In-house Legal Appointments - Page 3

Former Amazon, MGM lawyer to head up Avengers: End Game producer’s legal team

Lesley Freeman joins independent US studio AGBO, replacing general counsel Rik Toulon

US semiconductor business Lam Research lines up Whirlpool legal head as next CLO

Ava Harter replaces Ava Hahn, who left for US chipmaker AMD back in January


US streaming platform Roku lines up Disney’s theme parks lawyer as next GC

Louise Pentland will replace Stephen Kay, who is retiring in November

Harvard University hires former White House lawyer to end search for next GC

Jennifer O’Connor replaces Diane Lopez, who retired in February after 30 years at the university

US security business Allegion lines up replacement for GC


Ingevity GC Stacy Cozad to succeed Jeff Braun, who is retiring later this year


Robocar start-up Glydways hires former Electronic Arts lawyer as first legal chief


JoAnn Covington most recently served as CLO at electric bus-maker Proterra

Australian social housing non-profit Home in Place hires ex-Thorn Group GC as company secretary

Alexandra Rose left Thorn Group at the end of last year following the sale of its commercial finance business

Music licensing business Merlin signs up London-based Greenberg Traurig shareholder as GC

Neil Miller takes on role last held by Merlin’s COO Charlie Lexton

General Motors taps former Activision Blizzard legal chief as CLO

Grant Dixton is replacing Craig Glidden, who is now overseeing legal at GM’s autonomous vehicle business Cruise

Paramount terminates GC’s contract, elevates deputy to acting legal head

Christa d’Alimonte to exit after 12 years with the company, with Caryn Groce to stand in as her replacement

US cloud business Nutanix hires CLO from EV battery-maker Lyten

Brian Martin replaces Tyler Wall, who announced his retirement in February

US tech unicorn Sigma hires first general counsel from San Francisco boutique

Ali Harmer moves back in house after four-and-a-half-year stint at Coda Law Group

US dating app Bumble promotes acting CLO to permanent role

Elizabeth Monteleone had been serving as acting CLO since February

ExxonMobil names former Fox lawyer as next GC

Jeff Taylor will replace Craig Morford, who is retiring at the start of July

US data storage business Seagate fills vacant CLO seat with Maxar hire

Jim Lee replaces Kate Schuelke who joined Credo Technology in January

Allied Universal names next legal head as former GC retires

Loretta Cecil will replace David Buckman later this month

SoFi taps JPMorgan for GC hire as long-time legal head steps down

Stephen Simcock will replace Rob Lavet, who is retiring and moving to a director role

TikTok parent ByteDance names former Warner Bros. legal chief as new GC

John Rogovin replaces Erich Anderson, who moves to a special counsel role amid a potential US ban on TikTok

US doughnut giant Krispy Kreme hires former Mars lawyer to head legal team

Atiba Adams will replace Catherine Tang as CLO, who announced her exit earlier this year

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