Executive committee member Heather McDevitt to succeed veteran chair Hugh Verrier 1 September
Founder of Bonelli’s tax team moves over alongside two more partners and 15 professionals
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
Increased regulatory demands prompts shift in ESG policy from GCs to chief compliance officers and CEOs
Shashank Krishna latest in spate of energy hires as Greenberg ramps up offering across US, Europe and Asia
NRF’s Australia construction and engineering team lead Emanuel Confos to move over alongside Harriet Oldmeadow
Peter Gibbs to succeed Ulrich Gasse as private equity giant’s top lawyer at the start of next year
Osborne Clarke, DLA Piper and Mishcon de Reya among eight firms signing pledge to help limit global warming to 1.5°C
Three-quarters of corporate counsel also recognise the potential risks, according to Thomson Reuters
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
Robert Stephen, former registrar of defunct DIFC-LCIA Arbitration Centre, joins DIAC as new management is finalised
Cash deal sees Irish heavyweight Matheson and Portugal’s Morais Leitão also called in
Hire latest example of law firms responding to Biden administration’s $370bn clean energy subsidies
Law Society and Bar Council promote anniversary of initiative to improve gender equality in law
Legal profession must develop mechanisms to deal with generative AI says Master of the Rolls Sir Geoffrey Vos
Leading media and IP specialist Jamie Ryder joins Reed Smith in Dubai as it extends practice to the region
Constantine Cannon’s London founding partner Pierre Valentin moves over alongside five counsel and associates
Former London silk Alex Hall Taylor KC and corporate partner Tom Carey to helm offshore boutique’s BVI, Guernsey offices
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
Chosen from an all-female shortlist, Dame Sue Carr will become first woman to head the judiciary in 755 years