McKesson Again Tabs Past Morrison & Foerster Lawyer as Law Chief

McKesson Corp.’s chief legal officer and general counsel Lori Schechter will turn over leadership of the drug distributor’s law department on Jan. 1 to Michele Lau, the company disclosed in its quarterly earnings statement.

Lau, the top lawyer and corporate secretary at internet domain registrar GoDaddy Inc., is poised to resign Nov. 17 from those roles ahead of her return to McKesson. Lau joined GoDaddy in mid-2021 after spending more than 13 years at McKesson, where she was most recently the company’s chief corporate, governance, and transactions counsel.

The transition will see one former lawyer from Morrison & Foerster, ...