Morgan Stanley and News Corporation have both confirmed the appointment of new top in-house lawyers, reports The Am Law Daily.

At Morgan Stanley, Eric Grossman is being promoted to succeed Francis Barron as the company’s next chief legal officer. Barron, whose retirement was announced in an internal Morgan Stanley memo on Monday (9 January), joined the financial services giant in July 2010 after 32 years at Cravath Swaine & Moore.