The world’s largest gold-mining company, Denver-based Newmont, has hired the legal chief of energy-management giant Schneider Electric to serve as its chief legal officer.

From his base in Massachusetts, Peter Wexler has served for 15 years as CLO of Paris-based Schneider, which has 144,000 employees in 100 countries. In his role, Wexler oversaw legal, risk and compliance matters globally, managing a team of more than 300 professionals in 32 countries.