Bruce Sewell, general counsel of Apple Inc., announced his retirement Friday after eight years of leading the company's legal and security efforts.

In an interview with Corporate Counsel Friday, he confirmed it is a true retirement and he plans to turn his focus away from the law for the time being.

“I'm done being a GC,” Sewell said. “If you want to be a GC, Apple is as good as it gets…It's really difficult to do anything else. There's not another GC job I would take.”