Boeing Elevates New General Counsel, Compliance Chief

The Boeing Co. has a new general counsel and chief compliance officer as the Chicago-based aerospace giant consolidates those functions into one unit led by legal chief Brett Gerry.

Grant Dixton, a former Kirkland & Ellis associate who joined Boeing in 2006, was promoted this month from vice president and deputy general counsel of the company to senior vice president and general counsel. Dixton will still serve as Boeing’s corporate secretary.

Also getting a promotion is Uma Amulura, a former federal prosecutor and one-time associate and partner at Kirkland who joined Boeing as senior counsel in 2017. She is now ...