Apple has hired former Meta litigation chief Scott Tucker as vice president of global litigation and financial services, strengthening its legal leadership amid mounting antitrust, patent and other lawsuits. The appointment is part of a broader reorganisation under General Counsel Jennifer Newstead, as the iPhone maker faces legal setbacks threatening its services business.
Apple has hired former Meta litigation chief Scott Tucker as vice president of global litigation and financial services, strengthening its legal leadership amid mounting antitrust, patent and other lawsuits.
The appointment is part of a broader reorganisation under General Counsel Jennifer Newstead, as the iPhone maker faces legal setbacks threatening its services business.
Apple Inc. has tapped a longtime Meta Platforms Inc. executive as its new litigation chief, bolstering its legal team at a time when the iPhone maker faces a growing array of lawsuits.
The company has hired Scott Tucker, a longtime deputy general counsel and litigation chief at Meta, according to people with knowledge of the matter. The move reunites Tucker with new Apple General Counsel Jennifer Newstead, who is bringing on a trusted lieutenant from her time at the social networking giant.
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Tucker is becoming Apple’s vice president of global litigation and financial services, a newly created position overseeing commercial and patent litigation worldwide, said the people, who asked not to be named because the move isn’t public. He’ll also manage legal matters involving the company’s financial offerings.
The appointment means Heather Grenier, Apple’s current vice president of commercial and competition litigation, will move one level lower in the organization, reporting to Tucker instead of directly to Newstead. Grenier will still remain on Newstead’s legal leadership team.
Tucker, in addition to his tenure at Meta, previously held a senior legal position at Morgan Stanley, giving him experience relevant to his new financial services responsibilities. Newstead took over as Apple’s general counsel in March after serving as Meta’s top lawyer for six years.
Kyle Andeer, another senior member of Apple’s legal department and its longtime vice president managing regulatory and product-related legal matters, is seeing his role expand. He is gaining oversight of international legal matters and functions involving online child safety, cybersecurity and law enforcement.
Spokespeople for Apple and Meta declined to comment.
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