Former Sidley global practice leader and software engineer Jennifer Coplan will join Lindsey Savage from Blackstone and Rob Parr from Wilson Sonsini in expanding Norm's technology transactions capabilities. “Jennifer’s experience is highly complementary to Lindsey's work in enterprise commercial contracts and AI governance, giving clients a team that has decades of experience advising on leading-edge technology transactions on behalf of innovators, licensees, purchasers, in

Padma Elmgart, who most recently served as Chief Technology Officer and Member of the Management Committee at KKR’s Global Atlantic Financial Group, will join Orrick as Chief Technology Officer on September 21 and will be based in New York. Padma will lead Orrick’s global technology organization and strategy, partnering across the firm, including with Chief Innovation Officer Wendy Curtis, to advance digital transformation and harness technology, data and AI to create differe

International law firm Bird & Bird is strengthening its AI offering with the appointment of Michelle Sally as a partner in its London Commercial team. Michelle has focused on AI for almost a decade, advising publicly listed and global technology platforms on AI risks and deployment – including some of the first agentic commerce solutions to be brought to market. Michelle combines a broad legal expertise with a deep knowledge of the technology underpinning AI. As AI queries co

Ong joins Taft as AI Utilization Counsel, through which she acts as a strategic liaison between practice groups, vendors, and cross-functional teams to translate AI strategy into day-to-day workflows. She has extensive experience driving AI adoption, change management, and business transformation within law firms with a proven track record of leading firmwide AI rollouts, spearheading adoption strategies, designing practice-specific governance, and fosterin g high-level techn

Melissa Anastasiou has been appointed Chief Legal Officer of Sharon AI Holdings. Melissa will lead legal, governance, and compliance functions as the neocloud and AI infrastructure company scales. Melissa brings more than two decades of experience across legal, finance and governance. In Melissa's previous executive tenure at Spark New Zealand, she chaired the company's AI & Data Ethics Committee, pioneering enterprise AI governance and responsible data frameworks. Melissa jo

Jessica Lee, Loeb’s chief privacy & security partner and chair of the firm’s Privacy, Security & Data Innovations practice, have been recognized in the “Lawdragon 100 Leading AI & Legal Tech Advisors” guide for 2026. Now in its third edition, this guide spotlights the rapidly expanding cohort of litigators defining the legal architecture around AI, the dealmakers translating its capabilities into real‑world impact and the legal technologists creating tools that are accelerati