HP Hires Yahoo General Counsel Julie Jacobs as Legal Chief (2)

HP Inc. has employed Yahoo Inc. normal counsel Julie Jacobs as its new prime authorized government, the corporate stated Friday in an inner announcement.

Jacobs will begin Oct. 3 at HP, the place she is going to succeed the tech firm’s interim chief authorized officer Rick Hansen, a deputy normal counsel who took over the position in July.

HP introduced the rent in a memo to workers, obtained by Bloomberg Legislation. Enrique Lores, the corporate’s president and chief government, stated via LinkedIn late Friday that Jacobs will maintain the title of chief authorized officer and normal counsel.

“Julie is a terrific government who has led world-class authorized, regulatory, authorities relations, and compliance features all through her profession,” Lores stated. “She might be a wonderful addition to our management crew as we proceed constructing a stronger HP.”

Jacobs, who took over as Yahoo’s prime lawyer final yr after spending a decade as general counsel for Verizon Media and America On-line, didn’t reply to a request for remark. Nor did Apollo World Administration Inc., which paid $5 billion last year to purchase Verizon Media, proprietor of Yahoo, AOL, and different on-line media companies.

Harvey Anderson, HP’s former prime lawyer after taking over last year from Kim Rivera, stepped down in late July and was changed on an interim foundation by Hansen. HP employed Hansen—who beforehand labored at Normal Motors Co., Chevron Corp., and Amazon.com Inc.—final yr. He’ll stay with the corporate, HP stated.

An HP spokeswoman stated Anderson made the “resolution to depart later this summer season.” The corporate stated it’s “grateful for Harvey’s many contributions, together with the sturdy international authorized group he helped to construct, and we want him the easiest as he enters the subsequent chapter of his profession.”

Anderson, who spent 5 years at HP, is a former legal chief at Mozilla Corp. and AVG Applied sciences. He began his career in-house at Netscape Communications Corp., which merged with AOL in 1999. Anderson didn’t reply to a remark request.

HP earlier this yr noticed Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. purchase a $4.2 billion stake within the firm, which sells printers and private computer systems. HP split in 2015 from the Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co., the previous cloud providers and knowledge know-how unit of predecessor Hewlett-Packard Co.