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Corporate Counsel

Top-Paid Female GCs Are Earning More, But Not All the News Is Good

Women cracking the highest-paid female GC list collected substantially higher cash compensation than a year earlier. But when men are included, just five women cracked the top 20.
5 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Outside Counsel Jumps Aboard Star Cancer-Diagnostic Firm

Russ Denton is taking the legal reins of Caris Life Sciences a year after it raised $830 million in a funding round that valued the business at $7.8 billion.
2 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Distilled Spirits Supplier Hires Legal Chief

Curtis Landherr joins Atchison, Kansas-based MGP with more than two decades of legal experience across a variety of industries.
1 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Snap's Legal Cuts Likely Not Sign of Carnage to Come, Recruiters Say

"Companies need their in-house lawyers. ... So somebody is going to have to do the work—whether it's inside or outside," legal recruiter John Gilmore said.
5 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Green Dot Bank Hires Financial Services Veteran as Legal Chief

Amy Pugh will help Green Dot advance its growth strategy while helping to "mitigate risk and ensure compliance across the board," CEO Dan Henry said.
2 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Aerospace Firm Fills GC Vacancy From Inside

Joseph Chontos, who started his legal career at the Pentagon and later worked at Northrop Grumman, has taken the legal reins at Aerojet Rocketdyne.
2 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Boston Biotech Snags Legal Chief From Competitor

"Vertex has a highly differentiated strategy, a special culture that resonates with me, an impressive track record of success, and the potential to truly transform the treatment of multiple serious diseases," said Jonathan Biller, the company's newly appointed chief legal officer.
2 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Swedish Animal Health Company Taps Former Pfizer Lawyer as First GC

The upstart company Vimian's first legal chief spent years in key roles at Zoetis, the biggest animal health player.
1 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Company Helping US Play Catch-Up in Car Batteries Hires First GC

Bret Meich is taking the legal reins of American Battery Technology Co., which seeks to provide U.S. manufacturers of lithium-ion car batteries with a domestic source of metals.
2 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Fintech VC Firm Flourish Finds New Legal Chief at Competitor

Flourish managing partner Emmalyn Shaw said newly hired legal chief Tyler Mann shares the company's passion for "supporting innovative and seasoned entrepreneurs whose companies drive significant financial returns and create more inclusive global financial services."
2 minute read

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