Protecting women’s data: Inside Flo’s privacy mission
Flo’s privacy pro Sue Khan talks life inside one of the world’s nine femtech unicorns, putting privacy first and paving the way for other femtechs.
Software group OneAdvanced names new legal chief
Software company OneAdvanced has hired a new general counsel. The business has brought on Xavier Langlois as its legal chief. He moves from talent management platform Beamery, where he acted as both chief legal officer and chief talent officer. He will be replaced by former associate general counsel Nicolette Nowak, who was promoted to general […]
Curve: “I just happen to be a girl doing the job”
Sign up for the fortnightly Curve email here. “I just happen to be a girl doing the job” According to data from Carta, in 2023 women made up only 13 per cent of all startup founders that year. Here’s one of them: Patricia Gannon, a lawyer turned entrepreneur who launched Platforum 9 in 2022. The […]
Life after Mishcon: Why I joined a venture capital fund
The head of legal at Crane talks life at a VC firm, working on AI deals, and what he sees in VC’s future
UK200 firm bolts on media boutique
Hamlins has announced its acquisition of boutique practice Swan Turton to bulk up its media and tech practices. The deal marks what Hamlins hopes to be the first of a number of acquisitions, as it is actively considering others to pursue further growth after a number of years of modest upticks. The acquisition will take […]
Schillings opens first Continental European office
Media and reputation firm Schillings has opened its first European office outside of the UK by launching in Dublin. The office will offer advice in crisis management, risk mitigation and “opportunity harnessing” with further service lines in “intelligence, law, communications, diplomacy and security to handle high stakes situations”. Schillings CEO David Imison said of the […]
Harrods hires Simkins as Mohamed Al Fayed scandal intensifies
Harrods has hired Simkins to represent it in media matters, as allegations involving the store’s late boss Mohamed Al Fayed continue to dominate the headlines. Last week, a wide-ranging BBC documentary was released, Al Fayed: Predator at Harrods, in which more than 20 former female employees alleged the billionaire of the luxury London department store […]
Ashurst hires fintech partner from EY
Ashurst has announced the hire of EY’s Fiona Ghosh as the latest recruit to its digital economy team in London. She moves from EY where she has been a partner and UK law leader for fintech and payments. Having held roles as head of fintech for AG and head of payments for Eversheds, she brings […]
Cooley’s hiring spree continues with White & Case and Goodwin recruits
Cooley has bulked up its emerging companies and venture capital practice with a partner trio joining from three different firm. Angus Miln, Ali Ramadan and Helen Pantelides have joined the firm, adding to its offering for private companies and investors in high-growth, disruptive industries. Miln joins from Taylor Wessing, where he has been head of […]
The law firm Twitter X-odus: in data
As revealed in The Lawyer’s Horizon email on Friday, law firms’ use of Twitter as a platform to self-promote has diminished significantly in the last year. Before the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, the UK top 50 firms collectively posted about 2,000 Tweets a month, spiking during the lockdowns. Since then, and particularly since Elon […]
Clifford Chance loses second tech partner this year
Clifford Chance has lost its second senior tech partner in London in as many months. The firm’s co-head of data protection and cybersecurity, Simon Persoff, has left for DLA Piper. Persoff joined Clifford Chance in 2020 from DLA where he was a senior consultant. After training at Baker McKenzie, Persoff worked in-house and as an […]
A&O Shearman tests grads on AI to spot tech-savvy trainees
A&O Shearman has introduced an AI assessment into its graduate recruitment process to identify trainee solicitors with a strong technological awareness. Candidates will be asked questions to encourage them to think outside of the box, including how they would go about writing accurate prompts for the AI to support their work. Measuring a candidate’s approach […]