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Abreu Advogados grows African presence with Guinea-Bissau partnership

The Portuguese heavyweight has announced a tie up with local firm Armindo Serqueira

23 Jul 2021

RPC records 23% revenue hike, driving up PEP by 49.5% to £634k

London firm puts blistering performance down to strength of core areas including commercial and financial markets disputes, retail and insurance

22 Jul 2021

Around the house: newly-public Utz Brands names first general counsel

This week's collection of top in-house appointments also sees First Citizens Bank add a new legal eagle ahead of a merger with CIT Group

14 Jul 2021

Around the house: legal leaders arrive at Rio Tinto and TikTok

This week's crop of top in-house hires also sees Ofgem, FalconX and Sinagporean VC fund Tanglin Venture Partners name new GCs

8 Jul 2021

Ford appoints former Obama administration lawyer as new GC and chief policy officer

Steven Croley set to join the automaker this month from Latham & Watkins

8 Jul 2021

Corrs Chambers Westgarth takes corporate and banking partner group from MinterEllison

A quartet of private equity specialists and a financing duo have joined the Australian firm's Sydney office

2 Jul 2021

Around the house: new legal leaders for RumbleOn and Sportradar

The week's round-up of in-house hires also sees Fiserv's top lawyer move to GSR and Australian firm GHD promote one of its own to the new role of CLO

1 Jul 2021

In-house teams turn to legal ops amid workplace transformation and stagnating budgets

Rise of remote working and an expected uptick in workload but not headcount brings the value of legal ops into spotlight, report claims

25 Jun 2021

Around the house: new GCs for AI truck startup Plus and American Century Investments

This week's collection of in-house hires sees the Financial Conduct Authority name an interim GC and Silicon Valley fund Initialized Capital Management appoint its first legal leader

24 Jun 2021

Around the house: new GCs for ABC and Adtalem Global Education

PacWest Bancorp and Yumanity Therapuetics are among the companies welcoming new legal leaders in this week's collection of senior in-house hires

18 Jun 2021

Around the house: former McDonald's senior counsel joins Corcentric

This week's collection of top in-house hires includes a Goldman Sachs veteran for TPG Capital and a former Fitbit lawyer for Booster Fuels

10 Jun 2021

Around the house: new legal leaders for Hershey and Knock

This week's collection of senior in-house hires also sees general counsel arrive at KeyCorp and Kickstarter

2 Jun 2021

Around the house: legal leaders arrive at Arup and Celonis

This week's collection of in-house counsel moves also sees Ashurst add a former Deutsche Bank GC

20 May 2021

Around the house: former GC for The New Yorker moves to Ballard Spahr

This week's round of in-house appointments also sees ride-hailing giant Grab name a Skadden partner GC as it gears up for a record-setting SPAC merger

13 May 2021

Report finds ESG impacting debt raising for UK corporates

Corporate treasurers increasingly factor in ESG when deciding debt funding strategy, with sustainable loans and green bonds most popular options

7 May 2021

Around the house: GCs arrive at SMBC and Boyd Gaming

Siemens has also named a new chief compliance officer in Munich, while lidar startup AEye has appointed a new general counsel as it prepares to go public

6 May 2021

Around the house: new GCs for Luminar and UBS

In-house moves round-up also sees Fremantle acquire an Uber heavyweight and an O2 veteran leave ahead of its mega merger with Virgin Media

30 Apr 2021

Clifford Chance and Latham & Watkins-backed Reynen Court revamps legaltech platform

New offering of its 'legaltech app store' reduces burden on in-house and law firm IT departments

23 Apr 2021

Around the house: GCs arrive at Commonwealth and Passport

Round-up of in-house moves also sees Allianz Australia name a new GC and Finnish energy company Fortum promote one of its own

21 Apr 2021

Around the House: lawyers secure top roles at AXA XL and Coinbase

This week's in-house moves include Facebook deputy GC Paul Grewal taking a cryptocurrency role and former Lloyd's GC Sean McGovern becoming a CEO

10 Jul 2020