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Corporate Counsel

Zoom Legal Chief's Stratospheric 2022 Pay Returned to Earth Last Year

Aparna Bawa is losing the distinction of being the nation's highest-paid legal chief, as expected. Her comp in 2022 was elevated by a huge, one-time stock grant aimed at replacing a grant she received at the height of the pandemic that later shriveled in value.
2 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Wachtell Star Received Record-Breaking Pay in First Year as Salesforce CLO

Sabastian Niles joined the CRM giant in July, giving up his career as one of the nation's top legal advisers on M&A and shareholder activism.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Alphabet's Legal Chief Has Outearned Apple's for First Time

Alphabet legal chief Kent Walker saw his compensation increase 12% in 2023.
4 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Robinhood's Steadying Force, Legal Chief Dan Gallagher, Saw Pay Seesaw Again in 2023

Gallagher's 2023 pay was 29% below what he earned a year earlier but 1,142% above what he earned in 2021.
2 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Comcast Legal Chief Breaks Into the $10M Pay Club

The company's newly filed proxy statement noted Thomas Reid's contributions in a number of regulatory areas "in light of the increased regulation of business, particularly the video and broadband industries."
2 minute read

Corporate Counsel

GM Legal Chief Joins Highest-Paid Ranks After Helping Clean Up Cruise Crisis

Craig Glidden worked through a plateful of challenges last year, including the UAW strike and fallout from a self-driving car crash that badly injured a pedestrian.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Victoria's Secret Proxy Reveals Milestone for Its Legal Chief

Melinda McAfee took the legal reins of the lingerie maker in 2021 after serving as legal chief of Express for 19 months and ascending the legal ladder at Abercrombie & Fitch over the course of 13 years.
2 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Etsy Welcomed Aboard Ex-Facebook GC Colin Stretch With Baskets of Stock

Stretch joined the e-commerce company as chief legal officer in February 2023, his first in-house role since his 2013-19 run as the social media company's general counsel.
2 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Lowe's Lavished New CLO Juliette Pryor With $8M in Sign-On Bonuses

The home-improvement giant is Pryor's second employer in four years to woo her aboard with cash and stock sign-on awards totaling at least $6 million.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Netflix CLO's Pay Hits Record, But Big Changes Loom

A revised executive pay program kicked in Jan. 1 that links pay more closely with performance. No longer will execs be able to choose how much of their comp is in the form of salary.
4 minute read

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