General Counsel

NewsFreshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has brought on Adam Golden to serve as head of U.S. life sciences transactions, further expanding on the London-founded firm’s recent growth in the U.S. legal market

NewsMarsh McLennan has appointed Katherine J. Brennan as General Counsel of Marsh LLC.

NewsAltus Power America, Inc. has appointed Sophia Lee as Chief Legal Officer.

NewsBASF SE, a chemical giant with a large litigation docket, has appointed an American, Matthew Lepore, to be its global general counsel and chief compliance officer.

NewsUnion Square Ventures LLC, which scored big with an investment in newly public cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase Global Inc., has hired its first-ever general counsel.

NewsGoDaddy announced Michele Lau will assume the role of GoDaddy’s Chief Legal Officer effective July 12, 2021, and Mark McCaffrey will assume the role of GoDaddy’s Chief Financial Officer effective June 2, 2021.

NewsVictoria’s Secret has hired former Express Inc. and Abercrombie & Fitch lawyer Melinda McAfee as its first chief legal officer.

NewsA former Coca-Cola Co. lawyer will become the new interim chief legal officer for Tilray Inc., the world’s largest legal weed operation by revenue.

NewsOwens Corning announced the appointment of Gina Beredo as Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, effective June 9, 2021.

NewsThree teams in Major League Soccer are switching law office jobs with the mid-April kickoff of the top tier of the U.S. sport’s 2021 season—a start delayed a few weeks because of the coronavirus pandemic.

NewsBarbara Levi will succeed Markus Diethelm as Group General Counsel effective 1 November 2021.

NewsAlphabet Inc.’s chief legal officer, J. Kent Walker Jr., received a total compensation package last year valued at $50.9 million, according to a proxy statement.

NewsCoca-Cola Co.’s surprising decision to replace its general counsel after nearly eight months on the job is one of several recent changes involving the company’s legal and compliance personnel.

NewsTesla’s longstanding vice president of legal and acting general counsel, Al Prescott, has left the electric vehicle and renewable energy company to join Luminar, a lidar start-up.

NewsThe Coca-Cola Company announced the election of Monica Howard Douglas as senior vice president and general counsel.

NewsMastercard … announced the appointment of Tim Murphy, the company’s general counsel, to the newly created position of chief administrative officer.

NewsHippo, the home insurance group that created a new standard of care and protection for homeowners, today announced four key leadership appointments to its legal and compliance team with combined expertise in reinsurance, insurance compliance, governance, national warranty, and federal securities laws.

NewsLittle Caesars Enterprises Inc. and Smoothie King Franchises Inc., two privately held eateries with ruling aspirations to their names, unveiled new roles this week for two top in-house lawyers.

NewsFOX News Media has named Bernard T. Gugar as General Counsel and Executive Vice President of Corporate Development, announced its CEO Suzanne Scott, to whom he will report. Mr. Gugar will begin his new role effective immediately.