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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
EY promotes deputy to GC as global legal chief announces retirement
David Weintraub will replace Michael Solender at the Big Four firm in July
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
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
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
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
Teletubbies-owner WildBrain appoints media veteran as next GC
Former Entertainment One GC Mark Trachuk replaces James Bishop, who has joined High Liner Foods
Orthofix names CLO replacement following trio of executive dismissals last year
Andres Cedron joins from Stryker Corporation, replacing ousted legal chief Patrick Keran
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
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
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
IBM taps Vanguard for next legal chief
Anne Robinson will replace long-time IBM lawyer Michelle Browdy at the start of July
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
Frost Brown Todd opens in Denver with nine partner hires from local firms
New arrivals join from Moye White, Brownstein and Lewis Roca
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
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
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
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
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
Dentons launches shadow leadership team to nurture next generation of leaders
Inaugural 11-strong group includes lawyers and business services professionals