Career Moves
Nissan Hires Former Sears Counsel Gardena, Calif.-based Nissan North America Inc. appointed Scott E. Becker as general counsel and vice president of legal. Most recently, Becker was vice president and deputy general counsel for retail operations, real estate and services for Sears Holding Corp. and its Sears Roebuck & Co....
July 11, 2006 at 08:00 PM
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Nissan Hires Former Sears Counsel
Gardena, Calif.-based Nissan North America Inc. appointed Scott E. Becker as general counsel and vice president of legal. Most recently, Becker was vice president and deputy general counsel for retail operations, real estate and services for Sears Holding Corp. and its Sears Roebuck & Co. unit. Becker succeeds Joy Crose.
Multistate Tax Commission Names New GC
Washington D.C.-based Multistate Tax Commission (MTC) promoted Shirley Sicilian to general counsel. The MTC is an organization of 47 state governments that work to promote equitable administration of tax laws that apply to multistate enterprises. Sicilian previously served as MTC's deputy general counsel and prior to that worked as the Kansas Department of Revenue's general counsel.
Reichhold Inc. Hires New GC
Research Triangle Park, N.C.-based Reichhold Inc., the world's largest manufacturer of unsaturated polyester resins, appointed Edward R. Leydon general counsel. Leydon joins Reichhold from Schering-Plough Corp., where he served as director of international law for the company's global pharmaceutical business.
Nissan Hires Former Sears Counsel
Gardena, Calif.-based
Multistate Tax Commission Names New GC
Washington D.C.-based Multistate Tax Commission (MTC) promoted Shirley Sicilian to general counsel. The MTC is an organization of 47 state governments that work to promote equitable administration of tax laws that apply to multistate enterprises. Sicilian previously served as MTC's deputy general counsel and prior to that worked as the Kansas Department of Revenue's general counsel.
Reichhold Inc. Hires New GC
Research Triangle Park, N.C.-based Reichhold Inc., the world's largest manufacturer of unsaturated polyester resins, appointed Edward R. Leydon general counsel. Leydon joins Reichhold from
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