South by Southwest Legal Chief Stepping Down After Partial Sale

Aug. 17, 2021, 9:31 AM UTC

SXSW LLC, the company behind the annual media conference and music festival known as South by Southwest, is in the market for a general counsel after its longtime legal chief announced plans to step down.

Heather VanDyke, hired in 2015 as general counsel for the Austin, Texas-based gathering, disclosed her departure in a post on her LinkedIn profile this month.

“After a lot of agonizing, I’ve made the incredibly tough decision to step down from my role as GC of SXSW so I can focus on trying to start a family, which hasn’t come easily for me,” wrote VanDyke, a ...

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