Juniper Networks Promotes Longtime Deputy to Top Legal Role

Juniper Networks Inc., a producer of switches, routers and other computer networking equipment, has elevated vice president and deputy general counsel Robert Mobassaly to its top legal position, succeeding Brian Martin.

Mobassaly confirmed in an email to Bloomberg Law that he’s been appointed senior vice president and general counsel at the Sunnyvale, Calif.-based company. Martin, who also held the post of corporate secretary, left “in order to pursue another career opportunity,” Juniper disclosed in a securities filing last month.

Mobassaly’s promotion comes after he spent the past decade at Juniper. The company has been in the news this ...