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ESG issues ‘not going away’ despite political scepticism in the US - IBA panel

Latin American companies are having to navigate a ‘fragmented’ ESG landscape

20 Mar 2025

Rule of law tops agenda as IBA Latin America regional forum kicks off in Peru

IBA president Jaime Carey and Peru’s central bank governor Julio Velarde headlined opening day’s sessions

20 Mar 2025

‘I’m very optimistic about the future for Latin America’: IBA president Jaime Carey

Veteran Chilean lawyer discusses the future for Latin America ahead of the IBA’s regional forum in Peru this week

18 Mar 2025

In-house lawyers say ‘empathy’, ‘soft skills’ critical as AI advances, study finds

Simmons in-house counsel survey seeks to understand what legal profession will look like in 10 years

17 Mar 2025

IBA to focus on Latin American investment and regulatory issues at regional conference

Biennial regional forum is taking place in Lima, Peru and features sessions ranging from cybersecurity to sustainable finance

14 Mar 2025

Domino’s Pizza promotes assistant GC to legal head role

Ryan Mulally takes over from Kevin Morris, who has been Domino’s legal head since 2017

14 Mar 2025

US on-campus bookstore Barnes & Noble Education hires former Six Flags GC as legal head

Christopher Neumann brought in to replace Michael Miller, who left the company back in September

13 Mar 2025

Heuking sees turnover dip in 2024 after record-setting 2023

German firm generates €201.8m in revenue, the second year in a row it has topped €200m

7 Mar 2025

AI automation business Nintex hires former Limeade GC as legal chief

Sarah Visbeek replaces Camden Hillas, who left to join UserTesting in February

6 Mar 2025

US financial services firm Ascensus hires senior WilmerHale counsel as CLO

Phillip Gillespie, who also spent more than 10 years at State Street, replaces Joe Dansky

28 Feb 2025

European CLOs see responsibilities grow beyond legal advice, ACC study finds

Almost three-quarters of European CLOs now oversee multiple corporate functions

26 Feb 2025

Greeting cards giant Hallmark promotes deputy GC to legal chief role

Erin Kobler will replace Jill Marchant, who is leaving the company

21 Feb 2025

‘The 3am sweat is very, very common’: libel lawyer to the rich and famous Paul Tweed

Libel lawyer Paul Tweed discusses the challenges of the ever-changing media landscape, taking on the social media platforms and representing some of the world’s biggest stars

21 Feb 2025

Online radio broadcaster SiriusXM lures ex-Airbnb CLO out of retirement as new GC

Richard Baer is replacing Patrick Donnelly, who is retiring

20 Feb 2025

World’s largest cinema operator AMC Entertainment names interim GC

Edwin Gladbach steps up from legal VP role to replace Kevin Connor, who is retiring after 23 years with AMC

18 Feb 2025

KPMG hires Walmart chief ethics and compliance officer as GC in the US

Matt Miner fills spot left vacant by Tonya Robinson’s departure to Vanguard last year

12 Feb 2025

Recently rebranded US financial data firm Octus hires GC from FactSet

Megan Jones replaces Rochelle Boas, who left in October when company was known as Reorg

12 Feb 2025

AI platform Inflection hires Withers partner as first GC

Former LinkedIn GC Doug Mandell was previously global head of Withers’ founder practice

6 Feb 2025

Lawyers have no choice but to embrace AI, Master of the Rolls says in LawtechUK speech

Sir Geoffrey Vos says lawyers can’t advise clients on AI matters if they don’t understand it themselves

6 Feb 2025

Kirkland expands in Saudi Arabia with funds hire from Morgan Lewis

Nabil Abou-Charaf joins as a partner in Riyadh after almost six years with Morgan Lewis in the UAE

5 Feb 2025