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Global GCs more confident about handling accelerating risk landscape – survey

FTI Consulting and Relativity study shows legal leaders feel more prepared to handle risk compared to last year

18 Feb 2026

Majority of in-house legal teams still stuck in pilot phase of AI use – survey

Axiom study shows just under a third of legal departments have implemented AI at scale

18 Feb 2026

UK Finance & Leasing Association hires ex-KPMG UK legal head as first GC

Jeremy Barton’s appointment comes amid proposed FCA redress scheme to compensate unfairly treated motor finance customers

18 Feb 2026

GCs’ strategic value not always recognised by board members – survey

BarkerGilmore study shows strategic value is often missed as it is not directly communicated to the board

18 Feb 2026

Carlsberg’s GC to step down after 25 years leading drinks giant’s legal team

Ulrik Andersen will remain as GC until his replacement has been appointed later this year

17 Feb 2026

US healthcare business TailorCare hires Harbor Health head of legal as first GC

George Lyford brings more than 15 years of legal leadership experience in the healthcare industry

17 Feb 2026

Martin Marietta hires Cravath’s former global M&A co-chair as next GC

George Schoen will replace long-time legal head Roselyn Bar, who is retiring

16 Feb 2026

Goldman Sachs’ CLO Kathy Ruemmler to step down amid Epstein disclosures

DOJ documents show Goldman’s top lawyer received gifts from Jeffrey Epstein

13 Feb 2026

South Korean biotech firm ToolGen hires CLO amid gene-editing patent battle

Dave Boncheun Koo has been hired to ‘aggressively enforce’ and monetise its IP portfolio

13 Feb 2026

Latham & Watkins adds private equity quartet from Clifford Chance in Paris

Group includes trio of partners: Benjamin de Blegiers, Daniel Zerbib and Gauthier Martin

11 Feb 2026

DLA Piper boosts Asia ECM coverage with Sidley Austin partner hire in Hong Kong

Sherlyn Lau joins as head of capital markets and corporate finance for the APAC region

11 Feb 2026

SiriusXM hires former Spotify legal head as next CLO

Eve Konstan replaces Richard Baer, who goes back into retirement after a year in the job

10 Feb 2026

US drugmaker Viatris appoints in-house pharma veteran as next CLO

Matthew Maletta replaces Brian Romano, who is leaving the company after more than 20 years

9 Feb 2026

US Postal Service promotes deputy GC as long-time legal head retires

Keith Weidner replaces Thomas Marshall, who is leaving after more than three decades with USPS

6 Feb 2026

European legal heads continue to expand their C-Suite influence – report

ACC survey shows European CLOs are forging increasingly deeper ties with CEOs on strategic matters

6 Feb 2026

Rolls-Royce lines up Unilever’s legal chief as next CLO

Maria Varsellona will join the engineering giant in March, replacing Mark Gregory

5 Feb 2026

‘AI doesn’t replace drafting skills or experience – it amplifies them’: InterAlia Consulting’s Andrea Miskolczi

In this Q&A, InterAlia Consulting founder Andrea Miskolczi discusses how Gen AI can support the drafting process and improve law firm knowledge management

5 Feb 2026

Mayer Brown adds real estate partner duo in London from Taylor Wessing

Mark Rajbenbach and Victoria Butcher bring a range of real estate investment experience

4 Feb 2026

Skadden further boosts London disputes team with latest partner hire from Latham

Samuel Pape’s arrival follows the hire of Sophie Lamb KC from Latham in January

4 Feb 2026

Skadden, Gibson Dunn advise on Devon Energy’s merger with Coterra Energy

Tie-up will create one of world’s largest shale operators, with a combined value of around $58bn

3 Feb 2026