Wake Up Call: Hogan Lovells Reappoints de Dampierre as Chair

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• Hogan Lovells has reappointed Paris-based partner Marie-Aimée de Dampierre as chair for a second three-year term, beginning next May. As chair, de Dampierre, a litigator with the Hogan’s intellectual property, media, and technology practice, oversees the firm’s “ethos and standards” and nurtures its culture, among other responsibilities. (Hogan Lovells)
• The adoption of generative AI will be the top-ranked issue for the next two years for legal leaders, a new survey finds. In the study, which involved 179 legal, compliance and privacy executives and was conducted in September, 70% said rapid “GenAI” adoption was a top concern for them. (Gartner, Inc.)
• Sullivan & Cromwell is the latest firm to “follow the market” by using the Cravath scale for its associate raises and bonuses. That means bonuses of as much as $115,000, which are set to be direct-deposited Dec. 22. (Above the Law)
• Former Skadden antitrust attorney Michael Sosso is taking over as BP’s new general counsel after a stint as the oil giant’s senior vice president for legal. At the end of the year Sosso will replace Eric Nitcher, who is retiring from BP after 33 years with the company. (Law.com)

Laterals, Moves, In-house

• Audrey Pumariega has returned to McDermott Will & Emery as a partner in the litigation practice group in Miami. She joins from the Miami-Dade County Attorney’s Office.
• Alfonso Chan has joined King & Spalding as a partner with the trial and global disputes practice group in Austin, Texas. He joins from McKool Smith.
• Cathy Mulrow-Peattie has joined Hinshaw & Culbertson as a partner in the New York office. She joins from Loeb & Loeb.
• Scott A. Stengel will join Truist Financial Corporation as senior executive vice president and chief legal officer Dec. 26 in Charlotte, N.C.