Contributed Articles

Magic Circle firm Slaughter and May to roll out Harvey AI platform firmwide

Harvey says the platform will support Slaughters’ lawyers in areas including M&A, regulatory research and document analysis

30 Apr 2026

US government services company Maximus names interim as permanent GC

Elizabeth Moellering steps into the role vacated by John Martinez in February, who left to join Parsons

30 Apr 2026

US biopharma company Avalyn Pharma hires Freshfields’ global head of life sciences as GC

Adam Golden joins the drug-maker as it moves closer to becoming a publicly-traded company

30 Apr 2026

Bird & Bird promotes 19 to partner in latest promotions round

Women make up 26% of this year’s cohort, with the employment and IP practices seeing the most promotions

30 Apr 2026

Akin re-hires restructuring partner trio from Weil in London

Team is led by Neil Devaney, who returns as head of London financial restructuring

29 Apr 2026

GCs boardroom influence grows as remit expands beyond legal matters – study

KPMG survey finds most global GCs are now called on to advise on non-legal issues

29 Apr 2026

Winners announced at UK Women and Diversity in Law Awards 2026

Former Law Society of England and Wales president Lubna Shuja among those honoured

29 Apr 2026

Gibson Dunn strengthens in Paris with investment funds team from Clifford Chance

Seven-strong group includes four partners, led by Xavier Comaills

28 Apr 2026

Majority of US business leaders not confident they could pass AI audit – study

Grant Thornton report says AI governance gaps are fuelling AI underperformance

24 Apr 2026

US drug-maker Ardelyx hires long-time Bristol Myers Squibb lawyer as next CLO

Felecia Ettenberg is set to replace Elizabeth Grammer, who is retiring

24 Apr 2026