Facebook Deputy General Counsel Returns to Gibson Dunn (1)

Former Facebook, Inc., deputy general counsel S. Ashlie Beringer has rejoined Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher in Palo Alto, Calif., as partner and co-chair of its privacy, cybersecurity and data innovation practice group, the firm announced Tuesday.

Beringer was most recently the vice president and deputy general counsel for Menlo Park, Calif.-based Facebook, where she worked for almost seven years until her departure last August. At Facebook, she oversaw the company’s litigation, regulatory, product and privacy issues during a time of both growth and turbulence.

“Before I landed on returning to private practice, I was also exploring in-house opportunities ...