Amazon Splits C-Suite General Counsel, Corporate Secretary Jobs

Amazon.com Inc.’s general counsel David Zapolsky, who oversees one of the world’s largest corporate law departments, recently shifted some of his responsibilities to Mark Hoffman, another lawyer for the e-commerce giant.

Hoffman, a former chair of the public company and corporate governance practice at DLA Piper, quietly took on Amazon’s corporate secretary role in January from Zapolsky, who had held that position for more than a decade. A source briefed on the matter said that Zapolsky relinquished that title after taking on leadership for global public policy at Amazon last year.

The reshuffling of responsibility was designed to take ...