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Fast-growing Canadian startup 1Password adds former top Shopify lawyer as first CLO

Erin Zipes’ arrival follows Toronto-based company raising $620m earlier this year at a $6.8bn valuation

In-house counsel see total compensation jump by more than a fifth in 2021, study finds

Male GCs and senior counsel out-earned their female counterparts, according to BarkerGilmore

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Eversheds Sutherlands expands Irish business with Kenny Solicitors tie-up

Kenny’s founder Graham Kenny will become a partner in Eversheds’ disputes practice

Paul Hastings celebrates 'milestone' hire of Gibson Dunn's M&A co-chair in New York

Eduardo Gallardo is latest high-profile addition in Big Apple as headcount nears 400

Matheson hires Mason Hayes & Curran partner to lead EU competition and regulatory practice

Niall Collins moves over in Dublin as real estate partner Karen Sheil joins from William Fry

Brown Rudnick promotes Johnny Depp's lawyer to partner

Camille Vasquez regarded as key to landing $15m verdict in favour of Depp

RPC bolsters insurance ranks with partner hire in London from Mayer Brown

Mike Newham joins amidst rising insurance cases against banks and financial institutions

Founders Forum invests in fintech-focused virtual law startup Chronos Law

Chronos will be rebranded Founders Law as part of the deal

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Goodwin raids Latham & Watkins for corporate partner trio in Santa Monica

New hires will sit in firm’s technology practice, following double private equity partner hire earlier this month

Morrison Foerster adds another West Coast partner from Perkins Coie

Life sciences specialist Matthew Ferry becomes the sixth partner to have moved over since the start of the year

Clifford Chance hires first-ever global 'head of wellbeing' from Aon in London

Charles Alberts will create and lead the firm's wellbeing strategy and consult on mental health and general staff welfare concerns

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BCLP announces summer placement scheme for English and French law students

Programme is for students completing dual degree at Queen Mary University and Paris 1

Cybersecurity experts say law firms need to act more proactively on cyber risk

Threats such as ransomware attacks are getting more sophisticated, according to SecurityHQ

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IBA launches major project examining lawyers' role as ethical gatekeepers

Project announced following ‘sustained charges levied against the profession’ relating to perceived greenwashing and facilitation of illicit financial activity

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Allen & Overy and Linklaters eye US growth with lateral partner hires

A&O adds to corporate team in Silicon Valley as Links boosts employee offering in New York

Barnes & Thornburg hires healthcare compliance team from Bass Berry in DC

Arrivals include former Bass Berry DC managing partner John Kelly, who joins as chair of Barnes & Thornburg's healthcare department and industry practice

Undervalued lawyers more likely to suffer well-being issues, study finds

Almost half of those lawyers say they have been diagnosed with a mental health disorder

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Nigel Boardman among legal heavyweights recognised in Queen’s Birthday Honours

Former Slaughter and May partner knighted alongside ex-Attorney General as lawyers from Hogan Lovells and Norton Rose Fulbright and Ince's brand ambassador also receive awards

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Kirkland, Cooley advise on Bristol Myers Squibb’s acquisition of oncology specialist Turning Point

Deal is valued at $4.1bn and gives BMS access to Turning Point Therapeutics' pipeline of cancer drugs

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Hogan Lovells’ Moscow office spun out to create new independent firm

Level Legal Services launched this month alongside relocations and 'some' expected redundancies

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