Coinbase’s Legal Hiring Spree Continues Despite Defections

Coinbase Inc., a fast-growing cryptocurrency exchange eyeing a potential initial public offering, has made another high-profile legal recruit.

Milana McCullagh, who spent the past 13 years in-house at Alphabet Inc.'s Google LLC, was announced Friday by Coinbase as its new deputy general counsel for product and commercial legal.

Coinbase touted McCullagh’s previous experience working with product, engineering, and business teams behind disruptive technologies like artificial intelligence, Google Maps, and Google Search.

Coinbase disclosed McCullagh’s hire along with its addition of deputy general counsel for litigation Katherine Minarik, who recently came aboard after serving as Americas legal chief at Dyson Ltd. ...