Wells Fargo Raids Financial Services Rivals for Legal Team Trio

Wells Fargo & Co. has recruited new deputy general counsels from three of its major competitors—American Express Co., Barclays PLC, and JPMorgan Chase & Co.

J. Bertram “Bert” Fuqua, Barclays’ global head of markets legal and Americas general counsel in New York, will join Wells Fargo next month as deputy general counsel for corporate and investment banking.

JPMorgan’s George Thompson, general counsel for Chase consumer and community banking marketing, digital, and project management legal, will be Wells Fargo’s deputy general counsel for consumer lending when he comes aboard this spring.

Tangela Richter, who spent four-and-a-half years in-house at AmEx, joined ...