A longtime top global lawyer at The Coca-Cola Co. is making a move to Cox Automotive Inc.

The Atlanta-based automotive services company announced Thursday the appointment of Angus Haig as senior vice president and general counsel, effective April 9. He succeeds Peter Cassat, who resigned from the company earlier this year, a Cox Automotive spokeswoman said in an email. Haig will report to Executive Vice President and CFO Mark Bowser.

Haig spent 19 years at Coke, holding various counsel positions of increasing responsibility in Shanghai, London, Sydney, Atlanta and Tokyo. Most recently, he was international GC Asia-Pacific and GC Japan. Haig has been based in Atlanta since 2016, according to his LinkedIn profile.