Billable Hour Skeptic, Diversity Advocate Now BASF’s Top Lawyer

May 12, 2021, 9:53 PM UTC

BASF SE, a chemical giant with a large litigation docket, has appointed an American, Matthew Lepore, to be its global general counsel and chief compliance officer.

Lepore spent the past three years as a senior vice president and global head of legal from BASF’s headquarters in Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany. He confirmed via email his new role at BASF, first reported Tuesday by German legal publication Juve.

As of May 1, Lepore succeeded Wolfgang Haas, a German lawyer who spent the past decade as BASF’s global legal chief with responsibility for the company’s tax, insurance, intellectual property, and customs teams. ...

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