Mandeep Walia is the newschief compliance and risk officer of Circle Internet Financial, the global financial technology firm. Mandeep joins Circle’s leadership following an extensive career in global financial compliance and risk management at leading organizations. Most recently, Mandeep served as the Chief Compliance Officer and Head of Enterprise Risk Management for Novi, which is a part of […]
After eight months on the job, Bradley Gayton, has resigned as the general counsel for The Coca-Cola Co. Monica Howard Douglas (pictured left) has been elected senior vice president and general counsel and steps up from chief compliance officer and associate GC position. Douglas is a 17-year veteran of the company who most recently served as chief […]
Compensation for Gap Inc’s chief in-house lawyer Julie Gruber rose about 135% year-over-year to $6.36 million in 2020, the retailer disclosed in a regulatory filing. Total pay for Gruber, who is the chief legal, compliance and sustainability officer for the clothing company that closed most of its stores for weeks in 2020 amid COVID-19, included […]
Andrew Marshall joined Vuulr, the global online content marketplace for film and television rights, as Head of Legal and Commercial Partnerships after tenures at ESPN STAR Sports, NBCUniversal and The Walt Disney Company. Andrew Marshall also joined Vuulr’s senior leadership after time at ESPN STAR Sports, NBCUniversal and The Walt Disney Company. «I am excited to join Vuulr […]
[Our colleagues in Milan, where our parent company LC Publishing Group srl is located, are all working at home this week. It’s part of the region where the first outbreaks of the corona virus first happened in Italy. As a result, schools across Italy are closed, and most sporting events and public gatherings are cancelled […]
There’s good news and bad news for your outside counsel. According to a recent survey, cited by Bloomberg’s Big Law Business blog, large law firms are more profitable than ever. But there’s a downside: They’re having more trouble collecting fees for their work. The report Bloomberg cites comes from Wells Fargo Private Bank’s legal specialty group. […]
The urge to merge, at least when it comes to the ongoing consolidation of the legal market, is less, well, urgent, says a report on Bloomberg News. It reported that merger activity is off 10 percent so far this year due to a slowdown in larger firm combinations, according to the latest data from Altman […]
The engineering and tech company ABB has hired Maria Varsellona to succeed Diane de Saint Victor as ABB ceneral counsel and corporate secretary. Varsellona, whose appointment will be effective November 1, will be group general counsel and member of the executive committee. De Saint Victor will continue as secretary until next March. On April 1, […]
If your company is thinking of making an investment in a European Union-based business, you might want to take a second look. The EU is embracing a stricter stance as individual countries start to enforce more restrictive rules. The new rules are typically applied when national security or public order are issue, according to a […]
