Laura Franco began her in-house career working at Viacom Inc. in 1995. When CBS and Viacom split in 2006, she joined CBS as senior vice president and associate general counsel of strategic acquisitions. Since then she has been involved in major deals at CBS.

On March 1, she was named general counsel at CBS after chief legal officer Lawrence Tu announced his retirement. Franco spoke to Corporate Counsel about her career at CBS and how she hopes to make an impact in the media company’s legal department.

This content has been archived. It is available through our partners, LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law.

To view this content, please continue to their sites.

Not a Lexis Subscriber?
Subscribe Now

Not a Bloomberg Law Subscriber?
Subscribe Now

Why am I seeing this?

LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law are third party online distributors of the broad collection of current and archived versions of ALM's legal news publications. LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law customers are able to access and use ALM's content, including content from the National Law Journal, The American Lawyer, Legaltech News, The New York Law Journal, and Corporate Counsel, as well as other sources of legal information.

For questions call 1-877-256-2472 or contact us at [email protected]