Jelly Belly Candy Co. announced the appointment of John Di Giusto as its inaugural general counsel. Di Giusto previously was a managing shareholder in the corporate and securities and tax groups of Boutin Jones Inc. He brings more than 30 years of experience to the candy corporation, which was one of his firm's long-term clients.

PepsiCo Inc. announced the return of Larry Thompson as executive vice president, general counsel and secretary, a position he formerly held from 2004 to 2011. In the interim, Thompson was the John A. Sibley Chair in Corporate and Business Law at the University of Georgia school of Law. He previously served as a deputy attorney general in the U.S. Department of Justice and as a partner at King & Spalding.

Marsh & McLennan Cos. Inc. hired Rian Miller as general counsel of Mercer, its human resource consulting branch. Most recently, Miller spent two years as managing counsel for risk and litigation at Towers Watson. She also was an associate with Pepper Hamilton.