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Leadership Changecurated sourcedetected 2026-05-15 · confidence 85%

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Legends Global: Leadership Change

Adam Lister, group general counsel of Legends Global (Asia Pacific) for almost 9 years, departed to establish his own boutique legal firm (Adam H Lister Law) specializing in sport, entertainment and infrastructure investment

Source: Pollstar

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The leadership read

Leadership transitions often precede broader the sector bench-strengthening over the next two quarters.

Market context: The wider read — a Talent Market Index of 114 (Hot), up 13.8 month-on-month — shows Asia signal flow rising (+3.8pts).

Legends Global: 3 signals in the last 90 days; 0.3% of MitchelLake's Asia signal flow; 3 tracked across 42 days.

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