Disney Taps Hogan Lovells Partner for Return Trip to Company

Walt Disney Co., which is deepening its ties to the sports betting industry, brought back Rafael Ribeiro as deputy chief compliance officer after he left the company earlier this year.

Ribeiro left is role as a partner at Hogan Lovells in Miami to rejoin Disney as a member of its global policy, legal, and compliance team, according to a person familiar with the matter. The rationale for Disney’s decision to bring back Ribeiro, whom it initially recruited in mid-2021 as an assistant general counsel for global ethics and compliance, wasn’t immediately clear.

His move comes a half-year after Ribeiro ...