The Walt Disney Company Names Horacio Gutierrez as General Counsel and Secretary
December 22 2021 - 12:00PM
Business Wire
Horacio Gutierrez has been named Senior Executive Vice
President, General Counsel and Secretary of The Walt Disney Company
(NYSE: DIS), it was announced today by Bob Chapek, Chief Executive
Officer. Mr. Gutierrez joins Disney from Spotify, where he has
served as Head of Global Affairs and Chief Legal Officer. His
appointment is effective February 1, 2022, and he will report
directly to Mr. Chapek. Mr. Gutierrez will succeed longtime Disney
veteran Alan Braverman who, as was announced in July, is retiring
after nearly two decades as General Counsel.
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“Horacio is an incredibly skilled attorney and dynamic leader
who comes to Disney with 35 years of legal experience in markets
around the globe. Having spent more than two decades working for
premier technology companies, he has an extensive understanding of
the complex legal questions that come with technological disruption
and rapid industry change,” Mr. Chapek said. “Horacio is a key
addition to my leadership team, and I look forward to working with
him as he builds on Alan’s outstanding legacy leading our
unparalleled legal organization.”
As General Counsel and Secretary, Mr. Gutierrez will serve as
the chief legal officer of the Company, overseeing its team of
attorneys responsible for all aspects of Disney's legal affairs
around the world, and acting as a strategic advisor to executive
leadership and the Board of Directors. His areas of accountability
will include litigation, compliance, transactional law, securities
law, regulatory matters, privacy protection, global ethics, and
patent, copyright, and trademark issues, among others.
“I am humbled to have the opportunity to lead Disney’s global
legal organization, to work with Bob Chapek and his leadership
team, and to contribute to one of the most admired and beloved
companies in the world as it builds on its many strengths and
transforms for the future,” Mr. Gutierrez said. “It is a particular
honor for me to succeed Alan Braverman, an iconic figure in the
legal profession, who over the last two decades has built one of
the largest and most admired legal departments in the world.”
For the past two years, Mr. Gutierrez has served as Head of
Global Affairs and Chief Legal Officer for Spotify, leading a
global, multi-disciplinary team of business, corporate
communications and public affairs, government relations, licensing,
operations, and legal professionals responsible for the company’s
work in areas including industry relations, content partnerships,
public policy, and trust & safety. He was previously Spotify’s
General Counsel and Vice President, Business & Legal Affairs
from 2016 to 2019.
Prior to joining Spotify, Mr. Gutierrez was Corporate Vice
President and General Counsel for Microsoft, overseeing the
company’s legal affairs around the world, including support of the
complete lifecycle of Microsoft’s products and services, from
research and development to business development activities,
M&A, litigation, legal compliance, and cybercrime prevention.
He initially joined Microsoft in 1998 as Corporate Attorney, LATAM,
and held a number of positions of increasing responsibility
throughout the legal department during his 17-year tenure with the
company, including Associate General Counsel, EMEA from 2002 to
2006; Deputy General Counsel, Intellectual Property and Licensing
Group from 2006 to 2014; and Deputy General Counsel, Products and
Services Group from 2014 to 2015.
Mr. Gutierrez holds a Master of Laws degree from Harvard Law
School; a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Miami School
of Law; and a Bachelor of Laws degree and post-graduate diploma in
corporate and commercial law from Universidad Católica Andrés Bello
in Caracas, Venezuela.
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