Robert Osher, a veteran in the entertainment industry, has joined the movie company Miramax as chief operating officer and general counsel. For the past three years Mr Osher has been consulting for private equity firms, international consulting firms and media companies. Previously he was president of Sony Pictures Digital Productions. He will be part of Miramax’s new task force focusing on growing its strategy in film, television, and mergers and acquisitions. Miramax CEO Bill Block described Osher as 'someone who not only has tremendous understanding of the future of content and platforms, distributions, operations, as well as a familiarity with the extensive and prestigious library of the Miramax brand.'

Swedish Telecommunications company Ericsson has appointed Xavier Dedullen senior vice president, chief legal officer and head of legal affairs and compliance from 1 April 2018. Mr Dedullen has worked in several companies and industries, including the communications services industry. He joins from LafargeHolcim, based in Switzerland, where he held the position as group general counsel and chief compliance officer. He replaces chief legal officer Nina Macpherson, who is retiring. 

Specialty pharmaceutical company AcelRx Pharmaceuticals has appointed John Saia as general counsel from 16 April, 2018. Mr Saia joins from McKesson Corporation where he was corporate secretary and associate general counsel. Vince Angotti, AcelRx's chief executive officer, says: 'John brings substantial experience as a healthcare executive with expertise in corporate development, corporate governance, regulatory compliance, and securities law to the leadership team.' AcelRx is resubmitting a new drug application (NDA) for its pain drug DSUVIA, and Mr Angotti explains the appointment comes at an important time as they 'begin preparation for an expected FDA advisory committee meeting, with an anticipated PDUFA date later this year.  John's extensive experience and leadership will be highly valued.' Earlier in his career, Mr Saia was a lawyer and special counsel at the US Securities and Exchange Commission.

Nordic Capital has appointed Henrik Johansson as general counsel, with responsibility for all legal and structure affairs. Mr Johansson is currently a partner at leading Swedish law firm Mannheimer Swartling and will join Nordic Capital later in the year. Klas Tikkanen, CFO at Nordic Capital, commented: 'Henrik’s appointment forms part of our strategy to invest in our organisational structure and to develop, broaden and significantly upgrade our in-house legal capabilities.'

Doug Luftman has been named general counsel of Nomis Solutions, a software as a service provider to the financial sector. Mr Luftman joins from Brilliant, a consumer electronics company in San Mateo, California. He has held a diverse range of positions from general counsel to head of intellectual property at companies including Intel, CBS Corporation and law firm Fenwick & West. Nomis describes itself as 'a team of banking, software, and data science geeks based in Silicon Valley who believe that you can create more resilient, fair, and profitable banks through science and software.' The firm was founded 15 years ago, and Mr Luftman joins as its first ever general counsel. 

David Shonka, a three-term acting general counsel at the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC), is joining law firm Redgrave as a partner. Redgrave focuses exclusively on information law.  Mr  Shonka’s reputation crosses both the government and private sector as an authority on legal and regulatory risks facing organisations as they manage issues related to privacy, security, eDiscovery, cross-border data transfers, government civil law enforcement investigations, and information governance.