Wells Fargo’s New Legal Leader Patterson Looking for Lieutenants

Wells Fargo & Co., coping with layoffs and a change in its compliance leadership, is also shaking up the ranks of those reporting to new general counsel Ellen Patterson.

Emma Bailey, Americas general counsel at Barclays PLC in New York, will join Wells Fargo in September as deputy general counsel for enterprise risk, regulatory, and audit, the company told Bloomberg Law. Wells Fargo is also looking to fill three other deputy general counsel positions as part of a reorganization plan unveiled by Patterson in July.

Wells Fargo’s recruitment of Bailey comes as two other deputy general move on. Suzanne ...