Recursion, a biotechnology company scaling more like a technology company, announced the appointment of Louisa Daniels (pictured) as its Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel. In her new role, Daniels will oversee Recursion's legal and compliance functions and augment Recursion's industry-leading executive team.
Coinbase, one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, has appointed Melissa Strait (pictured) to its team of directors as its new Chief Compliance Officer. In her new role, she will now handle all company's compliance policies and oversee the company’s businesses with several law enforcement agencies worldwide, in areas where Coinbase operates.
President Biden has nominated Richard Sauber to serve as the general counsel of the Department of Veterans Affairs. He is a skilled litigator who has tried dozens of criminal and civil fraud cases.
As reported by Bloomberg Law, Capital Group Cos. has hired Reginald Hedgebeth as its first chief legal officer. He had left Marathon Oil Corp. last december and was replaced by Kimberly Warnica.
(by Ricardo Cortés-Monroy) There are many reasons why it is a good (excellent) practice to regularly review your company’s panel of preferred law firms and external counsel. And there are better ways to do it compared to some years ago.
SkyWater Technology, the trusted technology realization partner, announced that Jason Stokes has been appointed as chief legal officer and general counsel. He brings over 20 years of corporate law, governance, transactional and compliance expertise, and will focus on leading SkyWater's legal and compliance function.
Nelson will succeed current senior vice president and general counsel Glen Moffett, who announced his planned retirement earlier this year. He will assist in the transition of duties to Nelson over the coming months.
CHS, one of the main agribusiness cooperative, announced it has named Brandon Smith (pictured) executive vice president and general counsel. Smith will join CHS in late March 2021. He succeeds James Zappa, the company's executive vice president and general counsel since 2015.
Prior to that, Matt Christiansen served as a Legal Advisor to Chairman Glick. He joined then-Commissioner Glick’s office in 2017 from the Commission’s Office of the General Counsel. Before joining Commission staff, he served as a law clerk to the Hon. Stephen F. Williams on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and the Hon. Jesse M. Furman on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.
Prior to joining Carrols, Landaw was the Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel of Barington Capital Group, a value-oriented investment firm, where he has worked since June 2004. Prior to that, he served as the Vice President of Law at International Specialty Products and as an attorney at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom.