In-house Legal Appointments

AI platform Genesys to promote GC to CLO role as veteran legal chief steps down

Allen Chiu will replace Jim René, who has been CLO since Genesys was sold by Alcatel-Lucent in 2012

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Robot chef-maker Circus Group hires GC from German defence tech company Helsing

Former Microsoft lawyer Sasha Borovik joins ahead of defence industry expansion

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Online retailer Ocado rehires Britvic GC as next legal head

Ocado’s former deputy GC Mollie Stoker to return, taking on GC role from Neill Abrams, who is retiring

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Starbucks on hunt for new legal chief as CLO set to depart ‘in the coming months’

Brad Lerman set to leave the company after just over two years, according to a regulatory filing

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Music streaming giant Spotify names interim GC as permanent legal head

Kevan Choset had been standing in as GC after Eve Konstan stepped down in January

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US nuclear power innovator Terrestrial Energy hires GC ahead of public listing

Brian Romanzo joins from franchising consultancy REP’M Group

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Children’s book publishing giant Scholastic appoints first new GC in 17 years

Senior counsel Chris Lick is promoted to top job ahead of Andrew Hedden’s retirement

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US’s second largest bookstore chain Books-A-Million hires second GC in a year

Former Books-A-Million GC Catherine Hogewood returns just 11 months after it appointed Courtney Adair to the role

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Photoshop-maker Adobe taps streaming platform Roku for next legal chief

Louise Pentland’s arrival ends search for GC replacement, after Dana Rao left last year

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Lumen Technologies hires former Motorola GC as second legal chief in a year

Mark Hacker replaces interim CLO Meredith Hayes, following departure of Chad Ho less than a year into the job

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Sidley unveils triple partner raid on Weil in London private funds push

Weil’s global private funds co-head, Ed Gander, to be joined by Stephen Fox and Peter Boulle in coming weeks

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US video games industry body ESA hires IP veteran to lead legal team

Stan McCoy replaces Gina Vetere who left the organisation in January

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US pharma heavyweight Bristol Myers Squibb hires internally to fill GC vacancy

Cari Gallman is promoted to legal head role, replacing Sandra Leung who is retiring after 33 years at the company

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US private equity firm KHP hires Goodwin partner as general counsel

Real estate specialist Alex Lewis replaces veteran lawyer Judy Miles, who is moving to an executive advisor role

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US radio giant iHeartMedia hires former CBS Sports GC as next CLO

David Hillman replaces Jordan Fasbender, who left to join Comcast’s new cable business in March

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