November 03, 2021 | Corporate Counsel
Breaking Up With the General Counsel Is Hard to Do"It's not an uncommon issue, unfortunately, and it's what we learned in law school as a BFD," said corporate governance lawyer Michael Peregrine, a Chicago-based partner at McDermott Will & Emery.
By Phillip Bantz
7 minute read
October 29, 2021 | Corporate Counsel
$8M SEC Penalty Shows That Compliance Testing Isn't Enough"You have to recognize that testing without a commitment to fixing serious flaws is a significant problem," said Rob Chesnut, former general counsel and chief ethics officer for Airbnb Inc.
By Phillip Bantz
3 minute read
October 28, 2021 | Corporate Counsel
Freshfields Transactions Expert Takes GC Job at Private Equity FirmMatthew Herman is exiting his post as U.S. managing partner and co-head of global mergers and acquisitions at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer to join Goldfinch Partners in New York.
By Phillip Bantz
3 minute read
October 27, 2021 | Corporate Counsel
Wells Fargo Asset Management Rebrand Snags State Street Global Advisors Compliance ChiefChris Baker is exiting the Boston-based asset manager to serve as chief compliance officer at Allspring, where he'll report to another State Street Global Advisors alum—Kate McKinley, who joined Allspring in August as chief legal officer.
By Phillip Bantz
3 minute read
October 25, 2021 | Corporate Counsel
Helmsley Charitable Trust General Counsel Promoted to CEOSarah Paul is taking over as CEO after serving six years as the New York-based global philanthropy foundation's GC.
By Phillip Bantz
2 minute read
October 22, 2021 | Corporate Counsel
Chainalysis Legal Affairs Chief Exits for Investigative Counsel Role in CongressAmanda Wick has experience as a federal prosecutor and senior policy adviser focused on crypto and money laundering.
By Phillip Bantz
2 minute read
October 21, 2021 | Corporate Counsel
Best Western General Counsel Larry Cuculic on How He Got That CEO Promotion"It was almost an expectation that I would add value as a member of the executive committee. I certainly valued that opportunity and embraced it the best I could," Larry Cuculic said.
By Phillip Bantz
6 minute read
October 20, 2021 | Corporate Counsel
Legal Ops Leaders 'Frustrated' Over Slow ALSP Adoption"Basically, in my opinion, they want to use them more, and they're not getting to use them as much as they would like to, and they're frustrated," said Nathan Cemenska, director of legal ops and industry insights at Wolters Kluwer.
By Phillip Bantz
5 minute read
October 18, 2021 | Corporate Counsel
Ex-Microsoft GC Brad Smith Handled Sensitive Gates Matter 'by the Book,' Ethics Expert SaysSmith faced one of the most difficult situations that a GC can encounter—dealing with a top-level executive's alleged misconduct—and he appears to have responded appropriately, according to a pair of former in-house leaders and corporate ethics experts.
By Phillip Bantz
3 minute read
October 15, 2021 | Corporate Counsel
GC-to-CEO Trend Continues With Promotion of BWH Hotel Group's Legal ChiefCEOs who served as GCs in an earlier life are still in the minority. But it seems that companies are increasingly considering their legal chiefs for the role—and COVID-19, the catalyst for so many changes, has accelerated the trend.
By Phillip Bantz
3 minute read
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