David Warren is leaving one iconic Italian luxury brand for another. Gucci has hired one of rival Italian fashion house Prada’s top lawyers, David Warren, to lead its legal department in the Americas. As new general counsel of the luxury retailer, Warren will be based in New York City. Gucci is owned by French luxury […]
The global beauty company Coty Inc. has hired Kristin Blazewicz as chief legal officer, general counsel and secretary, and a member of Coty’s executive Committee. She starts on the job March 15. Blazewicz will be based in Amsterdam and will report to Pierre Laubies, CEO, succeeding Greer McMullen., who has decided to leave the company. In […]
The iconic American jeweler and retailer Tiffany initially played hard to get when the French luxury goods maker LVMH came calling. But it eventually caved in to the French company’s charms—not to mention a share price of $135. “Although this started as an unsolicited proposal, LVMH ultimately increased its offer to a sufficient price to […]
Footwear retailer Genesco Inc. has hired Scott Becker to be senior vice president, general counsel, and corporate secretary, effective next week. He succeeds Roger Sisson who retired from Genesco earlier this year. Becker comes to Genesco with more than 30 years of legal, financial and administrative experience. Most recently, he’s been an in-house attorney with Nissan […]
Giacomo Leo has switched fashion houses and is now the new general counsel of Valentino. He comes from Bottega Veneta, where he’d been top lawyer since 2015. Leo takes the baton from Antonella Andrioli—who headed Valentino’s in-house department since February 2006—and will lead a team composed of over 10 lawyers specializing in IP, corporate and […]
The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. in New York have hired Deirdre Stanley as executive Vp and general counsel; she’ll start in late October. cStanley will report both to company chairman William Lauder, Executive Chairman, and Fabrizio Freda, the president and CEO. Stanley has quite the resume. Prior to joining ELC, she was GC for The Thomson […]
Phillips has hired an art auction house veteran, Hartley Waltman, as its general counsel for North America. He’ll be based in New York and starts next month. Waltman will oversee the legal functions in North America and assume responsibility for Phillips’ legal and compliance functions throughout the Americas. Waltman will report to Martin Wilson, chief […]
Sergio Marini (in the photo above) has left Fendi’s legal management to former Philip Morris International senior counsel Gabriella Porcelli and has taken on a new role within the LVMH group. In particular, since May 6, Marini has been in charge of the compliance of the largest luxury group in the world from the Paris […]
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Wendy Hufford has seen it all. Well, almost. She may have started as a lawyer in a big New York law firm, but she soon turned to life in-house. Hufford took a job in the in-house legal department incubator at The General Electric Co., which has sent its alumni into legal departments across the globe. […]
Another way of saying “Louis Vuitton Moët Hennessy,” or LVMH is ”iconic luxury.” It’s a luxury goods company that spans continents and industries, making and selling everything from Louis Vuitton handbags to Champagne. And not just any wines: The company owns the wineries that make the premium Champagne, Dom Perignon, and Chateau d’Yquem, the luscious […]
