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Ex-Airbnb In-House Leader Takes Legal Chief Role at Switzerland-Based Software Company

The company, which counts Alphabet and NASA among its users, hired Derek Smith as GC after raising $412 million from investors at a $4.7 billion valuation.
2 minute read

International Edition

Battling Greenwashing: Law Firms Increasingly Wield Data to Back Up Client ESG Claims

Regulators and plaintiffs firms want more than just policy statements. Law firms are having to prove the data behind their clients' ESG efforts to avoid claims that it's all for show.
9 minute read

International Edition

Wise's General Counsel on Trusting Linklaters 'With Our Lives' and Being a 'Translator' At Work

Jessica Winter explains why she doesn't have much time for the 'eat what you kill' model and tackles the misconception that in-house teams are 'sleepy'.
5 minute read

International Edition

'I Felt Like a Quota': One Registered Blind Lawyer Lays His Law Firm Experiences Bare

"Disability is at the bottom of the profession's agenda compared to other protected characteristics", said Travers Smith associate Kaleem Khan.
5 minute read

International Edition

Ericsson Brings in Legal Head From Telecoms Rival

The company reshuffled its top lawyers in March.
2 minute read

International Edition

Destroying the Myth of the 'Gladiator' Lawyer

George Strathy, the chief justice of Canada's largest court system, is urging law firm leaders to help combat stress and anxiety in the legal profession. Law firms are listening.
7 minute read

International Edition

Thanks to US Government Regulators, Law Firms See Increasing Business in ESG

Demand is up in ESG and corporate practices as clients sweat the SEC's proposed climate risk disclosures.
5 minute read

International Edition

Adding Fuel to the Fire? Lawyers Say Pelosi's Visit to Taiwan Unlikely to Create Much of a Ripple for Businesses

Companies in Taiwan are accustomed to dealing with tensions between Taiwan and China. But they have increased efforts to protect their assets and some are gradually moving operations and investments out of China, lawyers say.
6 minute read

International Edition

Liberis' General Counsel Doesn't Like Panels, Billable Hours or (Much) Legal Tech—Here's Why.

Alexis Alexander shares who her favourite partners are and what helps her decide which law firms win her big mandates.
6 minute read

International Edition

Savills Taps Associate GC as New Legal Chief, as Longtime GC Retires

L. Stanton Towne has retired as Savills' North American executive vice president and general counsel after more than 14 years with the London-based real estate company.
2 minute read

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