Private equity giant CVC Capital Partners has changed the structure of its legal leadership, opting to appoint a chief of legal and compliance officer and scrapping the general counsel role, after its long-term GC stepped down last week.

The alternative investment firm is replacing the general counsel role with a chief of legal and compliance officer position, appointing head of Allen & Overy’s Netherlands office, Brechje van der Velden to the role, from March 1.