Longtime financial services lawyer Mark Shelton announced on LinkedIn this week that he is joining Boston-based investment management giant State Street Corp. as general counsel and secretary.

Shelton most recently was general counsel of Barclays Bank, part of the British multinational bank Barclays plc, where he worked for eight years. He posted on LinkedIn last year that he was on “garden notice” from Barclays, meaning he was no longer working there but remained on its payroll as he transitioned out.