Danaher Takes Dollar Tree’s Top Lawyer After Family Dollar Sale

Danaher Corp. hired Dollar Tree Inc.’s chief legal officer Jonathan Leiken as its new top lawyer. Leiken will succeed Danaher’s general counsel Brian Ellis next month as he prepares to retire after almost a decade at the conglomerate.

Both companies have been busy reshaping their respective businesses. During Ellis’ nearly decade-long run as legal chief, Danaher spun off new companies such as Fortive Corp., Envista Holdings Corp., and Veralto Corp., and completed billion-dollar acquisitions of assets like Abcam, Cepheid, and Cytiva.

Danaher, which announced Leiken’s hire late Thursday, didn’t respond to a request for comment about ...