Trade Desk’s Top Lawyer Stepping Down After Post-IPO High

May 19, 2020, 9:02 PM UTC

The Trade Desk Inc.’s first in-house legal chief, Vivian Yang, will step down after a successor has been found to “ensure a smooth transition,” the company said Tuesday.

Yang has served as the advertising technology company’s chief legal officer since August 2016, a month before she took the legal and regulatory lead for the Trade Desk as it raised roughly $75 million through an initial public offering.

The listing generated $2.4 million in legal fees and expenses for the Trade Desk’s lawyers from Latham & Watkins, according to securities filings at the time. Yang began her legal career in 1995 ...

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