The San Francisco-based security compliance tech firm Secureframe has named Kyle McLaughlin general counsel. Prior to this, he worked as in-house legal leader for Cisco Systems and Duo Security, where he served a key role in the former company’s $2.35 billion acquisition of the latter. Kyle McLaughlin joins the company as cybersecurity legal chief and […]
Biotech firm Genomatica has tapped Shawnte Mitchell, an experienced in-house legal leader in the life sciences industry, to serve as the San Diego-based company’s first-ever chief legal officer. Shawnte Mitchell will build the legal team at Geno while serving as a strategic adviser to the company as it looks to continue its growth following a […]
SecurityScorecard has elevated its vice president of legal, Owen Denby, to general counsel. Denby, who joined the New York City-based information security company last July as assistant general counsel before being promoted to vice president of legal in October, will starts his new role immediately. Denby helped lead the company’s first M&A deal earlier this […]
Longtime Oracle general counsel Dorian Daley will retire in August after 30 years at the data management software company. Daley has been executive vice president, general counsel and secretary of Oracle since 2007. She joined the legal department at the software company in 1992, and has held various roles since, including associate general counsel, assistant […]
The winners of the Iberian Lawyer IP&TMT Portugal Awards 2022 were announced during the gala ceremony held at the Museu do Oriente in Lisbon, on July 6th 2022. Once again, the IP&TMT Awards recognised the excellence among Portuguese professionals active in this area. The list of winners, with their motivations, can be found on Iberian Lawyer: […]
Steven Fasman, the top lawyer for global biopharma company Catalent, which has produced more than a billion COVID-19 vaccines and treatments, is shifting to a newly created administrative role as part of an organizational restructuring following the appointment of a new CEO. Fasman is shedding the general counsel and senior VP titles he’s held since […]
Sonya Olds Som has joined Diversified Search Group, that counts with more than a dozen offices across the country, as global managing partner. Diversified Search Group, which builds itself as the largest woman-led and woman-founded executive search firm in the U.S., has hired Sonya Olds Som due to her experience in executive recruiting and more than […]
San Francisco-based fintech EarnUp, has hired Aileen Casanave as general counsel. The company, wich digitizes and simplifies the process of issuing home mortgages and making monthly payments, aims to accelerate its growth creating a financial system that works for everyone. Casanave, who’s hire is part of an expansion of the company executive team, will oversee and […]
The Association of Corporate Counsel and Major, Lindsey & Africa have announced the publication of their annual legal industry benchmarking survey. This third report reveals a shift in the distribution of in-house legal spending, driven primarily by smaller firms. In addition, compared to last year, more departments moved work in-house in the areas of due […]
The software firm Autodesk has brought back Ruth Ann Keene, one of its former in-house lawyers, to take over as legal chief for the publicly traded design-software company. Ruth Ann Keene, who described her new top lawyer role as a “homecoming,” had worked at Autodesk’s legal department for more than a decade earlier in her career. […]