By Hanna Vioque

British American Tobacco said Thursday that it was promoting its current director of corporate and regulatory affairs to the post of general counsel after 18 years at the company.

By Marialuisa Taddia

Eversheds Sutherland said Wednesday that it has hired three new partners from A&O Shearman, Latham and the former owner of discount retailer Poundland, strengthening its corporate and commercial practices.

By Ashish Sareen

Law firms and in-house legal teams that fail to engage with artificial intelligence tools risk losing talent as a growing number of lawyers use the new technology to speed through research and administrative tasks, an industry survey revealed Monday.

By Jamie Lennox

London-based legal tech firm StructureFlow has recruited a new general counsel from payments services provider Shieldpay, adding legal experience from private practice and the financial technology sector.

By Rose Krebs

AI-driven cybersecurity company Darktrace announced this week that GoPro's former chief legal officer is now leading its legal department, while the camera technology company has promoted an in-house attorney to serve as its general counsel.

By Laura Stewart Liberty

Pharmaceutical technology company Diaceutics PLC has hired a lawyer with in-house experience at Sandoz and Novartis as its general counsel.