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Children’s book publishing giant Scholastic appoints first new GC in 17 years
Senior counsel Chris Lick is promoted to top job ahead of Andrew Hedden’s retirement
US’s second largest bookstore chain Books-A-Million hires second GC in a year
Former Books-A-Million GC Catherine Hogewood returns just 11 months after it appointed Courtney Adair to the role
A&O Shearman rehires M&A partner from Skadden to boost London deals team
George Knighton returns after just under six years at US rival in the capital
Norton Rose Fulbright adds projects team from Eversheds in Paris
Incoming team is led by partners Sindhura Swaminathan and Olivier Le Bars
Wachtell, Latham advise on $34.5bn mega-deal between Charter and Cox
Deal will create US cable giant and follows Charter’s acquisition of Liberty Media’s broadband business last year
Photoshop-maker Adobe taps streaming platform Roku for next legal chief
Louise Pentland’s arrival ends search for GC replacement, after Dana Rao left last year
‘Gen AI is about adding value’ – top European law firms share lessons from first wave of projects
Report based on interviews with key figures uncovers extent to which sector is embracing Gen AI
Lumen Technologies hires former Motorola GC as second legal chief in a year
Mark Hacker replaces interim CLO Meredith Hayes, following departure of Chad Ho less than a year into the job
US video games industry body ESA hires IP veteran to lead legal team
Stan McCoy replaces Gina Vetere who left the organisation in January
US pharma heavyweight Bristol Myers Squibb hires internally to fill GC vacancy
Cari Gallman is promoted to legal head role, replacing Sandra Leung who is retiring after 33 years at the company
US private equity firm KHP hires Goodwin partner as general counsel
Real estate specialist Alex Lewis replaces veteran lawyer Judy Miles, who is moving to an executive advisor role
US radio giant iHeartMedia hires former CBS Sports GC as next CLO
David Hillman replaces Jordan Fasbender, who left to join Comcast’s new cable business in March
Cuatrecasas launches Innova brand to unify Spanish firm’s innovation initiatives
New unit is designed to support entrepreneurial and start-up ecosystem
UK government urged to reform FDI rules to help boost growth, Freshfields study finds
National Security & Investment Act is too broad, slowing potential deals, according to research undertaken with TheCityUK
Czech billionaire Karel Komárek enlists Clifford Chance partner to lead legal team at KKCG
Prague-based David Koláček is a longtime adviser to Komárek, founder of Swiss investment firm KKCG
BrewDog-backer TSG Consumer hires former Gibson Dunn lawyer as first CLO
Sean Sullivan joins from wine business Duckhorn, one of TSG Consumer’s portfolio companies
Number of legal professionals using Gen AI jumps sharply over past year, study shows
Thomson Reuters survey shows that 26% of legal professionals are using Gen AI, up from 14% a year ago
PE-backed law firms outpace UK top 50 revenue growth, study shows
Firms backed by private equity grew revenue by 30% over past two years, compared to 15% for the UK’s largest firms
Swedish engineering giant Sandvik hires Alleima GC as next legal chief
Johanna Kreft will arrive later this year and replace Åsa Thuman, who is joining Skanska
A&O Shearman, Weil, NRF advise on Ageas’ purchase of Bain-backed insurer esure
Deal valued at just under £1.3bn will create top three UK personal line insurance platform