Pinterest names Google lawyer new general counsel
The San Francisco-based company has hired Google's vice-president of legal
March 09, 2017 at 10:44 AM
2 minute read
Pinterest has recruited a new GC from Google, after a near four-month search.
The San Francisco-based image and ideas website has hired Christine Flores, the vice-president of legal at Google. Flores has worked at Google for nearly a decade.
She replaces Michael Yang, another former Google lawyer who once served as the search giant's deputy general counsel. Yang, who was Pinterest's first GC when he came on board in 2012, announced his departure from Pinterest in November.
An official start date for Flores has yet to be announced, but she will step into the GC role "in the coming weeks", a Pinterest spokeswoman confirmed via email on Wednesday. "Her role will help us to continue to scale our revenue and ensure we continue to comply with the law as we expand internationally," the spokeswoman said.
Pinterest has a history of hiring lawyers from Google. In addition to Flores and Yang, two current employees in Pinterest's lean legal department came from Google in recent years, according to LinkedIn. And another Pinterest attorney was the former GC of AdMeld, which was acquired by Google in 2011.
As Google's vice-president of legal, Flores was tasked with overseeing securities work, corporate governance, ethics and compliance, M&A, investments and real estate, and legal operations, according to her LinkedIn profile. She led a team of about 100 lawyers.
In a statement, Pinterest CEO and co-founder Ben Silbermann attributed some of "the most challenging projects in the business world" to Flores, including her work on the Alphabet reorganisation and international deals.
Pinterest confirmed that Flores will oversee a team of about 10 people on the company's legal and policy team.
Prior to her role at Google, Flores was an associate with Proskauer Rose. She also worked as an associate with Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom.
NOT FOR REPRINT
© 2024 ALM Global, LLC, All Rights Reserved. Request academic re-use from www.copyright.com. All other uses, submit a request to [email protected]. For more information visit Asset & Logo Licensing.
You Might Like
View All
'I Won’t Name the Firm, But...'—Barratt Redrow's Legal Head on External Counsel Red Flags
Setting Standards: Vanguard Australia's Sean Hughes on Moving From Government Regulator to Corporate General Counsel
6 minute read
Netflix Offices Raided by Authorities in Paris and Amsterdam
Trending Stories
- 1Unanswered Questions on Remote Work Complicate NJ Wage Transparency Law, Litigators Say
- 2DeSantis Appointed Assistant US Attorney to Broward Circuit Court Bench
- 3Thomson Reuters Plans to Spend Big in AI. Here’s How
- 4FactSet Finds New Legal Chief at Financial Data Rival S&P
- 5Midsize Texas Firm Kane Russell Takes Another Step Toward Second-Generation Leadership With New CFO
Who Got The Work
Michael G. Bongiorno, Andrew Scott Dulberg and Elizabeth E. Driscoll from Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr have stepped in to represent Symbotic Inc., an A.I.-enabled technology platform that focuses on increasing supply chain efficiency, and other defendants in a pending shareholder derivative lawsuit. The case, filed Oct. 2 in Massachusetts District Court by the Brown Law Firm on behalf of Stephen Austen, accuses certain officers and directors of misleading investors in regard to Symbotic's potential for margin growth by failing to disclose that the company was not equipped to timely deploy its systems or manage expenses through project delays. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Nathaniel M. Gorton, is 1:24-cv-12522, Austen v. Cohen et al.
Who Got The Work
Edmund Polubinski and Marie Killmond of Davis Polk & Wardwell have entered appearances for data platform software development company MongoDB and other defendants in a pending shareholder derivative lawsuit. The action, filed Oct. 7 in New York Southern District Court by the Brown Law Firm, accuses the company's directors and/or officers of falsely expressing confidence in the company’s restructuring of its sales incentive plan and downplaying the severity of decreases in its upfront commitments. The case is 1:24-cv-07594, Roy v. Ittycheria et al.
Who Got The Work
Amy O. Bruchs and Kurt F. Ellison of Michael Best & Friedrich have entered appearances for Epic Systems Corp. in a pending employment discrimination lawsuit. The suit was filed Sept. 7 in Wisconsin Western District Court by Levine Eisberner LLC and Siri & Glimstad on behalf of a project manager who claims that he was wrongfully terminated after applying for a religious exemption to the defendant's COVID-19 vaccine mandate. The case, assigned to U.S. Magistrate Judge Anita Marie Boor, is 3:24-cv-00630, Secker, Nathan v. Epic Systems Corporation.
Who Got The Work
David X. Sullivan, Thomas J. Finn and Gregory A. Hall from McCarter & English have entered appearances for Sunrun Installation Services in a pending civil rights lawsuit. The complaint was filed Sept. 4 in Connecticut District Court by attorney Robert M. Berke on behalf of former employee George Edward Steins, who was arrested and charged with employing an unregistered home improvement salesperson. The complaint alleges that had Sunrun informed the Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection that the plaintiff's employment had ended in 2017 and that he no longer held Sunrun's home improvement contractor license, he would not have been hit with charges, which were dismissed in May 2024. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer, is 3:24-cv-01423, Steins v. Sunrun, Inc. et al.
Who Got The Work
Greenberg Traurig shareholder Joshua L. Raskin has entered an appearance for boohoo.com UK Ltd. in a pending patent infringement lawsuit. The suit, filed Sept. 3 in Texas Eastern District Court by Rozier Hardt McDonough on behalf of Alto Dynamics, asserts five patents related to an online shopping platform. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Rodney Gilstrap, is 2:24-cv-00719, Alto Dynamics, LLC v. boohoo.com UK Limited.
Featured Firms
Law Offices of Gary Martin Hays & Associates, P.C.
(470) 294-1674
Law Offices of Mark E. Salomone
(857) 444-6468
Smith & Hassler
(713) 739-1250
