Bayer AG Promotes ‘Strategist’ Dodero as US General Counsel

Bayer AG tapped a veteran of two decades at the company, William Dodero, to be U.S. general counsel and senior vice president.

Dodero, who Bayer President Patrick Lockwood-Taylor called “an accomplished legal strategist and practitioner,” starts the new role Jan. 1, according to a company statement Thursday.

He was vice president and global head of litigation and earlier in his career served as global legal head for the consumer health business. Before that, he was senior counsel in the pharmaceutical business and litigation group.

Bayer is said to be searching for a new chief executive officer while battling lawsuits related ...