Notion Nabs First Legal Chief From Fellow Tech Unicorn Zendesk

Notion Labs Inc. has hired its first in-house legal chief in Hasani Caraway, who has joined the workplace productivity startup from rival software company Zendesk Inc.

Caraway is one of five new executives recruited by Notion, announced Akshay Kothari, the company’s chief operating officer, in a Nov. 12 post on LinkedIn.

Kothari touted Caraway’s expertise guiding Zendesk, which focuses on customer service software, through its initial public offering in 2014.

“He’s helping us make sure that even though we’re on the early side, we’ve got best-in-class approaches to privacy, contracting, employment policy,” Kothari wrote on LinkedIn, where he ...