In-House Counsel on the Move: Fintech Flurry Continues with Plaid and Robinhood Hires
“A flood of fintech in-house counsel hires continued this week, with announcements from both Plaid Inc and Robinhood Markets Inc.,” reports Caroline Spiezio in Thomas Reuters’ WestLaw Today.
“Plaid, a software startup that Visa Inc agreed to buy for $5.3 billion earlier this year, on Thursday announced Meredith Fuchs as its general counsel. Formerly general counsel of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Fuchs was most recently chief regulatory counsel at Capital One.”
“Robinhood, a commission-free trading startup popular with millennials, said Wednesday that former Applied Materials and Yahoo attorney Christina Lai had joined it as deputy general counsel. She’s the startup’s third major legal hire announced since May.”