Harold Hamm’s Continental Resources Hires Chesapeake Energy’s GC

A week after stepping down as Chesapeake Energy Corp.’s top lawyer, James Webb has a new role as general counsel for Continental Resources Inc., an oil and gas company controlled by billionaire Harold Hamm.

Continental, whose founder and chairman Hamm has recently indicated a willingness to do deals, announced June 16 the retirement of its general counsel, chief risk officer, and corporate secretary Eric Eissenstat. Webb will succeed Eissenstat as Continental’s legal and risk chief Sept. 1, the company said.

“It has been a true honor to serve Continental for the last three decades,” Eissenstat said in ...