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Southwest Airlines upgrades legal VP to GC as veteran legal chief steps down

Jeff Novota will replace Mark Shaw, who is moving to an advisor role after almost 24 years as CLO

3 May 2024

EY promotes deputy to GC as global legal chief announces retirement

David Weintraub will replace Michael Solender at the Big Four firm in July

2 May 2024

Blank Rome hires 25-strong team from Burns & Levinson to open in Boston

Group includes 13 partners including Frank Segall and Josef Volman, who will co-chair new office

1 May 2024

Sony Pictures Entertainment taps Disney for veteran GC replacement

Disney’s deputy GC Jill Ratner will succeed Leah Weil, who is leaving Sony after nearly three decades

29 Apr 2024

Capstone Green Energy names legal chief amid post-bankruptcy rebuilding efforts

Former JAFRA Cosmetics GC Mark Funaki will lead the microturbine-maker’s legal team

26 Apr 2024

Saudi Aramco hires former Haleon legal chief as deputy GC

Bjarne Philip Tellmann joins the world’s largest oil producer, where he will oversee global compliance

26 Apr 2024

Teletubbies-owner WildBrain appoints media veteran as next GC


Former Entertainment One GC Mark Trachuk replaces James Bishop, who has joined High Liner Foods

25 Apr 2024

Orthofix names CLO replacement following trio of executive dismissals last year


Andres Cedron joins from Stryker Corporation, replacing ousted legal chief Patrick Keran

19 Apr 2024

US fintech Broadridge hires NYSE GC to fill vacant CLO seat


Former SEC lawyer Hope Jarkowski replaces Kier Gumbs, who left for Edward Jones in November

17 Apr 2024

NFL team Chicago Bears raids NBA’s Miami Heat for CLO

Krista Whitaker will head the Bears’ legal department following departure of veteran GC Cliff Stein in January

12 Apr 2024

Quinn Emanuel signs deal with Longford Capital to finance client litigation

Litigation funder has committed up to $40m in funding for the firm’s private equity clients

12 Apr 2024

IBM taps Vanguard for next legal chief

Anne Robinson will replace long-time IBM lawyer Michelle Browdy at the start of July

11 Apr 2024

Sidley sees UK revenue climb to $209.7m as global turnover tops $3bn in 2023

UK practice accounts for almost 15% of global revenue as sports and restructuring deals grow

11 Apr 2024

Frost Brown Todd opens in Denver with nine partner hires from local firms

New arrivals join from Moye White, Brownstein and Lewis Roca

11 Apr 2024

ArentFox Schiff hires automotive partner quartet from Burns & Levinson

New team including veteran lawyers Paul Marshall Harris and Sara Judge will be based in Boston

10 Apr 2024

Swiss smartwatch-maker Garmin names first new GC in more than quarter of a century

Associate GC Josh Maxfield will replace long-time GC Andrew Etkind in July

8 Apr 2024

Kirkland raids Allen & Overy for second London debt finance partner in past month

Vanessa Xu’s exit follows the departure of Marwa Elborai, who left for Kirkland in March

8 Apr 2024

A&O Shearman announces first partner promotions round ahead of May merger


Allen & Overy accounts for 32 of the promotions and Shearman eight, with women making up 42% of the cohort

8 Apr 2024

Freshfields, Fenwick & West advise on Johnson & Johnson’s $13.1bn acquisition of Shockwave

Purchase of heart tech-maker Shockwave Medical is latest in series of deals to bolster J&J’s cardiac health division

5 Apr 2024

Dentons launches shadow leadership team to nurture next generation of leaders

Inaugural 11-strong group includes lawyers and business services professionals

4 Apr 2024