Disney’s deputy GC Jill Ratner will succeed Leah Weil, who is leaving Sony after nearly three decades | 6mos

Former JAFRA Cosmetics GC Mark Funaki will lead the microturbine-maker’s legal team | 6mos

Bjarne Philip Tellmann joins the world’s largest oil producer, where he will oversee global compliance | 6mos

Former Entertainment One GC Mark Trachuk replaces James Bishop, who has joined High Liner Foods | 6mos

Andres Cedron joins from Stryker Corporation, replacing ousted legal chief Patrick Keran | 6mos

Former SEC lawyer Hope Jarkowski replaces Kier Gumbs, who left for Edward Jones in November | 7mos

Krista Whitaker will head the Bears’ legal department following departure of veteran GC Cliff Stein in January | 7mos

Litigation funder has committed up to $40m in funding for the firm’s private equity clients | 7mos

Anne Robinson will replace long-time IBM lawyer Michelle Browdy at the start of July | 7mos

UK practice accounts for almost 15% of global revenue as sports and restructuring deals grow | 7mos

New arrivals join from Moye White, Brownstein and Lewis Roca | 7mos

New team including veteran lawyers Paul Marshall Harris and Sara Judge will be based in Boston | 7mos

Associate GC Josh Maxfield will replace long-time GC Andrew Etkind in July | 7mos

Vanessa Xu’s exit follows the departure of Marwa Elborai, who left for Kirkland in March | 7mos

Allen & Overy accounts for 32 of the promotions and Shearman eight, with women making up 42% of the cohort | 7mos

Purchase of heart tech-maker Shockwave Medical is latest in series of deals to bolster J&J’s cardiac health division | 7mos

Inaugural 11-strong group includes lawyers and business services professionals | 7mos

Adrian Morris will replace Bjarne Philip Tellmann, who left the company last month | 7mos

US promotions dominate this year’s cohort, though overall numbers are lower than 2023’s round | 7mos

Wachtell and Paul Weiss follow closely behind as megadeals contribute to 38% rise in global deal value | 7mos