Airbnb Names New Ethics Chief Amid In-House Legal Group Changes

Airbnb Inc., nearing its one-year anniversary as a public company, has named newly promoted deputy general counsel Peter Urias to be its chief ethics officer.

Urias takes over a position previously held by former Airbnb general counsel Robert Chesnut, who parted ways with the San Francisco-based company last year as it grappled with the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic.

Urias most recently served as an associate general counsel after joining Airbnb four years ago as a senior employment counsel. He came to the online hospitality marketplace after a brief in-house stint at Tesla Inc.

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