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White & Case elects New York litigator as first woman chair
Executive committee member Heather McDevitt to succeed veteran chair Hugh Verrier 1 September
BonelliErede loses 18-strong tax team to Milan rival Legance
Founder of Bonelli’s tax team moves over alongside two more partners and 15 professionals
Commonwealth Bank of Australia names Clayton Utz executive chair as new GC
Karen O’Flynn to succeed incumbent Carmel Mulhern having acted for the banking giant in Royal Commission into misconduct in banking and financial services sector
US corporates see C-suite take on bigger role in ESG leadership, MoFo study finds
Increased regulatory demands prompts shift in ESG policy from GCs to chief compliance officers and CEOs
Greenberg Traurig secures Baker Botts partner to lead London energy team
Shashank Krishna latest in spate of energy hires as Greenberg ramps up offering across US, Europe and Asia
Baker McKenzie adds construction and energy partner duo in Sydney from Norton Rose Fulbright
NRF’s Australia construction and engineering team lead Emanuel Confos to move over alongside Harriet Oldmeadow
Permira names former Clifford Chance lawyer next general counsel
Peter Gibbs to succeed Ulrich Gasse as private equity giant’s top lawyer at the start of next year
Prominent City firms sign climate crisis pledge
Osborne Clarke, DLA Piper and Mishcon de Reya among eight firms signing pledge to help limit global warming to 1.5°C
More than half of in-house lawyers back ChatGPT’s use for legal work, study shows
Three-quarters of corporate counsel also recognise the potential risks, according to Thomson Reuters
Ashurst targets Australia M&A with twin Gilbert + Tobin partner hires
Neil Pathak joins as Ashurst’s first Australia head of M&A alongside Susannah Macknay as firm looks to build public and private M&A offering
Dubai International Arbitration Centre refreshes leadership in modernisation drive
Robert Stephen, former registrar of defunct DIFC-LCIA Arbitration Centre, joins DIAC as new management is finalised
Skadden, Clifford Chance advise on Generali’s €2.3bn acquisition of Liberty Seguros
Cash deal sees Irish heavyweight Matheson and Portugal’s Morais Leitão also called in
Kirkland & Ellis builds energy offering in Washington DC with tax partner from Allen & Overy
Hire latest example of law firms responding to Biden administration’s $370bn clean energy subsidies
Professional bodies mark the fourth anniversary of the Women in Law Pledge
Law Society and Bar Council promote anniversary of initiative to improve gender equality in law
AI will make judicial decisions with avenue to appeal to humans, predicts top judge
Legal profession must develop mechanisms to deal with generative AI says Master of the Rolls Sir Geoffrey Vos
Reed Smith targets Middle East entertainment work with senior DLA Piper hire
Leading media and IP specialist Jamie Ryder joins Reed Smith in Dubai as it extends practice to the region
Boies Schiller Flexner continues London rebuild with art law team hire from Constantine Cannon
Constantine Cannon’s London founding partner Pierre Valentin moves over alongside five counsel and associates
Carey Olsen names new leaders in Guernsey, BVI
Former London silk Alex Hall Taylor KC and corporate partner Tom Carey to helm offshore boutique’s BVI, Guernsey offices
High Court backs policyholders in latest business interruption test case
Stewarts, Clyde & Co and DWF among firms acting in litigation that sees Commercial Court rule against insurers on ‘at the premises’ business interruption test case
Centuries-long wait over as first woman is appointed Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales
Chosen from an all-female shortlist, Dame Sue Carr will become first woman to head the judiciary in 755 years
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