Silicon Valley Bank’s Former Top Lawyer Moves Into Consulting

Michael Zuckert, the former legal chief for Silicon Valley Bank’s parent company, has started his own consultancy “advising companies in the innovation industry,” he said.

Zuckert, who at SVB was based in New York, has resigned from First Citizens BancShares Inc. and started Gramercy Park North Consulting.

“This has been a difficult period for everyone,” Zuckert said in an email. “I’m proud of the team I had the privilege of working with in SVB Legal.”

Zuckert spent a decade as the top in-house lawyer for SVB, which was part of Santa Clara, Calif.-based SVB Financial Group until the former was ...