Applied Materials Appoints New Top Lawyer Amid U.S.-Huawei Fight (1)

Applied Materials Inc. announced Monday its hire of a new law department leader from rival semiconductor equipment manufacturer KLA Corp.

Teri Little, chief legal officer and corporate secretary at KLA since 2017, has joined Applied Materials as senior vice president and chief legal officer. Little takes over from Thomas Larkins, a longtime in-house legal chief at Applied Materials, as he prepares to retire from the Santa Clara, Calif.-based company.

Larkins, hired by Applied Materials in late 2012 to replace retiring general counsel Joseph Sweeney, didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment about his timeline for leaving the company. Applied ...