Wachtell Partners Take Jobs at Salesforce, AI Startup Harvey (1)

July 18, 2023, 9:00 AM UTCUpdated: July 18, 2023, 3:33 PM UTC

Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, a high-powered Wall Street law firm that rarely sees partners leave, has watched two corporate attorneys move in-house.

Salesforce.com Inc. announced Monday its hire of Wachtell’s Sabastian Niles as chief legal officer. Niles advised Salesforce last year in an agreement that avoided a proxy contest with Elliott Investment Management LP, an activist investor that in January bought a substantial stake in the software company.

Niles’ move to Salesforce comes after another Wachtell partner, Gordon Moodie, was named chief product officer last month at Harvey. The startup has raised $21 million from investors to bring artificial ...

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