Nike’s Converse Brand Names Top Lawyer in Legal Group Reshuffle

Nike Inc. appointed in-house lawyer Roberta Carvalho as general counsel for its Converse sneaker and apparel brand as the parent company seeks to increase the number of women in its top ranks.

Carvalho took on the role Sept. 4 after a decade at Nike, where she held “increasingly senior positions across the organization,” a company spokeswoman said. She will relocate from Nike’s headquarters in Beaverton, Ore., to Boston for the new job, the Converse spokeswoman said.

Nike in 2003 paid $305 million to acquire Converse, a Boston-based company know for its Chuck Taylor casual shoe brand. Converse earlier this ...