Corporate Counsel
US firm Akerman appoints director of AI governance from software company Highspot
Michael Adler joins Akerman’s AI strategy platform and its corporate practice group as a partner in Washington
Pizza giant Papa Johns reappoints legal chief amid leadership reshuffle
Caroline Miller Oyler resumes legal duties as GC John Matter moves to chief development officer role
Bird & Bird hires EY quartet to launch legal transformation team
Technology partner Shahin Baghaei joins with three EY colleagues as the firm looks to expand its legaltech and AI capabilities
‘It is taking opportunities which keep life exciting and every day different’: Luxury Law Awards lifetime achievement award-winner Kate Anthony Wilkinson
Mulberry Group's former group general counsel, Kate Anthony Wilkinson, reflects on her career and what success means as a lawyer
AI workforce training platform Skillsoft names former Pegasystems GC as CLO
Matthew Cushing replaces interim legal chief Scott Semel
Dubai crypto exchange Bybit hires ex-regulator legal head as CLO
Peter Loo was formerly GC at Dubai’s Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority
‘We’re the first female-founded UK bank, so diversity and inclusion are core to our values’: Starling’s group GC Monica Risam
Monica Risam discusses how her team is set up at Starling Bank, the shifting expectations on in-house lawyers and the group's first panel review
‘The biggest business risk is being too slow to start’: general counsel navigate the future of luxury
A&O Shearman/Luxury Law Summit roundtable explores themes including changing consumer behaviour, brand collaboration and partnerships, employment reforms and the impact of agentic commerce
Luxury home furnishings company RH hires CLO from healthcare giant McKesson
Ryan Hassanein will lead the company’s legal and compliance function
Legal intelligence start-up Theo Ai appoints former Bristol Myers Squibb GC to board of directors
Sandra Leung appointed to help advance governance and responsible AI direction
Selling luxury in Brazil: contractual considerations for international brands
Luxury brands may need to adapt their commercial documentation to local legal standards when entering the Brazilian market, write Stocche Forbes lawyers Flavia Câmara e Castro and Thiago Porto Ribeiro
In-house legal departments underestimate how much AI will change their role - Gartner analyst
Corporate legal departments need to reinvent themselves in response to AI, flat and declining budgets and increasing workloads, a Gartner analyst says
Leadership, workforce readiness slowing AI transformation efforts - study
Talent Solutions and Everest Group survey finds only 3% of leaders are highly prepared to manage AI change
‘My aim has been to build a culture where people feel accountable for doing business the right way’: Nestlé UK and Ireland GC Mark Maurice-Jones
Mark Maurice-Jones discusses his role as Nestlé’s UK and Ireland general counsel and compliance officer, the culture he has built and the legal issues impacting the market
US quantum computing innovator Quantinuum appoints CLO from GitLab
Robin Schulman joins following company’s recent stock market listing