David M. Kastin has been appointed by Clever Leaves – the multi-national operator and licensed producer of pharmaceutical-grade cannabinoids – General Counsel and Corporate Secretary. Kastin will handle the Company’s global legal activities and policies and support the CEO and Board of Directors as Clever Leaves prepares to become a public company. Recently Kastin has worked as General Counsel and […]
Katherine Pryor Burgeson has decided to retire as executive vice president, general counsel and secretary of Ingevity Corporation. Burgeson, taking part in the company’s early-retirement program.
Eastman Chemical Co., hard-hit by the coronavirus-induced stock rout, has hired Kellye Walker to be its chief legal officer; she starts April 13. She succeeds Clark Jordan, who has been serving as Eastman’s interim CLO since August 1. Jordan will remain with the company as a member of senior management. Walker is a seasoned executive […]
NOVA Chemicals Corp. has hired Byron Romain to be vice president and general counsel. He will be responsible for leading all operations of legal including in-house attorneys, external legal affairs, intellectual property rights, corporate and commercial matters, compliance and governance. Romain succeeds Bill Mitchell, who recently retired. Romain comes to NOVA Chemicals from White & […]
How’s this for a long goodbye? Pittsburgh-based Koppers Holdings Inc, a supplier of treated wood products, announced that Steven Lacy, its chief administrative officer and general counsel, will retire after a 20-year career with the company, effective December 31. In the interim period, Lacy (in the photo above) will have a new role as assistant […]
Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. has named Brian Berube senior VP and general counsel, effective July 15. He will be responsible for all legal functions and will report directly to Axalta’s CEO Robert Bryant. The company makes industrial coatings and paints for everything from football helmets to roller coasters. Berube will go to Axalta after 25 years […]
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Kodak replaces outgoing general counsel with an internal promotion
The struggling photography legacy company Eastman Kodak Co. has shuffled its in-house legal chiefs. Roger Byrd succeeds Sharon Underberg, who has quit to lead the legal department of a tech company. Byrd joined Kodak in 2015 as assistant general counsel, and has focused on corporate and transactional work in support of the company’s various strategic […]
The chemical and industrial multinational Celanese Corp. has hired A. Lynne Puckett (in the photo above) to be its next senior VP and general counsel. She begins on February 13. Formerly general counsel at Colfax Corp., the company said in a statement that Puckett bring extensive experience leading global legal teams through complex acquisitions, growth in emerging […]
The “agrochemical” company FMC Corp.is promoting Michael Reilly to executive vice president, general counsel and secretary, effective April 1. He will assume the role when Andrea Utecht, who occupies that post now, retires March. Reilly (in the photo above) joined FMC in 2002 as group counsel for the Agricultural Solutions business with responsibility for all business legal affairs, including […]
Scott Partridge, former vice president of global strategy for Monsanto, now part of Bayer, has been named the company’s general counsel for the United States. He succeeds former gneral counsel Jan Heinemann, and reports to Philip Blake, president of Bayer U.S. Partridge received his J.D. and LL.M. from Tulane University School of Law. In 2006, after 27 […]
