Disney Hires New General Counsel
“The Walt Disney Company has hired Horacio Gutierrez as senior executive vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary, effective February 1. Gutierrez will join Disney having previously worked at Spotify as head of global affairs and chief legal officer. He will succeed Alan Brave,” reports Ben Maiden in Corporate Secretary.
“Gutierrez’s areas of responsibility will include litigation, compliance, transactional law, securities law, regulatory matters, privacy protection, global ethics and patent, copyright and trademark issues. At Spotify, he led a team of legal, business, corporate communications and public affairs, government relations, licensing and operations.”