaired Holland & Hart’s food, beverage and consumer products industry group

Allen & Overy partner departs to head up Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre

Joanne Lau appointed secretary general as incumbent returns to CMS as local managing partner

Law Society’s ‘enormously influential’ international champion Stephen Denyer has died, aged 68

Tributes paid to former Allen & Overy partner who spearheaded society’s international relations

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Around the house: Jack Daniels-owner names next GC, Cargill lines up CLO replacement from HPE

This week’s roundup of top in-house moves also includes appointments and departures at ITN, CVC Capital Partners, Deutsche Bank and SJI

Bar Council welcomes London-based barrister’s release from detention in Pakistan

Abdullah Mumtaz Kahloon is standing as an opposition candidate in next month’s general election

Former chief counsel to McCarthy as House Speaker joins Mayer Brown

Kimberly Hamm will lead her new firm’s congressional investigations group in Washington DC

UK signs Hague-19 Convention in boost to litigation landscape

The treaty will ensure judgments made in UK courts will be recognised in other member countries

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