General Counsel

  • Powerhouse Attorney Rashida LaLande Secures $10.9 Million in First Year as Estée Lauder’s General Counsel

    Rashida LaLande didn’t come to play. The powerhouse attorney, who joined The Estée Lauder Companies last August as Executive Vice President and General Counsel, earned nearly $10.9 million in just 10 months on the job, according to recent proxy filings. The multimillion-dollar package reflects both LaLande’s value to the global cosmetics giant and her rising…

  • Freshfields Taps Y Combinator General Counsel in Latest Hire

    Nicole Cadman, the former general counsel at startup accelerator Y Combinator, has joined global law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer as a Silicon Valley-based partner, the firm announced on Friday. After nearly eight years with Y Combinator’s legal team, Cadman left in June and will now advise emerging companies and their founders on corporate matters like…