Sysco Gets New Law Head Amid Burford Litigation Finance Saga (2)

Sysco Corp., the world’s largest food distributor, has appointed Illinois Tool Works Inc.’s general counsel Jennifer Kaplan Schott to be its new chief legal officer as of April 1.

Schott, who began her career as a Big Law litigator in Chicago, will join Sysco after more than two decades in the corporate legal world. She steps into a top legal role at Sysco that was vacated a month ago by Eve McFadden, the company’s general counsel since 2019.

Schott’s new posting makes her one of nearly a dozen lawyers Sysco has brought on for internal functions within the ...