Faire Hires First Legal Head After Getting $12 Billion Valuation

Jan. 31, 2022, 11:31 PM UTC

Faire Wholesale Inc., an online marketplace valued at more than $12 billion, announced Monday the hire of its first-ever general counsel in Lauren Thomas.

Thomas, a former corporate associate at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, joined Faire in January after spending nearly the past year as general counsel for Dutchie LLC, a payment services provider to the cannabis industry.

Faire said in a statement that Thomas has more than a decade of financial, regulatory, and corporate governance expertise. She didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment about her decision to switch jobs.

The San Francisco-based startup specializes in ...

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